From left, Chickamauga Chapter DAR members Ann Ploetz, Marti Rutherford, Trish Mullins and Cindy Dearing greeting UTC Veteran Students with boxed lunches on Veterans Day.
Jane Hill and Susan Harris at Ridgedale Baptist’s Veterans Appreciation service
Nineteen veteran members of Ridgedale Baptist Church receive Quilts of Valor in commemoration of Veterans Day
Chickamauga Chapter DAR Regent Gayle Burrows, Pat Eytchison and Susan Harris attend the National Guard Armory Veterans’ Day ceremony.
Susan Harris with the National Cemetery Display honoring Veterans Day and 100th Anniversary Tomb of the Unknown
Chickamauga Chapter Commemorative Events Chairman Susan Harris installs V.A. Clinic Display honoring Veterans Day and the 100th Anniversary Tomb of the Unknowns
Chickamauga Chapter National Daughters of the American Revolution led and participated in multiple events honoring local community veterans.
Trish Mullins, the chapter’s second vice regent organized participation with UTC in providing lunches for the university’s veteran students. Members Cindy Dearing, Marti Rutherford and Ann Ploetz greeted the students with a patriotic table display and provided drinks and dessert to accompany the student meals on Veterans Day.
Chapter member Jane Hill played a large part in the annual Veterans Appreciation Night service at Ridgedale Baptist Church where Quilts of Valor were presented to 19 of the church’s veterans as part of the program. Chapter Regent Gayle Burrows attended along with Susan Harris, chapter service for veterans chair and Carol Rogers, past chapter regent.
Gayle Burrows, Susan Harris and Pat Eytchison represented Chickamauga Chapter at the annual National Guard Armory service honoring veterans.
Ms. Harris, chairman of the Commemorative Events Committee, installed displays at the Chattanooga National Cemetery and the local VA Clinic honoring both Veterans Day and the 100th Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington is dedicated to U.S. service members who have died with their remains unidentified. The Unknown Soldiers laid to rest at the Tomb represent all missing and unknown service members who made the ultimate sacrifice – they not only gave their lives, but also their identities to protect these freedoms. The Tomb is the final resting place for Unknowns from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, and it is always guarded. The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier is in Philadelphia. That memorial honors the thousands of soldiers who died during the American Revolution, many of whom were buried nearby in mass graves.
Public displays and commemorations by DAR Chapters serve to remind community members of events and anniversaries which are important to America’s history.
For more information about membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Chattanooga’s Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR visit https://www.tndar.org/~chickamauga/wp/