Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR members receive State of Tennessee Constitution Week Proclamation from TN State Rep. Greg Martin. From left, Ellen Ford, Chapter Membership Chair Nancy Anderson, members Edi Seals and Mimi Italia, Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR Regent Gayle Burrows, Rep. Martin, Marilyn Long, Chapter Constitution Week Chair, Trish Mullins, Ms. June Scobee Rogers, Chapter Treasurer Marti Rutherford, member Judy Dougherty, and Chapter First Vice Regent Cindy Dearing.
Chickamauga Chapter DAR members at Medal of Honor Heritage Center with Constitution Week Display From left, Nancy Anderson, Membership chair; Trish Mullins, Constitution Week chair; member, Edi Seals; Ms. June Scobee Rodgers; Cindy Dearing, Chickamauga Chapter first vice regent; and Mimi Italia, member.
Chickamauga Chapter DAR Regent Gayle Burrows with Ben Franklin at the Chapter’s Constitution Week display at the Downtown Library
Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR Constitution Week Chairman Trish Mullins greets visitors at the Medal of Honor Heritage Center
John Sevier Chapter Sons of the American Revolution Vice President Cliff Kent at Constitution Week event at Medal of Honor Heritage Center in Revolutionary War attire
A portion of Chickamauga Chapter’s Constitution Week materials on public display
A portion of Chickamauga Chapter’s Constitution Week materials on public display
A portion of Chickamauga Chapter’s Constitution Week materials on public display
Sept. 17-23 was designated Constitution Week in 1955 when the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution petitioned Congress for its observance. The annual celebration was established and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Aug. 2, 1956. Chattanooga’s local Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR (the city’s oldest DAR Chapter) continues the NSDAR commitment to encourage study and public education about the Constitution and its framers.
This year Chickamauga Chapter NSDAR Regent Gayle Burrows and Chapter members, led by the Chapter’s Constitution Week Chairman Trish Mullins, participated in multiple commemorative events, received proclamations, attended ringing of bells, and created public educational displays celebrating the 67th anniversary of the first Constitution Week, the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution and 231st anniversary of the Bill of Rights – Amendments 1-10. The events support NSDAR goals of promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
Chickamauga Chapter members installed extensive educational displays on the Constitution, along with donated Pocket Constitutions for attendees at the Downtown Public Library and the Medal of Honor Heritage Center during Constitution Week. Another exhibit was on display at the UTC Constitution Week Lecture Series. A booth at the Chattanooga Market also commemorated Patriot’s Day along with Constitution Week. Scout meetings and neighborhood events were among venues for the week’s celebrations.
Chapter members and officers attended the Bell Ringing at the Medal of Honor Heritage Center where Tennessee State Representative Greg Martin read an official Tennessee Constitution Week Proclamation. Ms. June Scobee Rodgers joined Chapter Members at their Constitution Week table. John Sevier Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution Vice President Cliff Kent dressed in a Revolutionary War period uniform as he joined Chickamauga Chapter members for the Heritage Center event.