Whitwell High Senior Receives DAR Good Citizens Scholarship Award

  • Thursday, May 15, 2025
The Judge David Campbell Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has named Emily Landry, a senior at Whitwell High School, as the recipient of the DAR Good Citizens Scholarship Award. 

Officials said, "This prestigious honor is presented to a high school senior who exemplifies the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism."

Ms. Landry has received awards in physical science, algebra I, Spanish I and II, along with a certificate of excellence for her participation in the school band.
She placed third in SVEC’s 2025 creative writing competition and scored a 32 on the ACT. She has volunteered at the Marion Animal Resource Connection and plans to pursue a major in linguistics at UNC Chapel Hill. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, writing and crocheting.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing American independence during the Revolutionary War. Today’s DAR is dynamic and diverse, with over 185,000 members in 3,000 chapters in the United States and abroad. DAR members annually provide millions of hours of volunteer service to their local communities across the country and world. DAR chapters participate in projects to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. Over one million members have joined the organization since its founding in 1890.

If you are interested in learning more about DAR membership, visit the Judge David Campbell Chapter website, www.tndar.org/~davidcampbell, or email judgedavidcampbell@tndar.org.
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