1959 - In honor of Alaska's joining the Union as the 49th state, the Alaska Society, DAR, presented the Anchorage International Airport (now the Senator Ted Stevens Airport) with a 49-Star American flag.    The flag was the official flag of the United States of America for just one year when Hawaii was admitted to the union, necessitating the adoption of a 50-star flag. The flag is currently in storage awaiting the completion of the airport remodelling project.

Color Guard at the presentation of the flag at Elmendorf

Color Guard at Elmendorf presentation

October 1960 -- The Col. John Mitchell Chapter, DAR, participated in a joint effort with the Alaska Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Denali Society, Children of the American Revolution, to present a flag and flag pole to the new Alaska Methodist University, now Alaska Pacific University, located in Anchorage.

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1935 -  The Alaska Chapter, DAR (Fairbanks) placed a stone marker commemorating the completion of the Anchorage/Matanuska Highway -- the gravel road from Anchorage to Palmer where a newly established colony had been established that year.

June 13, 1992 -- The Alaska Chapter and the Col. John Mitchell Chapter, DAR, moved the stone marker to Anchorage and placed it at the Davis Park located in the Mountainview neighborhood.  Students from the King Career Center helped in the reconstruction of the monument and participated in its re-dedication.

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