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American History Essay Awards |
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Our chapter presents DAR Good Citizens pins and sponsors essay contests for high school
students who demonstrate the qualities of dependability,
service, leadership, and patriotism. |
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JROTC Medals and Awards |
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We award JROTC medals to outstanding student cadets in
secondary school ROTC programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps. |
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Veterans |
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We honor veterans by participating in patriotic parades and
donating items to a local VA nursing home. We also send
care packages to our overseas troops. |
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DAR Schools |
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We donate money to schools for underprivileged children and send birthday cards to
students living in the Florida cottage at
Tamassee DAR School. |
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DAR Library |
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Our chapter donates books to the
DAR Library in
Washington, DC and to our DAR State Library in Orlando. |
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DAR
Scholarships |
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We sponsor outstanding senior high-school and college students
from our local area for State and
National DAR scholarships. |
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Conservation |
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We raise funds to place nesting boxes for wild birds
throughout Broward County. We also donated plants for
a butterfly garden for the City of Lighthouse Point. |
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Children of the American Revolution |
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We support the Swamp Fox
and
Fifer George Weissenfels Societies of the Children of
the American Revolution. |
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Vital Records Preservation |
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Chapter members have transcribed the
marriage records
for
Broward County 1915-1937,
Dade County 1905-1911,
and
Palm Beach County 1909-1915 and have made these records
available on the Internet. |
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Cemetery Transcriptions and Photographs |
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We are also photographing and transcribing
markers and headstones from
cemeteries throughout
Broward County. |
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Local History
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As the 100th anniversary of the founding of several local
communities approaches, we are researching their
founding families and transcribing
historic documents. |
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Genealogy Workshops |
| We sponsor several genealogy workshops each year for
the general public. For information on upcoming workshops,
click here. |
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