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Chapter History
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On
17 April 2004, Monmouth Chapter DAR officially
merged into Shrewsbury Towne Chapter DAR forming
Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter taking
the number 2050 NJ.
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Shrewsbury
Towne Chapter was organized on 12 January
1935 with Pauliene Mattenlee (Mrs. James H.
Mattenlee) as Regent and Helen R. Borden (Mrs.
Charles F. Borden) as Vice Regent.
The
name Shrewsbury Towne was chosen to honor
the town where the chapter was organized.
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County New Jersey settled
in 1662 and was named in honor of Shrewsbury,
England.
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Monmouth
Chapter was organized June 29, 1900, and
was named in commemoration of the Battle of
Monmouth.
The Organizing Regent was Annie Hull McLean
White (Mrs. Henry S.). She was a descendant
of John Hull, Minute Man in the Middlesex County
Militia.
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The
Chapter did its part in the building of Memorial
Continental Hall and in the furnishing of the
New Jersey Room. A chair was given to the White
House, made from the wood of the frigate Augusta. |
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The
above information and photograph on Monmouth Chapter
is from: "State History of the New Jersey Daughters
of the American Revolution," 1929; compiled by
Grace Louise Cadmus and assisted by E. Jane Peer.
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