Gunston Hall Speaker
Friday, February 6th, 2015 @ 12:32PM
Jane Boylin ,president of the West Virginia Dames’ Society, with Scott Stroh
Scott Stroh, Executive Director of Gunston Hall, the home of Virginia patriot George Mason, gave a power point presentation on the history of the famous museum property.
Colonial Dames support Gunston Hall financially to help educate the public about the international significance of George Mason and his unique contribution to the universal cause of human rights. Mason is the author of America’s first Bill of Rights.
As new Executive Director, Stroh wants to promote a Bill of Rights Day; and he also plans to take the Gunston Hall history to classrooms via a mobile Gunstan Hall van.
Mr. Stroh graduated from Randolph-Macon College with a B.A. in History and Education, and from Middle Tennessee State University with an M.A. in History and Museum Studies. He is also a 2001 graduate of the Seminar of Historical Administration.
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President’s Welcome
Dixie Wilson, President
It has been my honor and privilege to serve as President of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of West Virginia for the last two years.
We have made remarkable contributions to our Corporate Society and community. We are to be commended for our success and diligent work.
Please read our Summer 2023 Newsletter for a complete list of all our accomplishments.
I look forward to the next two years working with each of you. Your continued support is essential to our overall success.
Our plans for the next two years will be developing a Strategic Plan, incorporating the new organizational structure of NSCDA, as well as the By-Law changes, increasing our membership, preparing for our 125th Anniversary of NSCDA-West Virginia in 2025, preparing for the 250th Anniversary of our Nation in 2026, continuing to work closely with Craik-Patton, Inc., and Craik-Patton House Foundation, Inc. and continuing to work with our members and friends in supporting our Mission Statement of promoting our National heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational programs.
Best Wishes!
Sundial Project
The Sundial marker was the first of seven Colonial Dames’ monuments paying tribute to the patriots who risked their lives to settle the land in western Virginia. (Click on image to learn more)
Live History
George Washington at the luncheon at Edgewood Country Club. NSCDA-WV had a display of all the flags in the colonial period in the background - even a Viking flag. (Click on image to learn more)