Holiday Open House
Saturday, February 1st, 2020 @ 6:09PM
Table setting for Holiday Open House.
The Craik-Patton Holiday Open House held Dec. 7-8 featured tours, special exhibits,and cookies and refreshments. Docents led tours of the 1834 house built by James Craik, a descendant of George and Martha Washington. The second famous American family that purchased the house in 1858 was Colonel George Patton of Civil War history. Patton was a Virginia Military Institute graduate who was the grandfather of General George Patton of World War II fame.
The downstairs Conference Room featured exhibits of the 1900 Founders of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of West Virginia; a video slide show featuring the restoration of the house; and, an early American pressed glass display.
Nathan Jones, House Director of the Craik-Patton House.
Nathan Jones, house director, assisted by Robert Simmons, Americorps volunteer, and Anne Silbernagel, chair of the Holiday Planning Committee, coordinated the annual event. The Craik-Patton House is the headquarters of NSCDA in West Virginia located in Daniel Boone Park, Charleston, WV.
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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)