WV Dames Dixie Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Emmons from Huntington conducted the NSCDA Parade of Flags ceremony on June 14, Flag Day, at Craik-Patton Museum House, the headquarters of the Colonial Dames in West Virginia. The flags of our English and American ancestors were presented and Mrs. Wilson gave a…

Mrs. Robert McMillan, NSCDA-WV Regent to Gunston Hall, introduced the guest speaker for the Semi-Annual meeting of NSCDA-WV held Dec. 10 at Berry Hills Country Club in Charleston, West Virginia. Scott Stroh, Executive Director of Gunston Hall, the home of Virginia patriot George Mason, gave a power point presentation on…

James Smith is the recipient of a $1500 District IX NSCDA American History Scholarship with contributions from Colonial Dames’ Societies in West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. Smith was awarded a B.A. Degree in Nutritional Science from Cornell University, an M.S Degree in Human Nutrition from Columbia University, plus M.A. and…

Ms. DeDe Arbogast, Associate Trustee of Sulgrave Manor, attended the Centenary Celebration of Sulgrave Manor on June 8, 2014, in the peaceful village of Northhamptonshire, England. Sulgrave Manor is the 600-year-old manor house built by Lawrence Washington, the fifth great-grandfather of George Washington. Ms. Arbogast was accompanied by Mrs. William…

NSCDA-WV President Jane Boylin and Registrar Lynn Goldsmith welcome new members to the West Virginia Society: Mrs. Henry Bedinger Davenport III, Miss Merriweather Ruffner Franklin, Mrs. Lee Dwight Greene, Mrs. Carter Groves, Elana Gail Pitchford, Mrs. Geoffrey William Smith, Mrs. Ralph Stevens and Ms. Nancy Beth Lovell (reinstatement), Mrs. Douglas…

The Huntington, West Virginia Society of the Colonial Dames of America hosted a History Alive! Weekend November 7-9, 2014  with veteran actor Peyton Dixon portraying John Adams, the second President of the United States. Dixon delighted and educated audiences at Huntington Middle School, St. Joseph Middle School and 150 guests…

The NSCDA Flag Program was presented May 14 by Huntington Colonial Dame Dixie Wilson at the Annual Meeting of NSCDA-WV held at Edgewood Country Club in Charleston. “Flags are symbolic in history as symbols of the heritage and national spirit of a country”, Mrs. Wilson said. The FLAG PRESENTATION is a favorite program in area…

On April 4, 2014, at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, the NSCDA in West Virginia and Cabell County history scholarship was awarded to an outstanding history student. Mrs. J. Churchill Hodges, past NSCDA-WV president, presented the $400 award to Ms. Haley Maynard, whose home is in the Huntington area….