Eleanor Roosevelt Re-enactor at Craik-Patton House
Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 10:24AM
WV Colonial Dames, guests, and friends enjoyed a NSCDA-WV sponsored Lunch with Eleanor Roosevelt on March 12 entertained by Patty Cooper, re-enactor for the WV Humanities Council.
During the twelve years Mrs. Roosevelt served as First Lady of the United States, she changed how the public viewed the role of the President’s wife. She was a vocal champion of social reform and human rights, traveled widely representing the President, authored books, wrote newspaper columns, and visited troops during World War I. This History Alive program was partially funded by The West Virginia Humanities Council.
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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)