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Marie Therese Cadillac Chapter NSDAR
Cadillac, Michigan
 Welcome
The
Marie Therese Cadillac Chapter, National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), welcomes you to our website.
Our chapter is located in Cadillac, Michigan.
It was founded
in 1908, then disbanded in 1951, and reorganized on February 1,
1971. The namesake is
Marie Therese Guyon Cadillac
(1671-1740). She was a woman of courage and determination, a
pioneer with great business acumen and outstanding devotion to
humanity, also known as the First Lady of Detroit. She was
inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994.
Meetings
Meetings are held at the local Senior Center in Cadillac on the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm, with the occasional Saturday meeting at 1:00 pm. If you’re
interested in more information about the Marie
Therese Cadillac Chapter, please contact our
Chapter Regent.
About the Chapter
The Marie
Therese Cadillac Chapter is a small chapter with big national
pride. Some of the
programs we have sponsored include:
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Financial
support to
designated
schools & charities
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DAR Good Citizens
essay contest for
high school
seniors
that are recommended by their counselors.
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Our chapter participated in a DAR of Michigan
project to collect personal items for the military. All Michigan chapter donations were forwarded to the
Job Winslow Chapter NSDAR in Traverse City, Michigan where items were sorted and distributed
to Michigan female military.
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Christmas boxes to local
veterans every year
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Educational books to local school
libraries every year
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Memorial service
for veterans during Veterans Day week
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Educational
displays for
Constitution
Week
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Displays
honoring the
50th
Anniversary of the Vietnam War and 75th Anniversary of Pearl
Harbor
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Display honoring
POW-MIA week
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Member of the
Vietnam War
Commemoration
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Display honoring
100th
Anniversary
of the creation of the
National Parks
System
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Participated in
a DAR of Michigan project “Let
Your Heartlight Shine.” We invited the community to display white lights in
windows during the holidays to honor active and veteran
military.
Ideas for
future and continuing projects are in progress.
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A banner and float for our DAR chapter
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In the
spring, our chapter will search for the Penny Pines project
marker in the Manistee National Forest located west of
Cadillac, Michigan. Money to plant pine trees (each tree costing
about a penny each at the time) was donated by the Marie
Therese Cadillac Chapter in the 1950s as a NSDAR project. These
Penny Pine projects were sponsored by DAR chapters in almost
every state. Trees were planted by the Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC).
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Local World War I marker clean up
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