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Patriotism and Education
Duncan Chapter reaches out to our schools and
community, especially during Constitution Week
(September 17-23) every year. We go into all 5th
grade classrooms. Martha Washington and Betsy
Ross speak to them about George Washington and
the forming of our Constitution. While there
with the students and teachers, we give the
students bookmarks of the Preamble of the
Constitution or The American's Creed, give
teachers information on the Constitution and
helpful websites to collect more information. We
have given a gift of "A More Perfect Union" DVD
to all middle schools and high schools. we
request and receive proclamations from all 7
towns and incorporated communities in Stephens
County, place posters in town businesses, create
displays in libraries, send information to radio
stations and local newspapers for publishing,
ask local banks to put Constitution Week
information on their Marques, contact Church's
to put emphasis on Constitution Week in their
church bulletins and to ring their church bells
for "Bells Across America" on September 17th.
We also participate in American History Essay
Contests, Christopher Columbus Essay Contests
and Good Citizen Award Contest. Proudly, we
almost always have at least one State winner to
honor at our OSDAR State Conference.
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History
We are committed to the preservation of our
local history. As a chapter we support the
Prairie House Project and continue to do so by
being docents, helping with special events,
teas, etc. One of our members Gail Loafman, is
the Founder and Chairmen of the Board of
Directors for this project. She is also
considered the local historian who has written
numerous articles on old homes in the county for
the Duncan Banner and a Board Member for the
Stephens County Historical Society. Gail is
responsible for having out Stephens County
Genealogical Library building the the Prairie
House put on the National Register of Historic
Places. On June 4, 2007 she was awarded the
NSDAR "National Historical Preservation Medal."
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