Female Revolutionary War Patriots Remembered at Preston Trail DAR Meeting

Pottsboro Texas | March 25, 2018

A fact that many people overlook about the Revolutionary War, is that there were many women who were instrumental in the outcome of that conflict.  They have not been forgotten.

At the upcoming meeting of the Preston Trail chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution on the evening of Thursday, April 5,  Marcy Carter-Lovick will give a presentation entitled,  “Don’t Forget the Ladies – Women Patriots of the Revolutionary War.”

Marcy Carter-Lovick Marcy Carter-Lovick was recently elected as the next State Vice Regent of the Texas DAR and will be installed at Continental Congress in Washington D.C. June 2018.  At the national level, she serves as the National Chair of the Volunteer Genealogists Committee for NSDAR.  She is both a National Vice-Chair and a State Vice-Chair of the Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission, as well as a State Vice-Coordinator for the New Horizons leadership development program.

Marcy was named as the Texas State Volunteer Genealogist of the Year in 2014, and is a member of the America 250! Task Force.   She is a member of 14 different lineage societies including Jamestown Society, Magna Charta Dames and Barons, the Guild of St. Margaret and the Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva.

Would you like to be part of our meetings and be able to listen to the interesting speakers we have each month?  You are welcome to come and see what the DAR is all about even if you are not a member.  Would you like to be involved in the good works that DAR participates in?  Anyone interested in receiving help to prove their ancestry for qualification to become a Daughter of the American Revolution are welcome to contact our chapter at www.facebook.com/PrestonTrailNSDARPottsboroTX75076 on Facebook or www.DAR.org.

The Preston Trail Chapter of the DAR next meets Thursday, March 1st, and thereafter through May on the first Thursday of the month at 5pm for snacks and fellowship and at 6pm for chapter meetings and programs.  For the meeting location please contact the chapter at prestontrailnsdar@gmail.com

Martha Scharlyn Butts Neyman,  a valuable and well-loved daughter of the Preston Trail chapter, passed from this life on March 18th.  Martha did many good works for the community, was loved by so many, and will be greatly missed.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. With more than 177,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations.  DAR members are committed to volunteer service having served more than 12.5 million hours in communities throughout the world during the past three years.  To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org or connect with DAR on social media at facebook.com/TodaysDAR, twitter.com/TodaysDAR and youtube.com/TodaysDAR.