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Utah’s Real Daughter
Hello Friends,
The month of March has been designated as Women’s History Month. This Regent would like to discuss one of our State Society’s founding members.
Harriet Jacques Wetmore Sells was a Real Daughter. A Real Daughter is a daughter of a Patriot who fought or assisted the American Revolution. She suggested the name “Spirit of Liberty” for the original Chapter in Utah. Mrs. Sells was also the Organizing Regent for the Spirit of Liberty Chapter; however, the Chapter was disbanded in 1976.
This photograph is Harriet as a young woman.
This photograph is Harriet in 1909, a mere seven years before her death.
Her father was Bela Wetmore, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that served as a sixteen-year-old volunteer. He was a Private in the Third Massachusetts Regiment. He served until the end of the war in 1783.
Mrs. Sells died in 1916 and was laid to rest in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City. She was age 79 at the time of her death. Her original monument, shared with her husband, Elijah B. Sells, has a bronze Real Daughter plaque that was affixed to the side near the time she was buried.
Our Honorary State Regent Brenda Reeder restored Harriet’s headstone as one of her State Regent’s Projects. The new marker sits at the base of the monument and was dedicated in 2018.
Remembering the “Legacy of Love” that Mrs. Sells left for our Society today,
Kathryn Asay,
Utah State Regent
Celebrating George Washington
Hello Friends,
Our National Society is the lead sponsor for George Washington’s 289th virtual birthday celebration this year. Mark your calendars to celebrate! The worldwide celebration will take place on Monday, February 22nd at 7 PM EST/5 PM MST.
Here is the webpage: https://www.dar.org/members/dars-partnership-mount-vernon
I hope many of you will join in celebrating the life of our First President.
With patriotic service,
Kathryn Asay,
Utah State Regent
A Piano for Valor House
Hello Friends,
My eyes are filled with tears as I am so happy and very proud of The Utah State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
for their creative piano pin fundraiser organized by the Uintah Chapter to purchase a Traditional/Digitized Piano for our once homeless Veterans who now reside at the Valor House in Salt Lake City. We were delighted to be joined by a couple of our Children of the American Revolution girls. Thank you Utah Daughters for supporting the State Regent’s Piano Project!
Sharing ‘Our Legacy of Love,’ with our community,
Kathryn Asay,
Utah State Regent
DAR’s Inauguration Contribution
Hello Friends,
This lovely bronze DAR Eagle Lectern has been used in the four previous Presidential Inauguration luncheons.
It was the official podium used in Memorial Continental Hall and was presented to the 14th DAR Continental Congress in 1905 by the now disbanded Flintlock and Powderhorn Chapter of Rhode Island as a pledge of “loyalty to the organization, and in the interest of purity, patriotism and peace.”
Once again, it was loaned to the Inaugural Committee. Today, we saw it during the presentation of gifts from Congress as COVID-19 precautions prevented the luncheon from occurring.
For more information about the lectern’s history, check out the DAR blog:
https://blog.dar.org/dar-eagle-lectern-loaned-inaugural-committee
With patriotism in our hearts as we “rise and shine for America,”
Kathryn Asay,
Utah State Regent
Wreaths Across America
A Year of Serving
Hello Friends,
Christmas Greetings from the National Society
Hello Friends,
This is the holiday message from our President General Denise VanBuren. Please watch the video tour.
“Happy Holidays from DAR Headquarters! The pandemic may have kept us from hosting our traditional Open House this year, but it couldn’t stop us from decorating our House Beautiful! If you’re in the metro D.C. area, we invite you to come see our Holiday Illumination in person. Otherwise, check out the Today’s DAR Blog post from today for a peak at our decorations and other suggestions for ways you can celebrate the holidays virtually. We even have a surprise video message from Santa!”
Check it all out here: https://blog.dar.org/dar-headquarters-holiday-highlights
Sharing ‘Our Legacy of Love’ this Holiday season,
Kathryn Asay,
Utah State Regent
The Day that Lives in Infamy
Utah Daughters participate in National DAR Day of Service
Hello Friends,
As we celebrated the 130th Anniversary of NSDAR in October, Utah Daughters were busy in a variety of ways serving their communities for the “National DAR Day of Service”.
Bald Eagle Chapter collected trash along the highway.
Color Country Chapter volunteered at Switch Point Food Pantry stocking shelves and packing food boxes.
Golden Spike Chapter put together over 50 meals for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in Roy, Utah.
Princess Timpanogos Chapter made educational games for children with learning disabilities in the Granite School District.
Pony Express Chapter collected food and clothing for a Women’s Shelter Refuge.
Sego Lily Chapter collected cleaning supplies for Safe Harbor Women’s Shelter and 96 pounds of food for the Bountiful Food Bank.
Salt Lake Valley Chapter, as part of Service to Veterans, collected hygiene products for the homeless because many of them are veterans. Items collected were taken to a homeless shelter.
Uintah Chapter made and donated 50 sack lunches for the youth at Midvale Family Resources Center.
Spirit of America Chapter picked up trash along their very own stretch of an adopted highway.
Wasatch Range Chapter delivered pizzas and other foods to families in need.
We are so proud of the Utah Daughters serving in the community for the Day of Service.