The Concord Bridge                                                                                                                                      December  1, 2023            23      

Old Concord Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution left to right: Lynn Umina, Catherine Bowen, Concord Veterans Officer Dick Krug, Alice Galinat, Regent Janine Penfield, Lee Flight(back), Cheryl Petersen, Debbie Vardaro (back) Kristina Joyce, and Jackie Beaudoin. Courtesy photo

DAR places poppies for Veterans Day

    The Old Concord Chapter (OCC) Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) placed a red poppy wreath at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery flagpole as part of Concord’s Veterans Day Ceremony.  The red poppies have become a symbol of the sacrifice those in battle make and those fallen from John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”.
    Annually, OCC supports veterans by conducting a chapter clothing drive for items requested by the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans hospital. Daughters go shopping and bring donations for requested items to the hospital’s volunteer office and to the Veterans transitional housing program.  The OCC also has card drives for hospitalized Veterans 

    Additionally, Old Concord members participate in the Operation Delta Dog Walk and Wag fund-raiser for Veterans. Operation Delta Dog rescues shelter dogs to train as service dogs for veterans.
   The OCC NSDAR is a volunteer non-profit and non-partisan women's service organization promoting historic preservation, education, patriotism, and outreach within our community.
   OCC covers the towns of Concord, Carlisle, Stow, Maynard, Acton, Boxborough, and Littleton and welcomes members from other locations to be part of the Old Concord Chapter. For more information see the Old Concord Chapter website: www.oldconcorddar.org.