What We Do

Presentation of Certificate of
​DAR Good Citizens Award 

We presented six DAR Good Citizens Awards to high school students in and around the Concord area to commend them for their excellent service to their schools and communities. We also presented community service and historic/conservation awards to members of the community during our March meeting.

Patriot's Day Parade

The Worcester Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter NSDAR joined us for Concord’s Patriot Day Parade. We marched to Old North Bridge where “the shot heard round the world” happened and where, for the first time, colonial militia were commanded to shoot at British soldiers. This was the start of the American Revolution on April 19th, 1775. Learn more>

Image by Craig Fontaine

Wreath Laying on Veterans Day

A special wreath laying took place at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in front of the Melvin Memorial sculpted by Daniel Chester French during Veterans Day 2017 to honor those who died in active military service. 

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Courtesy photo

Image by Alice Galinat

February Event

​Remembering Our Troops and Veterans

​On Valentine’s Day we volunteered for the national salute to hospitalized veterans at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital by visiting with patients on a rehab ward and passing out Valentine balloons with cards made by local area children.

We also remember our troops and veterans by donating needed clothing to the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford and donating funds to provide trees for troops at Christmas time.

December Program

December 2018 Luncheon Meeting

Members donated new toys for Toys for Tots program run by the Concord Fire Department which donates toys to families who cannot afford to buy gifts for their kids during the holidays. We donated over 50 new toys to families.

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November Program

November 2018 Meeting at Harvey Wheeler Community Center
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Presentation by Steven Taskovics on the military importance of fifes and drums with their various styles and locally documented sources of eighteenth century musician veterans: John Nixon, Jr. and Luther Blanchard. 

Steven Taskovics is a life-long fifer and has been a re-enactor since the bicentennial of the United States celebration of the American Revolutionary War in the 1976.  He is currently the colonel of the recreated French unit Saintonge, and also in the Middlesex County Volunteers and in the Sudbury Militia Company.

Concord's WWI Memorial on Veterans Day 2018. Image by Craig Fontaine.

At the Corinthian Lodge of Freemasons. Image by Craig Fontaine

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1​00th Anniversary of WWI Armistice on Veterans Day 2018

Daughters distributed red poppies and copies of the poem “In Flanders Fields," written by John McCrae during WWI, in front of Concord’s WWI memorial on Veteran’s Day. We also placed wreaths at the WWI memorial in Concord Center and at West Concord’s Kenneth Dunn Square memorial.  The Daughters insured the nearby church bells rang at 11 a.m. for the remembrance of the Armistice. 

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We also participated in Concord’s Corinthian Lodge of Freemasons celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Armistice on Veterans Day 2018. The Freemasons opened up their time capsule and the Old Concord Chapter NSDAR  provided  25 red poppies, each labeled with a name from Concord’s WWI Memorial on Concord's common. A copy of John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields, was also provided for the time capsule to be opened in another  hundred years.

DAR Mission Areas

​Historic Preservation
Maintenance of DAR monuments in the Concord area to preserve our cultural heritage.

Education
Contribution to schools and students by providing support through chapter and member donations both financially and time spent with youth during programs and outreach.

Patriotism
To cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing mankind all the blessings of liberty. 
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​Last Updated: 7/28/19