HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Installed a fence around the Reverend John Andrew’s grave for protection. All of our funds for the project came from a grant given by the Junior Board of the Watson-Brown Foundation in Athens, Georgia. | |
Assisted with preserving the Watkinsville Cemetery with clean-ups and identifying all U.S. veterans. The chapter received a $2,500 grant from the Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board. Ground Penetrating Radar Systems surveyed the cemetery grounds and noted 101 unmarked graves. Completed the Watkinsville Cemetery map, which was unveiled at the cemetery on November 10, 2021. | |
Reproduced two historical portraits of Robert Ranson Billups and Elizabeth Ware Fullwood Billups. On September 1, 2016, the chapter returned and donated the portraits to the Eagle Tavern in Watkinsville, where the paintings hung in the Eagle Tavern from approximately 1846 to 1956. |
EDUCATION
Sponsors the William Daniell Society, Children of American Revolution (C.A.R.). A yearly scholarship is given to graduating high school seniors. | |
Founded and continues to support the Watkinsville Junior American Citizens (JAC). A yearly scholarship is given to graduating high school seniors. | |
Hosts Constitution Week, a celebration of the U.S. Constitution that educates the community on the documents' content and importance. | |
Established a scholarship for a University of Georgia (UGA) student veteran in honor of George William Brown and WWII soldiers. A scholarship is presented to a student veteran each year. |
PATRIOTISM
Marked the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots in Sparta City Cemetery. The chapter marked the graves of John Sturdevant, Peter Temple, Zadoc Turner, and John Shackelford. | |
Established Patriot Park at the center of historic Watkinsville. The park honors 17 Revolutionary War Patriots buried in Oconee County. The construction of the park began in 2008, and the park was dedicated on March 7, 2010. | |
Initiated and awarded a $10,000 NSDAR Special Project Grant for the Oconee Veterans Memorial Foundation. The grant money purchased the eagle statue “Freedom” at Oconee Veterans Park. | |
Became the first organization to support and to partner with the Student Veterans Resource Center at the University of Georgia. | |
Created an annual celebration to honor local women veterans on Women Veterans Day. |
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