2023-2024 Program Calendar
*Meet and greet: 1:30 p.m. for all 2 p.m. meetings. Please come!
**Note Saturday meeting dates.
September: Thursday, September 14, 2023: 2:00 p.m. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: Welcome Back Party—The 250th Celebration and DAR Trunk Show—Women’s DAR History
Speaker: Nadine McFarland, Blue Ridge Chapter Historian
Location: The Hume Room, 501 Westminster-Canterbury VES Road, Lynchburg
September: Saturday, September 15 & 16, 2023
VADAR Fall Muster
Location: Hotel Roanoke, 110 Shenandoah Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24016
October: Saturday, October 14, 2023: 2:00 p.m (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: Mourning Jewelry—American Heritage—Art and Artists Speaker: Jenny Attenhofer, James River Chapter, NSDAR
Location: Point of Honor, 109 Norwood Street, Lynchburg, VA (corner of Cabell and A Streets)
Hostesses: Sheila Webb, Elaine Roy
November: Thursday, November 9, 2023: 2:00 p.m. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: USA Flag Etiquette—Flag of the USA
Speaker: Blue Ridge Chapter’s own USA Flag Chair, Judy Miller
Location: Tharp Funeral Home, 220 Breezewood Drive, Lynchburg
Hostesses: Kathie Carwile-Johnson, Carol Harding
December: Thursday, December 7, 2023: 2:00 p.m.
Note change, here, to the first Thursday of the month. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: Early American Christmas Music History & Sing Along —American Heritage—Music and Musicians
Speaker: Music: Carol Harding
Location: Amelon United Methodist Church, 220 Amelon Road, Madison Heights
Hostesses: Ellen Pettyjohn, Georganne Charlton, Rosalie Majerus
December: Saturday, December 16, 2023: 12:00 noon
Program: 16th Annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony: Laying of the Wreaths—DAR Service for Veterans
Hosted by the Blue Ridge and James River Chapters and the Desmond T. Doss Memorial VFW Post 12179
Location: Old City Cemetery, 401 Taylor Street, Lynchburg Please arrive no later than 11:30 AM. Gates will close when parking capacity is reached
January: Thursday, January 11, 2024: 2:00 p.m. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: How it All Began: The War for American Independence —American Heritage—Revolutionary History
Speaker: Dr. Kathie Carwile, Vice-Regent, Blue Ridge Chapter
Location: Poplar Forest, 1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg
Hostesses: Mary Massie, Kathy Massie, Yolan Williams
February: Saturday, February 17, 2024: 3:00 p.m.
Presidents’ Day and Joint Meeting
Host Chapter: Amherst Chapter, NSDAR
Speaker: TBA by Amherst Chapter
Location: Sweetbriar College, 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar VA Registration: Cost: TBA. Checks payable to Blue Ridge Chapter, NSDAR, mailed to Janet Bogacik, Treasurer, 3509
Gregory Lane, Lynchburg, VA 24503, by Feb. 2, 2024. (Non-refundable after Feb. 10, 2024)
March: Thursday, March 14, 2024: 2:00 p.m. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: The American Art Collection at Jones Memorial —Local History—Art and Artists
Speaker: Staff at the Jones Memorial Library
Location: Jones Memorial Library, 2311 Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg. Side entrance facing Memorial Avenue.
Hostesses: Tammy Jurgovan, Jean Driscoll
April: Thursday, April 11, 2024: 2:00 p.m. (Social time 1:30 p.m.)
Program: Revolutionary Soldiers of Lynchburg—National and Local History
Speaker: Ashleigh Meyer, Director of Historical Research and Manager of Marketing, Old City Cemetery
Location: Edith Lee Reading Room, Old City Cemetery, 401 Taylor Street, Lynchburg
Hostesses: Jeannine Golden, Deanie McFarland
May: Saturday, May 11, 2024—Annual Meeting 11:00 a.m. Social Time / 11:30 a.m. Meeting
Program: Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon
Location: Appomattox Civil War Museum, Appomattox VA
Hostesses: Sandy Wilbun, Carolyn Bergdoll, Myrna Clark Registration: Cost for boxed luncheon: TBA.