Chapter Meetings

It's our 90th Anniversary Year! And we have a great schedule of presentations and meetings for the 2022-2023 year.

Our chapter meets on the third Monday evening of the month unless otherwise noted.  To be respectful of different comfort levels post-COVID, we offer hybrid meetings.

* In-person Capacity is capped at 20 members;

* Please RSVP before the meeting; and

* Virtual meeting participation will be offered to members, associate members, prospective members and special guests. Please contact the chapter regent for more information.

The Chapter’s Executive Board reserves the right to modify these regulations or return to a virtual meeting structure at any time.

We thank you in advance for understanding and complying!

For more details, please contact our chapter regent at: JohnAlexanderNSDAR@gmail.com   or 571-982-9633

2021-2022 PROGRAM CALENDAR

September 19th, 2022  7:00 p.m. Meeting

Program: Lee-Fendall House & Museum - a history of the home and families who lived there

Speaker: Amanda Roper, Executive Director

October 17th, 2022  7:00 p.m. Meeting

Program: African-Americans in Alexandria

Speaker: Audrey Davis, Director, Alexandria Black History 

Museum

November 14th, 2022 7:00 p.m. Meeting

Program: Chickasaw Warriors: A History of Native Americans in the Military

Speaker: Lt. Col. Jessica Owens, USMCR

December 19, 2022 7:00 p.m. 

Holiday Party! 

January 16th, 2023  11:00 a.m., MLK Day

Program: Women Pioneers in the FBI

Speaker: Linda Lovell, FBI Retired & DAR member

February 20th, 2023   11:00 a.m. Morning Meeting & Parade, Presidents Day

TENTATIVE Location:   Gadsby’s Tavern, 138 N. Royal St. Alexandria

Luncheon Program: Huntley Meadows Park & Conservation in NOVA 

Speaker: Rodney Fisher, author & naturalist

& George Washington Birthday Parade--Ladies walking in the parade will depart at 12:15p

March 20th, 2023  7:00 p.m. Meeting

Program: A History of Women Aviators

Speaker: Andrea Tracey, Director, The Fund to Conserve U.S. 

Diplomatic Treasures Abroad  

April 17th, 2023  7:00 p.m. Meeting

Program: Better Angels: 5 Women Who Changed Civil War America

Speaker: Robert Plumb, historian & author 

May 14th, 2022 Chapter Anniversary Celebration 

Time & Location: TBD 

As the bicentennial celebration of the United States' 200th birthday swept across the country in the 1970s, the ladies of the John Alexander Chapter, NSDAR, came up with the idea of creating and selling a patriotic scarf to raise funds for historic preservation projects to honor their American Revolutionary War ancestors. The blue and white silk scarves were a hit  and thousands were sold far and wide!

Complimentary scarves were sent to several VIPs as gifts, including in 1972, to Mrs. Betty Ford, the First Lady of the United States, and to Mrs. Jinks Holton, the First Lady of Virginia.

If you have a bicentennial scarf, inherited a scarf from your mother or grandmother, or remember them being worn by ladies in and around the Washington, D.C., metro area in the 1970s, we would love to hear from you.