Chapter Meetings

Our chapter meets on the third Monday evening of the month unless otherwise noted.  To comply with COVID protocols in place at our site, and within the City of Alexandria and Commonwealth of Virginia: 

* Capacity will be capped at 30 members in person;

* You MUST RSVP before the meeting and affirm the health check statements;

* Masks will be required; and

* Virtual meeting participation will be offered for those ladies not yet comfortable with meeting in person.

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 20th, 2021  7:30 p.m. Meeting

Program: Christ Church Foundation, Preparing for the 250th Anniversary of Christ Church Alexandria

Speaker: Emily Bryan and Tillman Finley, Foundation Board Members

October 18th, 2021  7:30 p.m. Meeting

Program: Breaking New Ground in Historic Alexandria

Speaker:  Gretchen Bulova, Office of Historic Alexandria

November 15th, 2021 7:30 p.m. Meeting

Program: The Future of the Puller Veterans Care Center

December 20, 2021 7:30 p.m. Holiday Party! 

Program: Gift & Cookie Exchange

January 17th, 2022  11:00 a.m., MLK Day

Program:   Shining the Light on DAR Juniors!

Speaker: Sarah Henze, Virginia State Chair, Junior Membership Committee

February 21st, 2022   11:00 a.m. Morning Meeting & Parade, Presidents Day

Location:   Lee-Fendall House

Program: Marion Moncure Duncan & the Traveling Tray - Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask

Event: George Washington Birthday Parade - members must be in place by 12:30 p.m.

March 21st, 2022  7:30 p.m. Meeting

Program: Celebrating Women Veterans & the Military 

Women Memorial (District V project)

Speaker:  Phyllis J. Wilson, MWM President & Associate Member, John Alexander Chapter

April 18th, 2022  7:30 p.m. Meeting

Program:  George Washington’s Cabinet

Speaker:  Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky

May 15th, 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.