Chapter Meetings

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;

* For in person - please RSVP before the meeting; and

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

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

                        2024-2025 PROGRAM CALENDAR

Monday, September 16th, 7pm

Program: Women Going the Extra Mile: The Historic Trek from Alexandria to Richmond

Speaker: Gayle Converse, Alexandria Celebrates Women

Monday, October 21st, 7pm

Program: Shàxahkaptunakàn (Indigenous Straight Talk)

Speaker: Sandra Hope Richardson, Saving the Circle

Monday, November 18th, 7pm

Program: Historic Alexandria Cemeteries

Speaker: David Heiby, Founder, Gravestone Stories

Saturday, January 4th, 2025

Chapter Holiday Party: A Twelfth Night Celebration

Monday, January 27th*, 7pm

Program: The First Family

Speaker: Cassandra Good, Marymount University

*Date moved due to Inauguration Day

Monday, February 17th, 11am

Program: None - Parade Day! Join our Chapter as we march in the George Washington Birthday Parade

Monday, March 17th, 7pm

Program: Espionage in the Revolution

Speaker: Anne Henninger

Monday, April 21st, 7pm

Program: Behind the History of Freedom's Flight in Alexandria

Speaker: John Chapman

Monday, May 19th, 7pm

Program: Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars

Speaker: Dr. Jamie L.H. Goodall

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.