2021
Wreaths Across America
December 18
Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens
Beebe, Arkansas
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, hosted Wreaths Across America at the Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens in Beebe, Arkansas. The Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) from Beebe High School presented colors. We had a goal of 45 wreaths and surpassed it. It was so cold and wet but worth it. We finished off with lunch. Delicious. For more pictures, click here.
Wreaths Across America (Pennsylvania)
December 18
Butler County Cemetery
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR member laid wreaths at the Butler County Cemetery. For more pictures, click here.
Veterans Shoebox Drop Off
December 4
Publishing Concept
Cabot, Arkansas
Thank you to Publishing Concepts, Inc., for being the central Arkansas drop-off location for Veterans Christmas Shoeboxes. They have made it so easy to drive up, park at the door and drop-off all of the shoe boxes. Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, regent and retired United States Air Force (USAF) veteran HODAR delivered Veterans Christmas Shoeboxes.
Polly’s Book Club and Veteran Shoeboxes
November 22
Jacksonville, Arkansas
Polly’s Book Club met to discuss Defiant Brides by Nancy Rubin Stewart. The meeting was finished by wrapping up the veterans’ shoe boxes. For more pictures, click here.
Veterans Day Program
November 11
Beebe, Arkansas
Three members and one HODAR attended the Veterans Day program at Beebe’s Veterans Park. The Beebe High School Air Force JROTC raised the flag. They also attended the Veterans Day program at Cabot, Arkansas American Legion Post 71. The guest speaker was Colonel Noe of the Army Corp of Engineers, Little Rock District. The Cabot High School Air Force JROTC Rifle team performed. For more pictures, click here.
Vietnam War Commemoration
Oct 25
Beebe, Arkansas
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, was presented with a certificate as a commemorative partner!
Day of Service
October 2
DAR Day of Service
Bradley, Arkansas
For the DAR Day of Service, six chapter Daughters decided to honor the early Pioneer History of the Bradley and Conway Families in Arkansas. First Lady Mary Jane (Polly) Bradley Conway arrived in Arkansas as a child with her family. The Bradley Family traveled from Tennessee in several flatboats down the Mississippi River and across the Red River to the Arkansas Territory in 1818. Our chapter regent presented a small program on the life of Polly Conway. On the return trip, the chapter Daughters stopped at Burge’s in Lewisville, Arkansas for lunch. For more pictures, click here.
Beebe School Math & Literacy Fall Fair
September 28
Beebe, Arkansas
Three members of the Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, attended the Beebe School Math and Literacy Fall Fair to promote the flag. They handed out flags, flag pamphlets, and information on Wreaths Across America. For more pictures, click here.
Beebe School Math & Literacy Fall Fair
September 17
Arkansas
Several Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, members ran their bells at 4 p.m. for Constitution Week. For more photos, click here.
Constitution Week (Beebe)
September 17-23
Constitution Week
Beebe, Arkansas
Constitution Week (Beebe)
September 17-23
Constitution Week
Beebe, Arkansas
America 250
Aug 13
Arkansas Society State Daughters of the American Revolution
Arkansas Old Statehouse
Little Rock, Arkansas
President General Denise Doring VanBuren came to the old Statehouse in Little Rock Arkansas to dedicate the DAR room in the Old Statehouse. For more pictures, click here.
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park
July
Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park
As part of their American heritage, six chapter Daughters took a field trip to the Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park. For more pictures, click here.
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, official first meeting
July 8
Pulaski County, Arkansas
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR, Official First Meeting
Polly Conway Chapter, NSDAR met today for the first time after being approved as a new chapter by NSDAR on July 5, 2021. The regent of the Frederick Van Patten Chapter, NSDAR, in Searcy, Arkansas, officiated the service. New officers were installed and bylaws were approved. For more pictures, click here.