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ALABAMA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN COLONISTS
CALL TO STATE ASSEMBLY
SEVENTY SECOND ANNUAL STATE ASSEMBLY ALABAMA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
February 25-26, 2011 The Tutwiler Hotel Birmingham, AL Hostess Chapter: Edward Waters - Regent: Kathryn Hicks Porter (for complete information, please contact your chapter regent) ![]() . ~ OUR STATE OFFICERS ~ 2009-2012 ~
~ Membership Information ~
Any woman who is a citizen of the United States of America, of good moral chacter, who has attained her eighteenth year, shall be eligible for membership, provided that she shall be acceptable to the Society and shall be the lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered civil or military service in any of the colonies prior to July 4, 1776. Legal adoption shall not qualify for lineal descent. Membership is by invitation only.
~ Golden Acorn Members ~
Golden Acorn members are those who join the Society from the age of 18 through the age of 35. They remain Golden Acorns until their 45th birthday. The members have the privilege of serving as Pages at State and General Assemblies. Benefiting American Indians has always been the special project of the Golden Acorns Committee, and significant contributions have been made to the Bacone College Library in recent years as a result of this endeavor.
~ Chapters in Alabama ~
Captain Thomas Carter, Sr. ~ Troy
Colonel George Reade ~ Tuscaloosa
Governor James Moore, Jr. ~ Montgomery
Horseshoe Bend ~ Auburn
Judge David Campbell ~ Huntsville
Lt. Colonel John Woods ~ Florence
Nicholas Meriweather ~ Montgomery
Robert Dowling ~ Dothan
~ Our National Society President ~
Beverly Curll Daugherty (Mrs. William C.)
~ Our Society History ~
The Society was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on April 25, 1921; and a Federal Charter was granted to the National Society by the Ninety eighth United States Congress as Public Law 98 561 on October 30, 1984.
~ State Scripture ~"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men." Galations 6:10~ State Theme ~"Honor the past, appreciate the present and plan for the future"
Patriotic, Historical and Educational; to make research as to the history and deeds of the American colonists and to record and publish the same; to commemorate deeds of colonial interest; to inculcate and foster love of America and its institutions by all its residents; to obey its laws and venerate its Flag - the emblem of its power and civic righteousness. |



