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The Tennessee State Society joined four other lineage societies to remember Honorary State Regent Aline Roberts, who passed away in August 2024. The memorial was held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Sharon, Tennessee. TSSDAC joined the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812, Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Aline held leadership positions in all of these societies. Following the service, flowers were placed at her grave at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Sharon. Aline Roberts was an Honorary State Regent and TSSDAC State Regent from 1994-1997. She was an Organizing Member and Chapter First Vice Regent of the Isaac Dawson Chapter, serving as Chapter Regent in 1980-1983. She served as State Historian and State First Vice Regent. On the national level she served as National Colonial and Genealogical Chairman, State Regents Club Historian, General Assembly Credentials Chair, National Insignia Sectional Chair, and the NSDAC House Chair. Aline will be remembered for her generosity, friendship, and protocol knowledge. Her leadership in these and other organizations represented more than 50 years of service to patriotism and historic preservation. 
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NSDAC National President Mary Raye Casper is attending the Tennessee State Society 2025 State Assembly on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mt. Juliet. She will speak during that evening's Candlelight Supper. The National President Project’s primary focus for her 2024-2027 Administration will be the first English settlement in the present-day United States that was founded in 1587 on the northern end of Roanoke Island. This is the colony now known to history as “The Lost Colony.” Before there were colonists at Jamestown and Plymouth, about 118 English men, women, and children came to the New World to establish a permanent settlement named the “Cittie of Raleigh.” This colony was originally located within the large English territory claim of “Virginia” named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I. The present-day site of the first colony is now within Dare County, North Carolina. NSDAC will help support specific Project Elements at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Manteo, NC, to help improve and enhance visitor understanding of the lives of the first colonists, their known experience, and the humanity of the Raleigh expeditions. The Raleigh voyages to Roanoke Island and the first English colony in the New World led to further colonization and the founding of the original thirteen colonies which became the USA. The “Cittie of Raleigh” on Roanoke Island is the site where the birth of our nation began!  Phyllis Talbert Carter was elected Tennessee State Regent at the 2024 State Assembly held March 7, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. She will serve as State Regent through 2027. Also elected were the following state officers:
 The Tennessee State Society dedicated a marker at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Vonore, Tennessee, on Saturday, September 16, 2023. The event was attended by national and state DAC officers and members, and members of the church congregation. The marker reads: "St. Paul's was organized in Monroe County TN in 1817 by early settlers of German, French, and Swiss ancestry. In 1820 the church became one of the 18 Tennessee congregations to form the Evangelical German Lutheran Tennessee Synod. The congregation petitioned the state legislature for land and a German speaking pastor. In 1825 the State of Tennessee granted in trust to the Lutheran Society four acres of land in the Hiwassee District. The first building and pews were of logs, the roof of cedar shingles and a floor of dirt. The present church was dedicated in 1920.  The Tennessee State Society held its Summer Board meeting on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. We were joined by National Society Children of the American Colonists National President Alyvia Baxter. She spoke about her project, "Bringing Legends to Life." Our State Assembly will be held Thursday, March 8, in Mt. Juliet. State officers for 2024-2027 will be elected. We will have as our special guest NSDAC National Vice President Blue Ridge Section Sarah Martin.  Above, NSCAC National President Alyvia Baster, center, with Tennessee State Adult Advisor Jan McGill Phillips, left, and NSCAC Librarian General Jennifer Rowan. Below, Tennessee Honorary State Regents: Top from left: Aline Roberts (1994-1997), Gail Holman (1997-2000), Charlotte Miller (2013-2015), and Cindy Waters (2018-2021). Seated with State Regent Lynda Logan is Linda Mansur (2015-2018).   NSDAC Honorary National Vice President and Tennessee Society Honorary State Regent Linda Dillard Dean passed away January 30, 2023, at the age of 87. She served the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists at the Chapter, State, and National level. Linda served for nine years on the NSDAC National Board before being elected Honorary National Vice President in 2019. She joined Clay Lick Chapter in 1991. We will remember Linda for her love of history, gracious spirit, a Tennessee Daughter and friend.
 The Tennessee State Society celebrated its 90th anniversary at its 2022 State Assembly held March 3 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. National President Melanie K. Platte was our honored guest. NSDAC National President Melanie K. Platte will attend the Tennesse State Society State Assembly March 3, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.   The Tennessee State Society was happy to meet in person August 12, 2021, at the Doubletree Hotel in Murfreesboro. In addition to officers and state chairmen reports, chapter members brought personal items to support Greenhouse Ministries in Murfreesboro. Items collected included more than 100 bottles of hand sanitizers, body wash, and soap; ladies' underwear and night clothes; 26 tubes of toothpaste and 12 packs of toothbrushes; 80 bottles of lotion and shampoo/conditioner; and other toiletries. Above, State Regent Lynda Logan, left, and State Chaplain Sheri Harding brought the donations to Greenhouse Ministries after the Summer Board concluded.
The National Society Children of the American Colonists met in Burlington, North Carolina. As part of the weekend events, National Officers and Adult Advisors were installed for the coming administration. TSSDAC State Librariran Jennifer Rowan was installed as Corresponding Secretary General and Jan Byrum was installed as Tennessee Adult Advisor.  |
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