From Leanne - It is official!

From Leanne Keefer Bechdel - an interesting up-coming celebration will be held in Mifflinburg, PA. with the organizing of a new chapter C.A.R.

Thanks to Preservation Mifflinburg for granting use of the Historic Frederick Gutelius Home, they are most proud to be the only C.A.R. (Children of the American Revolution) chapter in the state with a home base!

Officers of the newly organized Regina Hartman C.A.R. Chapter will be sworn in on Wednesday July 22nd at 1:00 PM at the Gutelius Home at the corner of Green and 5th Streets in Mifflinburg, Pa. They plan to honor several DAR local chapter members (one will be 90) who were also in the C.A.R.

A picnic style deli sandwich lunch will follow the ceremony on the lawn of the Gutelius home. DAR, SAR, CAR and local living history persons are welcome, in united force, all to be upstanding for a love of Country, Flag and local history.

The Regina Hartman C.A.R. chapter is sponsored by Shikelimo Chapter of DAR

I'm Back Again

I really went missing for longer than intended - lots happening and not enough hours in the day. Looks like I will have a great deal to talk about, starting with some interesting events in connection with the DAR 118th Continental Congress which I attended.

I had a delightful conversation with an old friend, Alden O’Brien (curator of costume and textiles) and Martha Pullen who I met for the first time. Martha Pullen’s latest book in the Favorite Places Series is “The DAR Museum”.

Fifty-plus garments are featured from this exquisite collection - dating from mid 1700s through early 1900s - baby, toddler, ladies garments and men’s waistcoats are photographed and fully and accurately described in the text - including info about any alterations.The author is Alden O'Brien and I sincerely hope there will be more of this type of publication.

Many of the garments are exquisitely embroidered and there are several additional pages of the embroidery designs featured that may be enlarged for hand embroidery and are also available for machine embroidery (all formats) on CD-ROM.
. . . more to come

Not A Walk-About, but A Talk-A-Bout

If you looked at the title , and wondered if you had reached the wrong blog - it's still me. I have decided upon the new title and expanded thought area because it gives me more to talk about. Opinions available on any and all subjects, though I have listed in the heading some of my main interests. There is still a web page devoted entirely to the DAR Reenactors and Historical Interpreters, but there will be a plethora of other subject matter here as well.

To start off - I find it a matter of serious concern that so many cultural sites (museums, historical loations, etc.) have been answering their economic woes with the layoffs or cutting back of personnel. I know, times are difficult (we are told) and income is below expectation, but I cannot help but think that there might be more creative economies without jeopardizing the livelihood of so many, who certainly cannot, unemployed, be able to strengthen the spending base. Just an opinion.