New United States Daughters 1812 Forming in Montana-- Part 2

Membership to the organization is open to all women who can prove lineal  descent to an ancestor, who, between 1794 and 1815, provided civil, military, naval service to our country, gave material aide to the U.S. Army or Navy, or who  participated in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

If you live in Montana, Idaho, North and South Dakota, and descended from such an ancestor, and'or would like to be a charter member of the Montana State Society, send an e-mail to MontanaUSD1812@ gmail.com.

The purpose of the Society is to promote patriotism and preserve and increase the knowledge of the history of the American people.  The group preserves documents and relics, marks historic places, records family histories and traditions, celebrates patriotic anniversaries, and  teaches and emphasizes historic deeds of the civil military, and naval life of those  who molded our government between  the close of the American Revolution and the close of the War of 1812, from 1784 to 1815, inclusive.

They also locate and mark the graves of the people from those years.

Again, so happy to have a new history group on board.

Congratulations.  --Brock-Perry

New United States Daughters of 1812 Forming in Montana-- Part 1

From the August 17, 2020,   KPVI 6 NBC News (Pocatello, Idaho)  "Daughters of 1812 organizing in Montana."

The National Society United States Daughters of 1812, a lineage group, is organizing a Montana  State Society.  Women from Butte, Hamilton, Corvallis, Bozeman, Lewistown, , Jefferson City, Havre,  Helena, Great Falls and Red Lodge are joining women  from Couer d' Alene, Nampa, idaho and South Dakota to form the organization.

The initial organizational  meeting will be held Saturday, September 26, at the Jefferson Community Center in Jefferson City.  Attendance can either be in person or by Zoom.

I am always happy to see am organization devoted to history forming, but I can see a definite problem with a group that spread out.  Meetings are always going to be difficult as it involves a whole lot of travel for many of the members.

This is a big problem with a group I belong to, the Sons of Confederate Veterans which has a camp in Chicago, the Camp Douglas Camp, #516.  The members are just spread too far apart for attendance at meetings.

But, anyway, I'm happy to see this group forming and hope they find a way to overcome the distance problem.

--Brock-Perry