Chapter Clips #1

This is a repeat of the Chapter Clips page from the blog in March.

        On May 5, 1893, the SCDAR organized its first chapter, the Columbia Chapter.  Since the beginning of the SCDAR, the state has organized more than 100 chapters.  Over the years, chapters have organized, disbanded, and even merged.  Our newest chapter, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, organized September 18, 2010.  Today, the SCDAR has 71 active chapters.

          Each year, we hear the names of active and even disbanded chapters, but have you ever wondered why a chapter's name was chosen?  This blog will share with you interesting information about each chapter's organization.  Let's begin with the process of how a chapter's name is chosen.

        One aspect in the process of becoming a chapter in the NSDAR is to select a name for your chapter.  Organizing chapters in states admitted to the Union before 1825 must choose a name that precedes 1825 and is a historic event, a geographic area, or an individual relating to the American Revolution.  For organizing chapters in states admitted after 1825, a territorial historic event, a geographic site, or a name of a prominent early area pioneer may be chosen.  Chapters located outside the United States may choose names for historic events or individuals representative of the period of the American Revolution or for geographic sites.  Chapters located in military installations may be named for the military installation.

        A chapter presents three proposed names to the Organizing Secretary General who submits the recommended names to the National Board of Management.  After a name has been officially granted, it cannot be changed by the chapter unless permission is granted by a two-thirds vote of the National Board of Management.  A chapter may not adopt the name of a chapter in existence.  A chapter may adopt the name of a disbanded chapter, provided permission is granted by two-thirds vote of the National Board of Management.  A chapter may not use the name of a historic property owned by a state organization of the Society or by another chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

        Our first chapter chose the name Columbia Chapter while our newest chapter chose the name Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson.  Future posts will share the significance of each chapter's name and interesting facts about the organization of the chapter included the disbanded chapters.