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Captain William Penny Chapter, NSDAR,
held its 30th Anniversary meeting on October 3, 2026 with Luanne
Brucker, Guest Speaker. Our Chatham Village Trustee read our 30th
Anniversary Proclamation during the service. She is pictured
holding our proclamation. Out chapter was organized on February
5, 1996, and a Charter from the National Society was granted October
12, 1996.
The Capt. William Penny Chapter, NSDAR, hosted the Illinois State Regent Marria Blinn and Dstrict V Drector Lynda Kerstein on September 5, 2026 at the Chatham United Methodist Church.
Six xchapter members and a Chatham Village Trustee plus school children rang bells for one minute on Constitution Day in Veterans Memorial Park.
Four Capt. William Penny Chapter members, including George Washington, volunteered for the DAR/SAR/C.A.R. during the Clayville Fall Festival on Saturday, September 19 and three other chapter members, not pictured, volunteered on Sunday, September 20.
Chapter members gathered at Captain William Penney's gravesite before the May 2026 meeting.
The chapter honored DAR Good Citizens at the February 2026 meeting.
The Butterfly Garden was dedicated in June 2023 in Veterans Memorial Square Park in downtown Chatham. The 2013 rock from the chapter's original Patriot Garden was moved there for the dedication.
Then President General Denise Doring VanBuren in Springfield, June 11, 2022.
September 2021: Constitution Week at Washington Park for the ringing of bells. four DAR Chapters were represented that day. Captain William Penny, Pierre Menard, Sergeant Caleb Hopkins, and Springfield Chapter.
Each year the chapter awards a $500 scholarship.
The Capt. William Penny Chapter, NSDAR, hosted the Illinois State Regent Marria Blinn and Dstrict V Drector Lynda Kerstein on September 5, 2026 at the Chatham United Methodist Church.
Six xchapter members and a Chatham Village Trustee plus school children rang bells for one minute on Constitution Day in Veterans Memorial Park.
Four Capt. William Penny Chapter members, including George Washington, volunteered for the DAR/SAR/C.A.R. during the Clayville Fall Festival on Saturday, September 19 and three other chapter members, not pictured, volunteered on Sunday, September 20.
Chapter members gathered at Captain William Penney's gravesite before the May 2026 meeting.
The chapter honored DAR Good Citizens at the February 2026 meeting.
The Butterfly Garden was dedicated in June 2023 in Veterans Memorial Square Park in downtown Chatham. The 2013 rock from the chapter's original Patriot Garden was moved there for the dedication.
Then President General Denise Doring VanBuren in Springfield, June 11, 2022.
September 2021: Constitution Week at Washington Park for the ringing of bells. four DAR Chapters were represented that day. Captain William Penny, Pierre Menard, Sergeant Caleb Hopkins, and Springfield Chapter.
Each year the chapter awards a $500 scholarship.
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