DAR presents community service awards
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CHESTER Return Jonathan Meigs chapter, NSDAR, recently presented the 2021 Community Service Awards.
One of the objectives of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) is to recognize local citizens for their dedication and contributions to their community. The DAR Community Service Award recognizes worthy residents, for voluntary achievements in cultural, educational, humanitarian, patriotic, historical, and citizenship endeavors, or in environmental conservation. April 17, the Return Jonathan Meigs chapter of NSDAR recognized three of our local community members who have helped make our corner of the world a better place.
Chapter Regent Gina Tillis explained, “In the spring, it is customary for us to honor special people for the DAR Community Service Awards. This year’s recipients include Jocelyn Johnson who was recognized for her military service to our country. As a member of the Army Reserves, she completed a to
Before He Became a Turncoat: Benedict Arnold’s Invasion of Canada
On the snow-blasted Plains of Abraham, American forces prepared to launch an attack on the English citadel at Quebec. It was a recipe for disaster.
Here s What You Need to Know: The ambitious Canadian campaign ended in defeat, but the American forces had lived to fight another day.
Fresh from his capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Colonel Benedict Arnold in the summer of 1775 lobbied hard to the Continental Congress for authorization to lead an expedition to the lower St. Lawrence River and attack the English citadel at Quebec. He was prepared, said Arnold, “to carry the plan into execution and, with the smiles of Heaven, to answer for the success of it.” However, after careful consideration, Congress gave the command to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, a prominent New York landholder, with Brig. Gen. Richard Montgomery, an ex-British captain, serving as his second in command.
Colburn, Minnie Garvin McMillin Saturday, January 9, 2021
Minnie Colburn
Minnie Garvin McMillin Colburn died on January 7, 2021, from congestive heart failure and complications following a fall in her home.
Garvin was born April 5, 1920, to Col. Douglass Newman McMillin and Ariel Stevenson McMillin. She was predeceased by her parents, her sister Marcia McMillin and her husband Charles Storey Colburn, Jr.
She is survived by her daughters, Ariel Colburn of Nashville, Celia Colburn of Lookout Mountain, Rosemary (Jim) Milburn of Lookout Mountain, Charlie (Latricia) Milburn of Ooltewah and Grace (Michael) Viertel of Chattanooga, great-grandchildren, Lila, Lawson and Avett Milburn.
Garvin was a descendant of the Robert Cravens family and Return Jonathan Meigs family. She enjoyed exploring genealogy and finding new cousins and relations.