Hillsdale Daily News
LITCHFIELD - The Litchfield Area Historical Society recently opened their buildings and displays for the April meeting of the US 12 Heritage Trail Chapter NSDAR.
The Daughters of the American Revolution are one of the largest women’s service groups in the world, with its member count over one million. The group promotes education, patriotism and preservation.
Sandra Thomas and Nellie Cronk gave the ladies a tour of the one-room Sand Creek School and the barn and depot full of many artifacts of the area. The pledge of allegiance was said at the flag at the school.
DAR member Nancy Sprow said among items of interest was a dress worn by Geneva Gates, a former Hillsdale Daily News family living editor, who wore the dress in the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds. Sprow said she remembered going to the fairgrounds then to see the wagon train for the occasion.