{"id":85,"date":"2018-09-02T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2019-12-12T13:08:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T13:08:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\"\"Esther Eayres Chapter NSDAR was organized July 12, 1918, with 12 charter members<\/a><\/strong>. Esther Eayres was the first white child born in Orono, Maine<\/a><\/strong>. She was born April 30, 1777, the daughter of Joshua Eayres. Her father owned the island in the Basin, which has been known as “Eayres’ Island.” He moved to Passadumkeag in 1800. Esther married William McPheters in 1795, and from that time to her death on September 5, 1869, at age 74, she lived on the farm which was later owned and occupied by her son, Joseph McPheters. The town of Veazie now owns the 25-acre McPhetres Farm Forest behind Route 2 and Davis Drive homes. It contains a two-mile trail passing a large variety of tree species, including white oaks and a 100+-year-old white pine stand.<\/div>\n
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McPhetres Farm, now part of Orono Land Trust<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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November 11, 1927, the Memorial Tablet
\nof World War Veterans of Orono was unveiled.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was placed on a boulder on the lawn
\nin front of the O.H.M.H. American Legion Post # 84.<\/p>\n

1917-1918
\nIn Honor of Those Who Served
\nAnd
\nIn Memory of Those Who Made
\nThe Supreme Sacrifice
\nPlaced By
\nEsther Eayres Chapter D.A.R.<\/div>\n

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\nA historical stone and bronze marker was placed on the Orono Post Office lawn with a public ceremony of dedication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1976
\nErected by Esther Eayres Chapter DAR
\nTo Honor
\nRevolutionary Patriots
\nWho Lived in Orono<\/p>\n

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\nIn 1984, the chapter presented a flag pole and bronze marker to the Kiwanis Club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0 Join our chapter as we celebrate America's history!<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1984, the chapter presented a flag pole and bronze marker to the Kiwanis Club. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/esthereayres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}