{"id":154,"date":"2019-11-10T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T13:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2020-02-01T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T12:59:00","slug":"about-our-chapter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/about-our-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our Chapter<\/h2>\n<p>Our chapter has been active in Lewiston, Maine, since 1895.\u00a0 With many members over our 125 years, perhaps your mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother was a member. Browse our list of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/charter-members\/\">Charter Members<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/past-chapter-regents\/\">Past Chapter Regents<\/a><\/strong>, and our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/patriots\/\">Patriots<\/a><\/strong> to see if your relatives are listed.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/chapter-history\/\"><strong>chapter history<\/strong><\/a> covers many of the interesting projects we have been involved with. We would love to have you join us as we prepare to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of America!<\/p>\n<p>A few of the projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our members were instrumental in the creation of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/androscoggin-historical-society\/\">Androscoggin Historical Society.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Our chapter was an early supporter of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/opportunity-farm\/\">Opportunity Farm<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In 1915, Mary Dillingham Chapter, NSDAR placed a large boulder with a bronze marker in Nichols Park in Lewiston in honor of the American Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Androscoggin County. More American Revolutionary War soldiers are honored on a plaque that was placed in the main corridor of the court house in Auburn on September 10, 1921.<\/li>\n<li>Our chapter&#8217;s fiftieth anniversary was celebrated on April 11, 1945. Many members came in costumes of earlier days which included heirloom gowns, shawls, bonnets, and jewelry. A history of the chapter was read, followed by a musical program and a delicious tea.<\/li>\n<li>We marked the grave of Julia Wendell Butler, our chapter&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/a-real-daughter\/\">Real Daughter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Chapter Our chapter has been active in Lewiston, Maine, since 1895.\u00a0 With many members over our 125 years, perhaps your mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother was a member. Browse our list of Charter Members, Past Chapter Regents, and our Patriots to see if your relatives are listed. Our chapter history covers many of the interesting [&hellip;]<\/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-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/marydillinghamburntmeadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}