DSDI gathers in historic Princeton As the old saying goes, “three is the charm.” After two previous plans were derailed by the pandemic, DSDI members enjoyed gathering in person Oct. 8-9, 2021 in Princeton, NJ for our fall meeting. Our host hotel was the Nassau Inn, which was historic, charming and right in the middle …
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DSDI Donation Means Historic Locke Book Available to the Public
DSDI has made it possible for the remarkable 1720 book of writings by English philosopher John Locke to be placed on public display. DSDI provided an $1,800 donation in 2019 at the request of Independence National Historical Park. Recently, during DSDI’s July Fourth celebration in Philadelphia, Lucy Duke Tonacci and her husband Mark viewed the …
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DSDI Celebrates a Return to Philadelphia for the Fourth of July
It was wonderful to greet each other in person again at the 114th Annual Congress in Philadelphia July 3-4, 2021. The Mayhew family planned and executed a remarkable weekend focusing on 10 students who represented their Signers. They traveled to Philadelphia with their families to tap the Liberty Bell. On Saturday morning we honored the …
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Moving Ahead Through Safest Choices
Hello DSDI Members! As we make plans to meet each other in Philadelphia for the Fourth of July, we realize that our Signers must have felt many of the same concerns facing a pandemic. Our Scholarship Committee drew attention to this topic when Chair Jill Haimes shared the essay question at our Virtual Oregon General …
Inspiration From Our Biggest Challenges
President-General’s Message Winter 2021 Hello All. Sometimes the best inspiration comes from our most difficult challenges. Recently The Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks commented that William Shakespeare wrote two of his best plays, “Macbeth” and “King Lear,” in the middle of a plague. (Critic’s Notebook: Waiting out a pandemic—and for our ‘King Lear’). London’s …
Spring DSDI Meeting “Virtual Oregon” March 12-13, 2021
Plan for a “Virtual Oregon” trip for the DSDI Spring Meeting March 12-13, 2021 in a Zoom meeting. Although we won’t be able to meet together in person this Spring, we will have a Board Meeting Friday, March 12, 3pm, and a General Meeting Saturday, March 13, 7pm. We promise a fun trip to the …
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Wanted – Authors and Family Stories about Signers
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” to found the country we are privileged to inherit. Although it is their signatures on the Declaration, their wives and children also sacrificed in untold ways. We want to uncover the stories of the wives of our noble Signers. …
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“Wives of the Signers” project calls for volunteers
The DSDI Board of Governors recently approved an exciting new project called “Wives of the Signers” biographies. Shirley Smith, who wrote the DSDI biography of signer Abraham Clark several years ago, has enthusiastically agreed to be Chairperson for this new project. Our goal is to generate unique, world-class biographies of the wives of all 56 …
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A call to “Remember the Ladies”
On March 19, 1776, months before our grandfathers declared independence, Abigail Adams wrote to John: “. . . in the New Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”[1] As descendants …