Members of the Sarah Pound Dripping Springs Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution participate in the organization's Day of Service with family and friends. PROVIDED BY THE NSDAR.
Dripping Springs DAR chapter holds day of service
Members of the Sarah Pound Dripping Springs Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, along with family and friends, recently came together to participate in NSDAR’s annual Day of Service.
The date — Sunday, Oct. 16 — was chosen to celebrate 132 years of the national society. This year’s Day of Service was performed at the Phillips Cemetery in Dripping Springs. With permission from the board of the Phillips Cemetery Association, the participants did a general cleanup by trimming overgrown shrubbery, weed eating, washing of headstones and raking and bagging loose leaves and flowers.
“We all came away with a wonderful sense of pride and accomplishment after seeing the results of our efforts,” said Kathy Rienstra, Sarah Pound chapter member.
Numerous early settlers of the Dripping Springs area are buried in the Phillips Cemetery. The earliest documented burial is that of B. G. Sorrell who died on March 13, 1880. Sixteen Civil War veterans are buried there as well.
The DAR, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit, nonpartisan volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history and securing America's future through better education for children.
DAR members volunteer millions of service hours annually in their local communities, including supporting active duty military personnel and assisting veteran patients, awarding thousands of dollars in scholarships and financial aid each year to students and supporting schools for underserved children — with annual donations exceeding one million dollars.
As one of the most inclusive genealogical societies in the country, DAR boasts 190,000 members in 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally. Any woman 18 years or olderregardless of race, religion or ethnic background who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership.
For more information about the NSDAR, visit dar.org/national-society.