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Urbana Chapter DARFebruary 21, 2022The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at the First Presbyterian Church on Monday, February 21, 202

1953 was a big year of celebration for the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana.First, there had been a huge endeavor within the church structure to improve

Urbana Chapter DARDecember 8, 2021The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. at BrownRidge Hall,

Gamble Family Musicians to play in Urbana Submitted story The “Gamble Family Musicians” of Springfield, Illinois, will present an informal “Family Frolic” recital on Monday, July 19 at noon at the First Presbyterian Church in Urbana. These family members have performed in Urbana in previous years, and look forward to a return. The four women are sisters who grew up making music and playing as a string quartet. They now perform with the local Springfield (Illinois) Symphony and bands. Th...

Camp draws hundreds of kids By Caleb Spinner - Contributing writer Former Ohio State and NFL player Doug Worthington shows campers how to do a drill during the Charg1ng Heisman Elite Football camp on the campus of the former Urbana University on Friday. Photos by John Coffman Photography Romero Green catches a pass during drills at the camp on Saturday. Photos by John Coffman Photography Kynzie Henry throws a pass during drills at the camp on Saturday. Photos by John Coffman Photography F...

Sunday evening, June 6, 2021 is a date that will remain in the mind of Samantha Meyer.On that date, the Court of Honor for “Sam” proclaimed her

CLUB NEWS Submitted story Regent Kim Snyder receives roses and a gift card from Vice Regent Linda Fullerton on behalf of the Urbana Chapter for her digital work on the OSDAR State Conference and the upcoming NSDAR Continental Congress in Washington, DC. Submitted photo The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met via Zoom on April 19. Regent Snyder called the meeting to order and proceeded with the DAR opening ritual. The Pledge of Allegiance was read by Pat Detwiler, the Ameri...

CLUB NEWS The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met December 9 at 1:30 p.m. for the chapter’s second full remote meeting. Regent Snyder called the meeting to order and proceeded with the DAR opening ritual. The Pledge of Allegiance was read by Pat Detwiler, the American’s Creed was read by Judi Henson and Star Spangled Banner was read by Megan Snyder. Dona Tullis read the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, which is now done at each meeting. Prese...

CLUB NEWS The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met November 21 for the chapter’s first full remote meeting. Regent Snyder conducted a short “primer” on logistics of managing a Zoom meeting. She then called the meeting to order followed by the DAR opening ritual. The Pledge of Allegiance and American’s Creed were repeated by those participating virtually. Regent Snyder then read the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner. This was followed by the recitation of the Preambl...