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Welcome to a new meeting season!!

8/28/2021

 
The Janesville Chapter DAR will again be meeting in-person with a hybrid option available.  The hybrid will be available through Zoom, with the link emailed out with the meeting invite and agenda.  We're so excited to be able to offer this option to our members!     The  program committee did a great job of picking programs for the year, and we're excited to share them with you!  Members if  you have facebook be sure to like our group page.  Updates will be posted there, along with on this site and email.  The group page also have information  shared from the DAR President General's page, and other DAR pages.  ​    You can always reach out to us via  email at darjanesvillwi@gmail.com  .  See you soon!!
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Covid-19

4/4/2020

 
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Due to the Covid-19  virus, our meetings have been cancelled. Please bear with us and we will keep you updated on future dates. Thank you for your understanding. 

Rise and Shine for America

4/4/2020

 
The National Theme for 2019-2021 is “Rise and Shine for America”  
Wisconsin's State Theme is “Branch out in service and reap a harvest of good deeds.”

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Votes for Women!

3/13/2018

 
At our March 11 meeting we enjoyed a presentation about suffragettes by Elizabeth and Julie. Our chapter regent's granddaughter also played the violin for us. We enjoyed food and drinks colored purple, white, and green in honor of the English suffragettes. Some Daughters even arrived in period outfits! Enjoy the slideshow of photos from the day below.

2018 Good Citizen Award Winner, Sean Harvatine

2/12/2018

 
Sean Harvatine, a senior at Milton High School, is this year's Janesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award winner. Sean is recognized as a Good Citizen because he demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in his home, school, and community. Sean received a scholarship award and was recognized at the Janesville Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution award ceremony on February 11, 2018. Congrats to Sean!
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Pictured: Sean Harvatine, Good Citizen Award winner, and Lonna Morouney, Good Citizen Award program chairwoman.

Potters Field Project Article Featured in the 'Senior Review'

7/28/2017

 
Lisa Lucas and Ruth Anderson, two of our DAR members, recently co-wrote an article about our potter's field service project that was featured in the July edition of the Senior Review, a newspaper that is printed and distributed by Rock County Council on Aging. You can read the article below or click on this link to read online (go to page 6 of the full edition).

Join us in September for a Genealogy Lineage Workshop

7/4/2017

 
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New Facebook Group for Chapter Members

7/3/2017

 
I wanted to share with you a Facebook group I created for our Janesville Chapter DAR members. This is a   closed    group so only our chapter members can join, and those not in the group cannot see posts made in the group. If you are on Facebook, find the group at the link below and request to join; I'll get you added. Thought this might help us stay connected outside of meetings and provide an informal forum for Q&A and general sharing. ​ -Lisa Lucas, Webmaster

​https://www.facebook.com/groups/DARJanesville/ 
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Wine & Trivia Get-together

7/3/2017

 
Members enjoyed a mid-summer social get-together on Sunday, July 2 at Northleaf Winery in Milton. Two DAR teams competed in trivia and enjoyed delicious wine. One of our teams even won third place and a $10 gift certificate to the winery. Way to go! Stay tuned for more social outings later this summer. 
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Those Buried at Potters Field in Janesville Remembered

5/24/2017

 
​The Janesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Wisconsin Society Colonial Dames 17th Century have combined forces to remember and honor those buried at the Rock County Health Care Center Cemetery, a.k.a. Rock County Poor Farm Cemetery #2, a “potter’s field,” located beside Sportsman’s Park at 3411 N. US Highway 51 in Janesville.
 
This simple field surrounded by beautiful pine trees and, rather incongruously, large residential homes, can easily be overlooked. However, it is the final resting place for 276 former Rock County residents. The field saw burials between 1894 and 1962. Most individuals buried here were either residents of the poor farm or patients at the Rock County [Tuberculosis] Sanitarium, or the Insane Asylum. Each burial plot is marked with a small concrete marker and a number. Sadly, the names of those buried are not listed on the plots or anywhere on the premises. However, through research conducted by members of the DAR and Colonial Dames, these names were recovered from the Charles Tallman Archives & Research Center.
 
After recovering these names, DAR and Colonial Dames members began collecting hundreds of silk flowers this spring, bundled them into small bouquets, and then wired them to painted stakes that were placed at each plot on May 21. Each bouquet includes a waterproof placard with the name of the individual buried there, their date of birth and death (when known), and a small epitaph. Through hours of research and bouquet preparation volunteered by DAR and Colonial Dames members, these “forgotten individuals” become known to the world again and their memories are honored.
 
Due to winter weather, these bouquets are only permitted to be placed in the summer months; bouquets are removed by DAR and Colonial Dames members later in the summer and stored over the winter. However, the DAR and Colonial Dames are considering how to make these installations more permanent with, perhaps, the addition of signage that would include the names and corresponding plot numbers of those buried there. This could be very useful, especially for people visiting the field to locate ancestors.
 
Be sure to stop by Rock County Health Care Center Cemetery this summer to view the sea of beautiful bouquets and to spend a few moments remembering those buried there. Thank you to the DAR and Colonial Dames for their hard work in bringing this project to fruition.

Click on any of the photos below for a larger view. 

Janesville DAR Member Retires from Rock County Historical Society

4/18/2017

 
Enjoy your retirement, Ruth Anderson! Read more about Ruth's years of service to the Rock County Historical Society in this Janesville Gazette article.
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New Officers Elected

4/9/2017

 
Outgoing Chapter Regent Nancy Zolidis (left) hands over the gavel to incoming Chapter Regent Leah Burrows at the April Janesville DAR meeting on April 8. 
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Potters Field Project

4/9/2017

 
Reginald Foster Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century & Janesville Chapter DAR have joined together to honor the memories of the 276 buried at the Second Rock County Poor Farm Cemetery, a.k.a. Potters Field. Many of those interred in the Rock County Farm Cemetery were unfortunates who were residents of these facilities. Others were indigents or transients. Their final resting place in the cemetery was marked by a plain square stone with only a number. This project entails gathering enough artificial flowers to make small, but nice bouquets for each grave. Each flower arrangement will include a small card with the deceased name and an epitaph. These bouquets will be placed on May 21, 2017.

​The pictures below are from Ruth Anderson taken the last time bouquets were placed in 2016. (Click on a pic below for larger view.)

A Visit from State Regent, Judy N. Mason

3/12/2017

 
State Regent Judy N. Mason visited the Janesville DAR Chapter on Sunday, March 12. She gave a motivating and impassioned speech about ways in which Daughters can become more involved in DAR. There are truly DAR interest areas for everyone, you just need to look! She also spoke about the importance of developing leaders in each chapter. Daughters in attendance really enjoyed her presentation and appreciated her taking the time to visit our chapter. Our own Anne Wanke was also presented with a certificate for her many years of involvement with DAR. Go, Anne! (Click on a pic below for a larger view.)

Good Citizen Award Winner, Jane Toberman

2/1/2017

 
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Jane Toberman (R), Good Citizen award winner and Lonna Morouney, Good Citizen award program chairwoman
Jane Toberman, a Senior at Milton High School, is this year's Janesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award winner. Jane is recognized as a Good Citizen because she demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in her home, school, and community. Jane received a scholarship award and was recognized at the Janesville Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution award ceremony on February 4, 2017 at the Janesville Women's Club. Congratulations, Jane!

Janesville Daughters Featured in Newspaper Article

10/15/2016

 
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Janesville DAR Daughters Julie Orvis, left, and Elizabeth Martiniak are featured in a local newspaper article explaining their research on Frances E. Willard. Way to go, ladies! Read the article ​here.

Janesville Chapter Honored Frances E. Willard

9/1/2016

 
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Frances E. Willard
The Janesville City Manager declared the month of September 2016 as Frances E. Willard Month! The Janesville Chapter paid tribute to Frances Willard at the September 11, 2016 chapter meeting.

Frances Willard is best known for her work that helped to spark women's suffrage and labor reform in the late 1800s. Willard spoke for equal pay for equal work for women. She advocated for a 40-hour work week and laws to protect children who toiled long hours in dingy factories. She called for free lunches in public schools for children, laws against rape, prison reform, federal aid to education, municipal sanitation, and boards of health to help control disease. She also fought for the right of women to own property.

During her childhood, Frances Willard moved with her family to Janesville, Wisconsin, where her father helped to build the Willard Schoolhouse. She attended the schoolhouse from 1853 to 1854, and she also taught there during the summer of 1858. The school was later named in Willard's honor after it closed in 1920 (22 years after her death).

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