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By LOUISA T. GROGAN
Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer
The Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, NSDAR, met on May 14 at the Culpeper United Methodist Church with the First Vice-Regent, Mrs. Carl D. Longley presiding in the absence of the Regent. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Kenneth Delavigne, Mrs. Randolph T. Dixon and Mrs. Carl D. Longley.
In the President General’s message, read by Mrs. Douglas D. Fairfax, Mrs. Kemper thanked all Society members for the work done, largely in the Chapters. She announced that, in October, the DAR Museum will open an exhibit called “Bound for the West” which honors those pioneer women who made the journey.
The speaker, introduced by Mrs. Longley, was Mrs. Asa A. Swart, State Chairman of the DAR Speakers Staff Committee, who spoke on “Homesteading in Minnesota”. It was through her own family history — autobiographies, letters, photos, books —; of her own great grandparents that she was able to recreate the life of the homesteaders. These pioneers were a part of one hundred families from England and Wales who emigrated to Minnesota, settling
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