Ezra
Parker Chapter, NSDAR - Royal Oak, Michigan
2007 - 2010
National Theme
“The Spirit of Hospitality Opens Doors of Opportunity .”
2009 - 2012
State Theme
"Let
our footsteps guide us along the pathways,
to preserve our Historical Heritage."
| Organized 15 November 1927 |

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On
15 November 1927, a group of Royal Oak women met at Lone Pine Inn and formally
organized a new DAR chapter. Mrs. James H. McDonald who sponsored the chapter
had worked untiringly to bring this about.
The chapter was named for Ezra Parker who participated in the conflict at Lexington and in the Battle of Bunker Hill. After declining a commission, he fought as a sergeant in the Battles of Bennington, Bemis Heights, and Saratoga. In 1835 Ezra Parker moved with his son, William, to Royal Oak, Michigan, and settled in the area that is Woodward Avenue and Thirteen Mile Road. On 15 July 1928, the chapter dedicated a bronze marker in his honor at his grave in the Royal Oak Cemetery. |
* Ella Parker Benjamin * Frances Nichols Bowles * Grace Gene Brandt * Mary Conn Eaton * Dorothy Skinner Fleming * Ruth Shipley Garrison * Evelyn Morey Heath * Helen Booth Huebner * Ellen Eugenia Janson I * Ellen Eugenia Janson II * Anna Garnsey Langdon * Ruth Emily Liskow * Bernice Farley Lurkins * Clara Lee Miller * Mary A. Skinner * Helen Farley Smith * Marguerite Conn Walker Blanche Lowry Claxton Marjorie Edwards Carson |
Alice Richardson Kling Alma Rockwell McNamara Elba Lila Morse Helen Peck Tenhave Neva Knapp Smith Carol Stilson Turner Amanda Stilson Andrews Isabel Smith Robertson Ida Hale Telford Mary Stevens West Maude Hopkins Oliver Frances Guilford Ohlmacher Owena Gaffney Sherman Leila Davis Hudson Margaret Stewart Trace Elizabeth S. Burroughs Marion Finley Deppe Ruth Steere Wetmore Melissa Nicholson Flu |
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three objectives of the NSDAR are exactly the same now as they were when
the Society was organized, 11 October 1890.
1. Historical: - to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence; 2. Education:- to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, thus developing an enlightened public opinion..." 3. Patriotic:- to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. |
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Regent's National Insignia pin belonged to Julia Root Jones, the mother of Florence Waterhouse, a deceased member. Mrs. James H. McDonald presented the Chapter Regent's pin at the first annual meeting in 1928. Gavels: Ella Parker Benjamin presented
a gavel to the chapter in 1937. The head of the gavel is made of black
walnut taken from a stringer from the old Detroit and Pontiac steam railway
built in 1837. The handle is made from an old white oak beam from the barn
of the Parker farm, which was built before 1843.
The
Honorable George A. Dondero presented a gavel to the chapter in 1939. It
is made of white oak and came from a portion of a gun carriage mounted
at Fort Stevens, a defense site of Washington, D.C. during the Civil War.
One gavel was made from one of the 13 chestnut trees planted by George Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was presented to the Lexington Alarm Society C.A.R. in September 1974 for their use. |
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The DAR
Insignia is the property of, and is copyrighted by, the
National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
This website is not an official document of the NSDAR,
but is solely the work and responsibility of the
Ezra Parker Chapter, NSDAR.
Updated 31 January 2010