2025 DAR Constitution Week Celebration

DAR PRESENTS 2025 CONSTITUTION WEEK PROGRAM

“Celebrating America 250! & Honoring Our Constitution and Revolutionary Patriots”

This lively event of historical interest will take place during Constitution Week on Thursday, Sep 18th from 5:30

to 7:00 PM at the Safford Library ANNEX, behind the train depot at 814 S. Central Ave. All are invited to

attend; admission is free. Refreshments will be provided by a chapter of great cooks and The Rustic Barn Bakery.

DAR is gearing up for the 250th celebration of our country’s birthday in 2026. Cindy Clonts, DAR chapter vice

regent, will highlight DAR plans for this event and help create an awareness of this patriotic milestone.

Paula Price, a DAR member with a passion for history, will share events that led to the writing of the Declaration

of Independence and heart-rendering stories of the sacrifices of the signers. This will be followed by an awareness

of the numerous ups and downs of that document after it was signed in 1776. Twenty books about the journey of

this document will be distributed for young people and adults. Families are encouraged to attend in order to

receive a copy.

Talana Hooper, DAR chapter historian and well-known local historian, will share stories of two of the thirty

revolutionary patriots in her family line. Those stories will demonstrate the sacrifices made by those who fought

for the freedoms that have been passed down through the generations.

Ruth Hernandez, DAR chapter librarian and another passionate historian, will show that two or more cultures

within a family line can have those who supported America’s move toward independence. Seventeen of her patriots

are in her mother’s English line. She will share one of those patriots who survived many tragedies in his lifetime.

Observing Constitution Week, which was initiated by DAR in 1955, is a way to remember the importance of the US

Constitution. During this program, local high school students, who are winners in the 2025 DAR Chapter Patriotic

Essay Contest, will be recognized by Helen Masten, DAR scholarship chair, as portions of their essays are read,

sharing how the Constitution protects their personal freedoms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the Library (928) 432-4165; Chapter Regent Sue Ellen Angle

(sueellenanglegvdar@gmail.com), Bonnie Briscoe (928) 428-5904, or any other member of the local DAR Gila

Valley Chapter.