News from Camp Camp Middlebrook Chapter NSDAR
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The Return of our Chapter Newsletter Vol. 5, Issue 1
April 2025
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America 250 Project Laurel Grube Vice Regent
A quilt was made with the help of our chapter members, showing the names of our 358 Patriots. All chapter members from our beginning in 1893, have a bloodline to one of these Patriots. The names are written around squares of fabric representing the many ways our Patriots served, besides those being soldiers. One was a spy who helped Washington with the crossing of Delaware, some were doctors and ministers. One participated in the Boston Tea Party. We had drummer boys and fifers. Many provided food and housing or pastured horses. Some were sailors before we had a navy, and one traveled back and forth to France with correspondence. Many of the Patriots were local to Somerset County, NJ. We even had five women Patriots. A poster was made with fifteen questions for children so they could get involved and find different fabric squares that answer the questions. There is a QR code on the quilt which will take you to three links. One about National DAR, one about our chapter and one to an alphabetical listing of each Patriot and their information.