2010-2012 Theme
"Serving Our Nation's Capital; Serving Our Country"

State Regent’s Project
* Promoting Our Unique Boundary Stones
* Celebrating Education and Literacy throughout the Nation’s Capital
* Serving Our Soldiers

Read the State Regent's Recap of the 111th State Conference!

D.C.DAR State Regent
Shari Thorne-Sulima

In Our Community

• USDA and the D.C.DAR Team Up to Help the Columbia Heights Educational Campus Build a People's Garden

• Students In Northwest D.C. Break Ground On 'People's Garden'

Groundbreaking for the CHEC People’s Garden was held on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Columbia Heights Educational Center at 16th & Irving Streets, NW Washington D.C. The D.C.DAR provided $5,000 to fund the garden, provided the garden tools and plants and hosted refreshments after the event.  State Regent Shari Thorne-Sulima, State Librarian Brenda Baker Lee and State Schools Chairman Ann Schaeffer participated in the ceremonial “first dig” along with CHEC School Principal Maria Tukeva, members of the School’s Green Team and representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture.

D.C.DAR Gets Local Media Coverage For Boundary Stone Preservation Work!

On Monday, February 27, 2012, D.C.DAR State Regent Shari Thorne-Sulima was interviewed by Fox 5 Local News regarding the preservation efforts that the D.C.DAR is completing at the Northeast #3 Stone.  Our State Regent was accompanied by State Vice Regent Julia Rogers, State Assistant Treasurer Cindy Hays and State Librarian Brenda Baker Lee.   Please click on the video above to see the complete coverage!

Special thanks to Cindy Hays for her assistance with this endeavor and also for securing the services of two local companies who are providing complimentary assistance on this preservation effort:

Thank you, William & Tom, for helping the D.C.DAR restore Boundary Stone NE#3 to its original grandeur!

Read more about D.C.'s historic Boundary Stones >>

From the State Regent

Dear District of Columbia Daughters:

The D.C.DAR 111th State Conference was a wonderful weekend full of pomp and circumstance, accomplishment-packed reports, our first Salute to Juniors Breakfast, lovely music, the presentation of awards and scholarships and the election and installation of the 2012-2014 State Executive Committee.  We welcomed Merry Ann T. Wright, President General, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, as our honored guest. Also in attendance were Sarah Voll, Treasurer General, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Sally Baldwin, State Regent of Georgia; Karen Lampus, State Regent of Nevada; Cindy Toone, State Regent of Utah; and Morgan Lake, National Chairman of Junior Membership.

For those Daughters who were unable to attend the State Conference, and also for those who wish to reminisce about a memorable time, I encourage you to read the President General’s Blog entry about our State Conference.  She beautifully details our proceedings, and includes several memorable photos.

Thank you to all of the D.C. Daughters who attended State Conference. Thanks also to Julia Rogers, State Vice Regent (now State Regent-Elect) and State Conference Chairman, and to the members of her Committee for all of their time and dedication in arranging an entertaining, informative event for the D.C.DAR.

This State Officer wishes to express her appreciation to all D.C. Daughters for the lovely gifts she received in honor of her service as State Regent.  The tourmaline earrings will always remind me of my dear friends in the D.C.DAR and this special time of service in my DAR career, and the Honorary State Regent’s pin has been affixed to my personal ribbon that I will resume wearing after presenting the State Regent’s ribbon on to my successor.  Your kindness and support of the Thorne-Sulima Administration has ensured that the last two years have been a success.  It has been an honor working with each of you as together, we

“SERVED OUR NATION’S CAPITAL; SERVED OUR COUNTRY.”

Shari Thorne-Sulima
D.C.DAR State Regent
"Serving Our Nation's Capital; Serving Our Country"