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September 17th Is The 238 Anniversary of the US Constitution
Friday, Mayor Gene Nocera signed a Proclamation For Middletown To Commemorate From Sept 17th to the 23rd.
In 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a Proclamation that September 17th is to commemorate the National US Constitution Day. On Friday September 5th the Wadsworth Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) met with Mayor Gene Nocera for him to sign a Proclamation that the city of Middletown will be commemorating Constitution Week from Wednesday, September 17th to Tuesday, September 23rd. The observance begins with Constitution Day on September 17th, to commemorate the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution, and extends through the following week to encourage education and celebration of this foundational document.
More information on a Parade and other events in Middletown coming soon!! Here is Mayor Nocera's Proclamation:
ABOUT THE WADSWORTH CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION:
Wadsworth Chapter was founded February 2, 1892, the chapter was first in Connecticut (prior to the Connecticut State Society being organized) and second in New England. It is named for General James Wadsworth, a representative to the Continental Congress and, later, to the state legislature for Durham. Wadsworth, also a judge, decided one of the first Connecticut cases of a slave seeking legal redress against an owner in favor of the enslaved man.
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Wadsworth Chapter services members and community in the greater Middletown area. Currently, we have 30 members including 2 Junior members.
Interesting facts-
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Our Regent’s gavel is made from wood from James Wadsworth’s house, gift to Chapter by 3rd Regent, Mrs. O. Vincent Coffin.
Our Charter is framed in wood from the Charter Oak, donated by Susan Carrington Clarke.
A Ladies Writing Desk, purchased by Jennie Clark in memory of her sister Susan Carrington Clark in 1906, is on loan to Durham Historical Society.
Founding member Mrs. Sarah Judd Goode husband Dr. George Brown Goode designed the DAR Insignia which was adopted by the National Board of Management on May 26, 1891.
