N.S.C.A.R. President's Project

N.S.C.A.R. President, Betsey Ehmcke

N.S.C.A.R. Senior President, Hans E. Jackson

"O! Say Can You See"

            

The 2014-2015 National President’s project is to make a donation to the Star-Spangled Flag House in Baltimore, Maryland, in honor of the Star-Spangled Banner’s bicentennial. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House began as the home of Mary Pickersgill, the woman who sewed the Star-Spangled Banner, and has become a museum that retells the impact Mary and her flag had on our independence. The museum attracts nearly 10,000 visitors each year, with 30% of its visitors coming with school groups.

 Unfortunately, of the ten flags on the grounds of the Flag House, all ten are in need of repair. As this is an expensive project and falls outside of restricted exhibit funds, the Flag House has been unable to fix them. This year, the N.S.C.A.R. hopes to raise $20,000 to donate to the Flag House. With our donation, all ten flags can be restored, including a large Star-Spangled Banner that flies in front of the museum. Our donation will also cover the cost of a recognition marker for the N.S.C.A.R. on the Flag House grounds.

Docent, Jill Peterson, portraying Mary Pickersgill 

at the Germantown Campus, Montgomery College

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7KlvbGJjI

  Star Spangled Banner sung by the Gas House Gang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvecxGO-Fl8

NJCAR State President's Project 2014-2015

NJCAR President, Christie Castorino

NJCAR Senior President, Heather Smith 

Happy 350th Birthday New Jersey

       Christie will write, collaborate with an illustrator and publish a children’s book to celebrate 350 years of New Jersey through the eyes of “Haddy” the New Jersey State Dinosaur to make history fun, share pivotal moments before New Jersey became a state and after and to promote NJCAR through literacy. This will “…promote the love of the United States of America and its heritage among young people”, promote the celebration of patriotic anniversaries, and teach knowledge of American history.    

      Christie will raise money to self publish a book titled “Happy Birthday New Jersey” featuring pivotal events from the land grant to Lord Bergen and Carteret, General Washington and the Crossroads of the American Revolution, Thomas Edison, Alice Paul and more! Each society will receive a copy of the book to donate to a library in their town. Voices will be sold for a Thomas Kinkaide painting “Silent Night” or a $100 Republic Bank Mastercard to use anytime, anywhere.