Accomplishments
The following markers and activities are representative of the Baton Rouge Chapter’s historic projects and service.
- A bronze marker commemorating the Revolutionary Battle of Baton Rouge was placed on North Boulevard near the Old State Capitol.
- Two live oak trees dedicated to George and Martha Washington were planted near the old Arsenal on the New Capitol Grounds and marked with bronze tablets set in granite (George Washington Bicentennial).
- Through the efforts of Mrs. Annie Laurie Moody, the State Legislature of 1938 enacted a law making September 21, the anniversary of the Battle of Baton Rouge, a recognized state holiday.
- A bronze marker commemorating the Battle of Baton Rouge was placed on the New State Capitol Grounds as a Golden Jubilee Project.
- A grave marker was placed on the grave of Patriot Oliver Pollock in Mississippi, a principal financial supporter of the American Revolution.
- Through the efforts of Mrs. E. N. McAllister, a technical collection of genealogical books acquired by the Chapter was presented to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library (Main Branch), the origin of the State DAR Library.
- The Chapter organized the Pierre Joseph de Favrot Society, Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.), the nation’s oldest lineage society for children.
- The Chapter dedicated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Monument on May 4, 2019, at Port Hudson National Cemetery as a 50th Anniversary Vietnam War Commemoration partner.