State Workshop: Banneker School

State Workshop

Attendees: 7 members (5 peewees), 8 seniors

Members attended state workshop to learn more about the state project. Banneker School was built in 1885 to provide education to black children in Platte County, MO, who were prohibited by state law to attend school with white children. This project is to raise funds for the restoration of the school and land property.

Members also learned about the other programs and contests for the C.A.R. year through skits. Many of our members wrote and participated in skits.

Contest Connections: State President's Program

August Field Trip: State Workshop

6 members, 1 prospective, and 8 seniors traveled to Columbia, Missouri for the Missouri State Society Children of the American Revolution (M.S.S.C.A.R.) State Workshop. Several of our members are state officers or chairmen, so they wrote skits to help share their projects with the rest of the members. They also were able to participate in crafts during the senior meeting.

Officers and chairmen wrote their own skits and invited others to join them.

Before the meeting, members and seniors participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at a veteran's memorial in Columbia. One of our senior leaders is the Senior State President and led the memorial.

Senior State President

An Alexander McNair Senior played the bagpipes.

Members also learned about this year's state project, Have a Heart: Support Operation Gratitude. You can learn more about the program at their website: