HomeMy WebLinkAbout14-067RESOLUTION NO. 14-067
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 14, 2014 AS "A CELEBRATION OF THE
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORA STICKNEY HARPER CHAPTER, NATIONAL SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Duringthe year 1913, Cora Stickney Harper worked to organize a chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution in Fort Pierce, Florida. At the same time, she was a member
of a Miami chapter and was appointed Organizing Regent bythe Florida State Regent, Mrs.
Glenville Fissell.
2. Records state that through Mrs. Harper's untiring efforts, records of American
Revolutionary Ancestors were found and verified so that the required number of ladies
signed the chapter register on June 14, 1914, at the home of Mrs. F.R. Horton.
3. The Chapter was first named Aiseehatchee Chapter, the Indian word for Indian River.
However, on November 1, 1914, the year of the acceptance of the chapter, Mrs. Harper
died while kneeling at the communion rail at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. The sense of
personal loss was so great that at the November 1914 Chapter Meeting, the new Chapter
voted to change the name from Aiseehatchee to Cora Stickney Harper to give permanent
honor to its Founder.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim that May 14, 2014 is "A CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORA STICKNEY HARPER CHAPTER, NATIONAL SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 6th day of May 2014.
ATTEST:
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