Our monthly meetings are usually on the third Friday of the month, October through May.  Each meeting includes a special program topic, usually with an invited speaker, patriotic exercises, and reports of interest to our members and the community. Listed below are the events planned for the 2025-2026 program year.  *Additional gatherings are available for members unable to attend the midday meeting. Guests are warmly welcomed.  For more details, please contact me by clicking this link.  Regent.

Charlotte Barrett

 

2025-2026 Calendar

Wednesday – Sunday, September 3-7, 2025
Program: FSSDAR Fall Forum

Thursday,  September 17, 2025
For Constitution Week Chapter Events and Participation Click  Constitution Week

Friday, October 17,  2025 – Luncheon
Program: FSSDAR Update
Speaker – Kim Zemen Regent, FSSDAR

Friday, November 14, 2025 – Luncheon
Program: Navigating the Waves: Life & Lessons as a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Nurse
Speaker:  Mary Mortimer, Former Navy Officer, Big Cypress Assoc. Member

Friday, December 5, 2025 –DAR/SAR Evening, Joint Meeting & Holiday Dinner
Program:  First Holiday in the President’s House
Speaker:  Marcia Oetting, Adams-Onus Treaty Chapter, NSDAR

Friday, January 16, 2026 – Luncheon
Program:  Scots in the Colonies   /  Speaker:  Cheryl Gowing, Associate Member Big Cypress

Program:  How Immigration of Scots & Scots-Irish Transformed the Nation  /   Speaker:  Regent, Biscayne Chapter, NSDAR, Assoc. Dean UM Libraries

Friday, February 21, 2026 – Luncheon
Program: Breeding Homes of our Endangered Shorebirds
Speaker – Megan Hatten, SW Florida Shorebird Manager, Audubon, Florida

Friday, March 20, 2026 – Luncheon
Program:  Crossnore School:  Past and Present
Speaker: Karen Buchsbaum, Coral Gables Chapter NSDAR

Friday, April 17, 2026 – Luncheon
Program:  Four Unlikely Patriots
Speaker:  W. Douglas Gibbons, Command Sargent Major, US Army (Ret)

Program :  JROTC Color Guard; Essay and Contest Winners

Friday, May 15, 2026 – Luncheon & Tea
Annual Meeting & Committee Reports
Induction of New Members

Monday, May 25, 2026 – Memorial Day

For more details, please contact our regent.