Flora Bredes was born in May 1880, in Bedford, Ohio to Henry Thomas Bredes and Ella King. She attended Bethany College of Lindsborg, Kansas, Lake Erie College of Pinesville, Ohio, Kansas University at Lawrence, Kansas, and University of Washington, and married William S. Walker on December 21, 1909.
Flora personally presented to the State Society an illuminated D. A. R. insignia. She also presented to the Thirty-first Continental Congress in 1922, a large book containing priceless autographs of famous men associated with the Revolutionary War. The book contained the signature of Louis XVI on a document dated December 29, 1779, at Versailles. Other signatures in the book include those of George III., Lafayette, and many of the famous men and generals of the Revolutionary period in some way connected with the struggle for American liberty, Flora also presented a finely preserved copy of the Bible, known as the Geneva Bible, published in 1608.
During her term, the State DAR Badge was adopted and made available for order from J. E. Caldwell. *Also, for the first time there was a registrar and librarian added to the state officers On the National level, perhaps the most telling work undertaken to that point was the gathering of children from the foreign elements in our population and teaching them about this country, its institutions, its aims, its general greatness, and above all teaching them a love and reverence for the Flag. The night schools maintained by the Daughters among the foreigners; the Manual for Immigrants; and work at Ellis Island were of incalculable value in making worthy citizens. There were 102,860 copies of the Manual sent out by the National Chairman in charge of the Manual during the year April 1922-1923, and distribution of 500 copies of a pamphlet on the Whitman massacre, written by Mrs. Matilda Delaney a survivor, work was originated and sponsored by the Esther Reed Chapter. The chapter also printed 10,000 copies of the Official “American's Creed.” The copies were sent to the 7th and 8th grades, in all the city and county of Spokane, schools, night schools, and two soldiers of Fort George.
All chapters completed War Questionnaires. In 1922, the state furnished the office of the
Organizing Secretary General in the new Administration Building in D.C. The full amount, $1,500 was subscribed to at the 21st State Conference. The next year at the conference, members voted that $2,000 be donated by chapters and individual members to purchase the University of Washington DAR House with another $500 to purchase furnishings.
Flora was the Organizing Secretary General (the first active member on the National Board from Washington State) from 1923-1926, Vice President General 1926-1929, and organizer and first Chair of the DAR National Defense Committee 1926-1932. The purpose of the column was to educate the Daughters on all facets of National defense, including using it as a forum to attack peace organizations. She had articles in the DAR Magazine, which debuted in July 1927, which said, “American women are not only morally bound to vote, but must stir up the men and get them to the polls.” She headed committee until 1932. She was also connected with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
The new State Flag was presented to the State Society by Mrs. C. W. Chandler, Regent of Lady Stirling Chapter, and was a gift from that chapter; it was a copy of the flag given to the national society earlier.
The State Society was reported as being one hundred percent in subscriptions to the four National projects; Tilloloy, Conroy Painting, Citizen’s Manual, and Ellis Island work.
Flora worked hard and gave much time and effort to secure a home near the University campus for the members of the University of Washington Chapter, and through her efforts, chapters and individual members paid $2,500.00 toward establishing the D. A. R. House and its furnishings adjacent to the campus. In recognition of Flora’s work, the Chapters raised, in addition, a substantial sum, which was given to the House Fund and placed a brass plate bearing her name on the door of the living room. She lived in Washington D.C. from 1939–1970. Chapters organized: Elizabeth Bixby Chapter, Samuel Elgin, Martha Guthrie, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, Mary Anne Gibbes, Governor Isaac Stevens, Elizabeth Forey, Willapa, James Huntington, and Experience Wood. This is the most chapters ever assembled during one administration.
Flora was also a member of Descendants of the Mayflower Society, Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede, Daughters of Colonial Wars, and University Women’s Club. In 1931, she was a member of the Seattle Day Nursery Association, which was dedicated to the care of children of working mothers. Flora organized their annual tea. She received the award for Distinguished Patriotic Service.
Flora Walker passed away on December 7, 1970, in Washington D. C. She is at Queen Anne Columbarium, in Seattle.
Lady Stirling Chapter
State Regent1921-1923
Organizing Secretary 1923-1926
Vice President General 1926-1929
National Chairman Of National
Defense Committee 1926-1932
First Vice Regent Sarah Patton, Second Vice Regent Ellis Bredes, Recording Secretary Sarah Dunlap, Corresponding Secretary Harriet Seely, Treasurer Ruth Sturley, *Registrar Clara Shumway, *Librarian Mary Penrose, Historian Francis Williams, and Chaplain Lenore Devin.
*First time a mother-daughter served on the same board.
Flora personally presented to the State Society an illuminated D. A. R. insignia. She also presented to the Thirty-first Continental Congress in 1922, a large book containing priceless autographs of famous men associated with the Revolutionary War. The book contained the signature of Louis XVI on a document dated December 29, 1779, at Versailles. Other signatures in the book include those of George III., Lafayette, and many of the famous men and generals of the Revolutionary period in some way connected with the struggle for American liberty, Flora also presented a finely preserved copy of the Bible, known as the Geneva Bible, published in 1608.
During her term, the State DAR Badge was adopted and made available for order from J. E. Caldwell. *Also, for the first time there was a registrar and librarian added to the state officers On the National level, perhaps the most telling work undertaken to that point was the gathering of children from the foreign elements in our population and teaching them about this country, its institutions, its aims, its general greatness, and above all teaching them a love and reverence for the Flag. The night schools maintained by the Daughters among the foreigners; the Manual for Immigrants; and work at Ellis Island were of incalculable value in making worthy citizens. There were 102,860 copies of the Manual sent out by the National Chairman in charge of the Manual during the year April 1922-1923, and distribution of 500 copies of a pamphlet on the Whitman massacre, written by Mrs. Matilda Delaney a survivor, work was originated and sponsored by the Esther Reed Chapter. The chapter also printed 10,000 copies of the Official “American's Creed.” The copies were sent to the 7th and 8th grades, in all the city and county of Spokane, schools, night schools, and two soldiers of Fort George.
All chapters completed War Questionnaires. In 1922, the state furnished the office of the
Organizing Secretary General in the new Administration Building in D.C. The full amount, $1,500 was subscribed to at the 21st State Conference. The next year at the conference, members voted that $2,000 be donated by chapters and individual members to purchase the University of Washington DAR House with another $500 to purchase furnishings.
Flora was the Organizing Secretary General (the first active member on the National Board from Washington State) from 1923-1926, Vice President General 1926-1929, and organizer and first Chair of the DAR National Defense Committee 1926-1932. The purpose of the column was to educate the Daughters on all facets of National defense, including using it as a forum to attack peace organizations. She had articles in the DAR Magazine, which debuted in July 1927, which said, “American women are not only morally bound to vote, but must stir up the men and get them to the polls.” She headed committee until 1932. She was also connected with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
The new State Flag was presented to the State Society by Mrs. C. W. Chandler, Regent of Lady Stirling Chapter, and was a gift from that chapter; it was a copy of the flag given to the national society earlier.
The State Society was reported as being one hundred percent in subscriptions to the four National projects; Tilloloy, Conroy Painting, Citizen’s Manual, and Ellis Island work.
Flora worked hard and gave much time and effort to secure a home near the University campus for the members of the University of Washington Chapter, and through her efforts, chapters and individual members paid $2,500.00 toward establishing the D. A. R. House and its furnishings adjacent to the campus. In recognition of Flora’s work, the Chapters raised, in addition, a substantial sum, which was given to the House Fund and placed a brass plate bearing her name on the door of the living room. She lived in Washington D.C. from 1939–1970. Chapters organized: Elizabeth Bixby Chapter, Samuel Elgin, Martha Guthrie, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, Mary Anne Gibbes, Governor Isaac Stevens, Elizabeth Forey, Willapa, James Huntington, and Experience Wood. This is the most chapters ever assembled during one administration.
Flora was also a member of Descendants of the Mayflower Society, Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede, Daughters of Colonial Wars, and University Women’s Club. In 1931, she was a member of the Seattle Day Nursery Association, which was dedicated to the care of children of working mothers. Flora organized their annual tea. She received the award for Distinguished Patriotic Service.
Flora Walker passed away on December 7, 1970, in Washington D. C. She is at Queen Anne Columbarium, in Seattle.
Lady Stirling Chapter
State Regent1921-1923
Organizing Secretary 1923-1926
Vice President General 1926-1929
National Chairman Of National
Defense Committee 1926-1932
First Vice Regent Sarah Patton, Second Vice Regent Ellis Bredes, Recording Secretary Sarah Dunlap, Corresponding Secretary Harriet Seely, Treasurer Ruth Sturley, *Registrar Clara Shumway, *Librarian Mary Penrose, Historian Francis Williams, and Chaplain Lenore Devin.
*First time a mother-daughter served on the same board.
Flora Bredes was born in May 1880, in Bedford, Ohio to Henry Thomas Bredes and Ella King. She attended Bethany College of Lindsborg, Kansas, Lake Erie College of Pinesville, Ohio, Kansas University at Lawrence, Kansas, and University of Washington, and married William S. Walker on December 21, 1909.
Flora personally presented to the State Society an illuminated D. A. R. insignia. She also presented to the Thirty-first Continental Congress in 1922, a large book containing priceless autographs of famous men associated with the Revolutionary War. The book contained the signature of Louis XVI on a document dated December 29, 1779, at Versailles. Other signatures in the book include those of George III., Lafayette, and many of the famous men and generals of the Revolutionary period in some way connected with the struggle for American liberty, Flora also presented a finely preserved copy of the Bible, known as the Geneva Bible, published in 1608.
During her term, the State DAR Badge was adopted and made available for order from J. E. Caldwell. *Also, for the first time there was a registrar and librarian added to the state officers On the National level, perhaps the most telling work undertaken to that point was the gathering of children from the foreign elements in our population and teaching them about this country, its institutions, its aims, its general greatness, and above all teaching them a love and reverence for the Flag. The night schools maintained by the Daughters among the foreigners; the Manual for Immigrants; and work at Ellis Island were of incalculable value in making worthy citizens. There were 102,860 copies of the Manual sent out by the National Chairman in charge of the Manual during the year April 1922-1923, and distribution of 500 copies of a pamphlet on the Whitman massacre, written by Mrs. Matilda Delaney a survivor, work was originated and sponsored by the Esther Reed Chapter. The chapter also printed 10,000 copies of the Official “American's Creed.” The copies were sent to the 7th and 8th grades, in all the city and county of Spokane, schools, night schools, and two soldiers of Fort George.
All chapters completed War Questionnaires. In 1922, the state furnished the office of the
Organizing Secretary General in the new Administration Building in D.C. The full amount, $1,500 was subscribed to at the 21st State Conference. The next year at the conference, members voted that $2,000 be donated by chapters and individual members to purchase the University of Washington DAR House with another $500 to purchase furnishings.
Flora was the Organizing Secretary General (the first active member on the National Board from Washington State) from 1923-1926, Vice President General 1926-1929, and organizer and first Chair of the DAR National Defense Committee 1926-1932. The purpose of the column was to educate the Daughters on all facets of National defense, including using it as a forum to attack peace organizations. She had articles in the DAR Magazine, which debuted in July 1927, which said, “American women are not only morally bound to vote, but must stir up the men and get them to the polls.” She headed committee until 1932. She was also connected with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
The new State Flag was presented to the State Society by Mrs. C. W. Chandler, Regent of Lady Stirling Chapter, and was a gift from that chapter; it was a copy of the flag given to the national society earlier.
The State Society was reported as being one hundred percent in subscriptions to the four National projects; Tilloloy, Conroy Painting, Citizen’s Manual, and Ellis Island work.
Flora worked hard and gave much time and effort to secure a home near the University campus for the members of the University of Washington Chapter, and through her efforts, chapters and individual members paid $2,500.00 toward establishing the D. A. R. House and its furnishings adjacent to the campus. In recognition of Flora’s work, the Chapters raised, in addition, a substantial sum, which was given to the House Fund and placed a brass plate bearing her name on the door of the living room. She lived in Washington D.C. from 1939–1970. Chapters organized: Elizabeth Bixby Chapter, Samuel Elgin, Martha Guthrie, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, Mary Anne Gibbes, Governor Isaac Stevens, Elizabeth Forey, Willapa, James Huntington, and Experience Wood. This is the most chapters ever assembled during one administration.
Flora was also a member of Descendants of the Mayflower Society, Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede, Daughters of Colonial Wars, and University Women’s Club. In 1931, she was a member of the Seattle Day Nursery Association, which was dedicated to the care of children of working mothers. Flora organized their annual tea. She received the award for Distinguished Patriotic Service.
Flora Walker passed away on December 7, 1970, in Washington D. C. She is at Queen Anne Columbarium, in Seattle.
Lady Stirling Chapter
State Regent1921-1923
Organizing Secretary 1923-1926
Vice President General 1926-1929
National Chairman Of National
Defense Committee 1926-1932
First Vice Regent Sarah Patton, Second Vice Regent Ellis Bredes, Recording Secretary Sarah Dunlap, Corresponding Secretary Harriet Seely, Treasurer Ruth Sturley, *Registrar Clara Shumway, *Librarian Mary Penrose, Historian Francis Williams, and Chaplain Lenore Devin.
*First time a mother-daughter served on the same board.
Flora personally presented to the State Society an illuminated D. A. R. insignia. She also presented to the Thirty-first Continental Congress in 1922, a large book containing priceless autographs of famous men associated with the Revolutionary War. The book contained the signature of Louis XVI on a document dated December 29, 1779, at Versailles. Other signatures in the book include those of George III., Lafayette, and many of the famous men and generals of the Revolutionary period in some way connected with the struggle for American liberty, Flora also presented a finely preserved copy of the Bible, known as the Geneva Bible, published in 1608.
During her term, the State DAR Badge was adopted and made available for order from J. E. Caldwell. *Also, for the first time there was a registrar and librarian added to the state officers On the National level, perhaps the most telling work undertaken to that point was the gathering of children from the foreign elements in our population and teaching them about this country, its institutions, its aims, its general greatness, and above all teaching them a love and reverence for the Flag. The night schools maintained by the Daughters among the foreigners; the Manual for Immigrants; and work at Ellis Island were of incalculable value in making worthy citizens. There were 102,860 copies of the Manual sent out by the National Chairman in charge of the Manual during the year April 1922-1923, and distribution of 500 copies of a pamphlet on the Whitman massacre, written by Mrs. Matilda Delaney a survivor, work was originated and sponsored by the Esther Reed Chapter. The chapter also printed 10,000 copies of the Official “American's Creed.” The copies were sent to the 7th and 8th grades, in all the city and county of Spokane, schools, night schools, and two soldiers of Fort George.
All chapters completed War Questionnaires. In 1922, the state furnished the office of the
Organizing Secretary General in the new Administration Building in D.C. The full amount, $1,500 was subscribed to at the 21st State Conference. The next year at the conference, members voted that $2,000 be donated by chapters and individual members to purchase the University of Washington DAR House with another $500 to purchase furnishings.
Flora was the Organizing Secretary General (the first active member on the National Board from Washington State) from 1923-1926, Vice President General 1926-1929, and organizer and first Chair of the DAR National Defense Committee 1926-1932. The purpose of the column was to educate the Daughters on all facets of National defense, including using it as a forum to attack peace organizations. She had articles in the DAR Magazine, which debuted in July 1927, which said, “American women are not only morally bound to vote, but must stir up the men and get them to the polls.” She headed committee until 1932. She was also connected with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
The new State Flag was presented to the State Society by Mrs. C. W. Chandler, Regent of Lady Stirling Chapter, and was a gift from that chapter; it was a copy of the flag given to the national society earlier.
The State Society was reported as being one hundred percent in subscriptions to the four National projects; Tilloloy, Conroy Painting, Citizen’s Manual, and Ellis Island work.
Flora worked hard and gave much time and effort to secure a home near the University campus for the members of the University of Washington Chapter, and through her efforts, chapters and individual members paid $2,500.00 toward establishing the D. A. R. House and its furnishings adjacent to the campus. In recognition of Flora’s work, the Chapters raised, in addition, a substantial sum, which was given to the House Fund and placed a brass plate bearing her name on the door of the living room. She lived in Washington D.C. from 1939–1970. Chapters organized: Elizabeth Bixby Chapter, Samuel Elgin, Martha Guthrie, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, Mary Anne Gibbes, Governor Isaac Stevens, Elizabeth Forey, Willapa, James Huntington, and Experience Wood. This is the most chapters ever assembled during one administration.
Flora was also a member of Descendants of the Mayflower Society, Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede, Daughters of Colonial Wars, and University Women’s Club. In 1931, she was a member of the Seattle Day Nursery Association, which was dedicated to the care of children of working mothers. Flora organized their annual tea. She received the award for Distinguished Patriotic Service.
Flora Walker passed away on December 7, 1970, in Washington D. C. She is at Queen Anne Columbarium, in Seattle.
Lady Stirling Chapter
State Regent1921-1923
Organizing Secretary 1923-1926
Vice President General 1926-1929
National Chairman Of National
Defense Committee 1926-1932
First Vice Regent Sarah Patton, Second Vice Regent Ellis Bredes, Recording Secretary Sarah Dunlap, Corresponding Secretary Harriet Seely, Treasurer Ruth Sturley, *Registrar Clara Shumway, *Librarian Mary Penrose, Historian Francis Williams, and Chaplain Lenore Devin.
*First time a mother-daughter served on the same board.
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