Rededication Ceremony set for November 2013

Mark your calendar for November 16, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.

for the Repairs and Restoration of the Madonna of the Trail

Rededication Ceremony.

 

Hope you can join us!

Tell me what the Madonna of the Trail means to you!

I'm getting really excited. The week of August 12 the work begins on our Madonna of the Trail in Lamar, Colorado. I've set up a blog, Facebook, and YouTube to keep you all up to date on our work (links are listed below)!  I hope to interview people like Anita Bishop, Kathy Self, the city of Lamar, the Chamber of Commerce, and anyone else who can tell me what the Madonna means to them.

So, here's your chance to tell me what the Madonna means to you!  Please please think about this, and respond with your comments!

 I'll tell you later my thoughts but right now I'm really looking forward hearing what you have to say.  Give  it a lititle thought- what does the DAR Madonna of the Trail Monument mean to you?

Looking forward to hearing from you

Chris Ruth
Madonna of the Trail, Lamar, Colorado
Email:        Madonna.trail.co@gmail.com
Blogger:     http://restoration-madonna-of-the-trail.blogspot.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/chris.ruth.5074
YouTube:   http://youtu.be/7e-95mZNdtc

Youtube

Repairs and Restoration of the Madonna of the Trail, Lamar, CO

live at: http://youtu.be/7e-95mZNdtc

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Help!!

Or should I say - - - Please share this blog with anyone you know!

As part of the requirements for the NSDAR Historic Preservation Grant the Colorado State Society received to repair the Madonna of the Trail we must use all types of medias to inform the public of this Historic Preservation Project!!!! 

Being a little "Over the Hill" ... I can say that I have been working on Facebook, Blogger, Youtube (although I'm finding that a bit challenging, but finally getting it)... so I was thinking (there I go again, thinking!) that I needed to ask every DAR I know to get the news out, to share our links, to ask friends and family to check out our project, to sign a young person up to monitor this project as a school project, anything to get the word out!!! 

I saw the coolest thing this weekend, a helicopter doing aerial spraying on crops - maybe the pilot would pull a banner behind his helicopter while he was spraying???  Well, I thought that might be a great idea, but on second thought, maybe not!!!

Anyway, I am asking everyone who sees our Blog to share it with others!!  I love history, but realize some may not, but at least our Social Media would be helping get the word out about a worthy project!

Toodles 'til later!!

Blogger:     http://restoration-madonna-of-the-trail.blogspot.com/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/chris.ruth.5074
YouTube:   http://youtu.be/7e-95mZNdtc

Various DAR Chapters and State Societies own, maintain and operate historic sites across our country

These properties include: landmarks, buildings, homes, rooms, forests and cemeteries.

The DAR website features the DAR Historic Sites and Properties Database found at

www.dar.org/historicsites. This database includes all information needed to plan a visit to the properties.  The purpose of the database is to showcase the various historic DAR properties and to encourage the public to visit properties that are in their local communities.

The Daughters of the American Revolution is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization. DAR members are dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism in communities across the nation. All students are invited to participate and learn more about the educational programs the DAR offers. Educators, parents and students are encouraged to contact their local DAR chapters for more detailed information on these programs.
http://www.dar.org/historicsites/