National Conference of State Societies

Tea for Delaware and Maryland Princesses on March 1

The Delaware State Society and

The Maryland State Society

will jointly sponsor a tea for their respective 2008 Cherry Blossom Princesses on Saturday, March 1 from 3 pm to 5 pm at the home of Mrs. Zoe Roa, 9400 Crimson Leaf Terrace, Potomac, Maryland 20854. The event is free for Delaware State Society members and there is a charge of  $10 for other guests. For more information and to R.S.V.P call Nancy Aiken at 301-983-8182 or send an email to Nancy at her home email address broomie53@aol.com.  Delaware Princess Christina Aiken is pictured at left and Maryland Princess Abigail "Abby" Adams is pictured at right.

Are you a Delawarean?

The Delaware State Society of Washington, DC will soon be up and running again.  Like natives of Vermont mentioned in a story below, the Delawarean organizers are working to re-launch a group that has not been active in recent years.

That's Caesar Rodney on the right, pictured on the back of a Delaware quarter as if he were galloping to Philadelphia to provide a crucial vote for independency.  But old Caesar did not have email to help him communicate and we do.

If you know someone who grew up in Delaware or went to school there, maybe they would like to help the organizers. Please ask them to email Mark.Rhoads@statesocieties.com and this editor will forward their name and Delaware affiliation to the organizers.  The first informal meet up may take place on the Hill in January.

Delaware State Society

The first NCSS Cherry Blossom Queen in 1948 was Doris Sheldon from Delware.  The Delaware State Society was active for many years until the middle 1990s.  If you would like to help re-activate the Delaware State Society, please write to Tim_Schlack@statesocieties.com.