Front row: Eliza Tyler, Trinity United Methodist Church; Nancy Hill, President, Jamestown Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC; Elizabeth Snuggs McAteer, President General, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC; Emily Richardson, President, Virginia State Society, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC. Back row: Jill Robinson, Trinity United Methodist Church; Tom Tyler, Trinity United Methodist Church; Reverend William A. Davis, Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church Photo Contributed
The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames 17th Century presented Trinity United Methodist Church in Alexandria with a historical plaque commemorating its continuous service to the Alexandria community since 1774 on Sept. 11, 2016.
Honored guests were President General, Elizabeth Snuggs McAteer, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC, Nan Ackerman, Librarian General, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC and Honorary Past Virginia President, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC, Kathleen Deegen, Honorary Past Virginia President, National Society Colonial Dames, Virginia Huertes Rouse, Headquarters Supervisor, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC and Virginia State Society Registrar, Emily Richardson, President, Virginia Society, National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC, Jacque-Lynne Amann Schulman, President National, National Society United States Daughters of 1812 and National Registrar, Jamestowne Society and Governor of the Washington – Northern Virginia Company of the Jamestowne Society. Jeff Mickle, District Superintendent of the Alexandria District of the United Methodist Church and other district employees also attended this historical ceremony.
Jamestown Chapter Officers participating in the ceremony were Nancy Hill, President; Sarah Hardy, 1st Vice President; Brenda Wesner, Treasurer and Past President, Virginia Hurtes Rouse, Registrar and Honorary Past President; and Kitty Hoeck, Historian. A number of Jamestown Chapter and Trinity United Methodist members also attended the ceremony. It was an afternoon of celebration and fellowship.
The Rev. William A. Davis, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, welcomed all of those who attended the ceremony. Tom Tyler, member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, provided the history of the church. Emily Richardson, Virginia State Society, presented the plaque to Jill Robinson and Elizabeth Tyler.
The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC was chartered on Dec. 15, 1956. The National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC was founded on July 15, 1915 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The mission of the National Society Colonial Dames XVIIC is to aid in the preservation of the records and the historic sites of the country.