DAR guest speaker

Texas State Society U.S. Daughters of 1812 Corresponding Secretary Lorie Sullivan Williams was the special guest at the January meeting of Mark Epperson Chapter U.S. Daughters of 1812. She presented an educational, informative, and interesting program on the Battle of the River Raisin, which occurred south of Detroit in the War of 1812. Sunday, January 23, the date of her program, was the anniversary of this battle which resulted in the deaths of many of the Kentucky volunteers who fought there. One survivor was the ancestor of Mark Epperson Chapter member Sue Lazara. “Remember the Raisin” became a rallying battle cry for the American soldiers for the remainder of the war. In addition to her Power Point, she displayed a large selection of books on the Battle of the River Raisin as well as information on militiamen from Kentucky.