Sanford, North Carolina
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MEMBERSHIP
    Over one-half century ago, the organizational meeting for this DAR chapter was held. Kate Ledbetter Gunter was the Chapter Organizing Regent. Three women who were at that meeting in December, 1951 are still members of the chapter. Among the guests present at the organizing meeting was the sister of Miss Gertrude Carraway, Past President General, NSDAR, from New Bern, North Carolina.
PRIVATE JOHN GRADY CHAPTER, NSDAR
    The name of the first casualty of the Revolutionary War is remembered by the DAR chapter in Sanford. A monument has been erected to Private John Grady at Moore’s Creek Bridge Battleground (see main page.)
HOW THE CHAPTER WAS NAMED
INFORMATION ABOUT CHAPTER MEETINGS
    The meetings of the Private John Grady Chapter are held at 2 PM on the fourth Monday of each month from September through November, and January through May. Meetings  are held in homes of members or in the Suzanne Reeves Library on Hawkins Avenue in Sanford. This library is named for the mother of one of our current DAR members.  We observe the prescribed DAR ritual. Our monthly meetings focus on the National and State Committee activities as directed by the National Officers.
HOW THE CHAPTER WAS ORGANIZED
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Ann Yamrus, Regent

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    Admission to membership in the NSDAR is either by invitation through a Chapter in your State Organization or Unit Overseas. No Chapter may discriminate against an applicant on the basis of race or creed.
    Any woman is eligible for membership who is no less than eighteen years of age and can prove lineal, blood line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. She must provide documentation for each statement of birth, marriage, and death.
     Through the years, the Private John Grady Chapter has been active in many areas of Sanford’s events. This chapter has worked with other civic minded organizations to help preserve the oldest house in town, and has participated in developing the museum relating to the influence of the railroad on the town.
     In recent years, membership has increased because of capable and energetic leadership guiding the members of Private John Grady Chapter to meet the stated goals of the national organization.