Whitehall's Chloe Brown Wins DAR Good Citizen Contest

Local student Chloe F. Brown, Butte High School senior and school Valedictorian, was selected by Butte High to be its DAR Good Citizen. She went on to receive the Silver Bow DAR Chapter's scholarship award at a ceremony held on Thursday, May 6. Chloe recited her essay and accepted a lapel pin, award certificate and $100 for her college education.

Each year, the Silver Bow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, sponsors a contest among local high schools to name DAR Good Citizens. Each participating school selects one graduating student as its DAR Good Citizen. The school's selected student must have the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. The school's winner can then choose to enter the DAR Good Citizen Scholarship Contest in which the student describes how he/she tries to manifest the qualities of a good citizen. This first part is submitted with a grade transcript and two letters of recommendation. The second part is a two-hour timed essay that is completed without assistance or reference materials. This year's essay topic title was "Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It." The essay focus question was "How do the combined actions of so many good citizens keep our nation moving forward?"

In addition to Butte High School, the other five area high schools that named DAR Good Citizen winners were Anaconda Senior, Powell County in Deer Lodge, Ennis, Lima, and Twin Bridges High Schools.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a nonprofit, nonpolitical women's service organization whose members trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to American independence during the Revolutionary War. Today's DAR is dynamic and diverse, with over 185,000 members in 3,000 chapters in the United States and abroad. DAR members annually provide millions of hours of volunteer service to their local communities. DAR chapters participate in projects that promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. DAR is especially known for education support and student scholarships; American history essay contests and awards; welcoming new citizens at new citizenship ceremonies; services to veterans and active military worldwide; and preserving cemeteries, historical records, genealogy, buildings, and monuments. Over one million members have joined DAR since its founding in 1890.