In March 1984, a controversy arose when Lena Lorraine Santos Ferguson said she had been denied membership in a Washington, D.C. chapter of the DAR because she was black.[16] The reporter Ronald Kessler quoted Ferguson’s two white sponsors, Margaret M. Johnston and Elizabeth E. Thompson,...
First African-American member of DAR
In October 1977, Karen Batchelor Farmer (now Karen Batchelor) of Detroit, Michigan was admitted as the first known African-American member of DAR.[13] Batchelor started her genealogical research in 1976 as a young mother who wanted to commemorate the American bicentennial year in a way that...
Marian Anderson performance
Although the DAR now forbids discrimination in membership based on race or creed, some members held such views when racial segregation was public policy in parts of the United States. In 1932, Washington, D.C. was a segregated city. The DAR adopted a rule excluding African-American...
Eligibility
Membership in DAR is open to all women who can prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving United States independence, regardless of race or religion.[1] The National Society of DAR is the final arbiter of the acceptability of all applications for...
Locations and fossils
There are three major fossil locations in Lebanon: Sahel Alma, Hajula and Hakel. Hajula and Hakel are each about twelve miles north-east of the coastal town of Jebeil, the ancient Byblos. Hajula is situated six miles south of Hakel; and between the two villages there...
History
The earliest known account of Lebanese fossils is attributed to Herodotus.[1][2] The existence of fossil fishes in the Lebanon is referred to by Jean de Joinville. In his Histoire de Saint Louis he wrote that during the sojourn of King Louis IX of France at...
Paleontological sites of Lebanon
The paleontological sites of Lebanon contain deposits of some of the best-preserved fossils in the world, and include some species found nowhere else. The most famous of these is the Lebanese lagerstätten of the Late Cretaceous age, which contain a well-preserved variety of different fossils....
History
The craft originated with the Seri people as a way to earn money from tourists. In the first half of the 20th century, the Seri were mostly confined to Tiburon Island coming into Kino Bay seasonally to sell firewood, which included ironwood. In the mid...
Use of the wood, including carving
Ironwood is similar to ebony, as it is dark, dense and very hard; its grain is very straight. For this reason there are few air bubbles and unlike other woods, ironwood sinks in water.[3] Before the carving of ironwood figures, this wood was used for...
Ironwood tree
The ironwood tree is considered native to the Sonora Desert as it is found only the states of Sonora, Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur in Mexico and Arizona and California in the United States.[1] Olneya tesota is the slowest growing and the tallest...
