CDXVIIC presents Travelers Certificate to president general
Arkansas State Society Colonial Dames
17th Century recently presented the Arkansas Traveler Certificate to Nancy Louise Ackerman, of Virginia, CDXVIIC president general. Ackerman attended the recent
72nd Arkansas State Conference.
The certificate “expresses the state’s special recognition to out-of-state visitors who have contributed to the progress, enjoyment or well-being of the State of Arkansas or to her people. When one receives this beautiful certificate, they become an ambassador for our great state. Each certificate will have the official Seal of the State of Arkansas in gold, the signature of the Secretary of State and the signature of the Governor. In 1941, the Arkansas General Assembly created the Arkansas Traveler Certificate to honor out-of-state visitors, the first presentation going to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” a news release said.
Ackerman is a member in over 20 hereditary societies holding local, state and national positions in several, including Daughters of the American Revolution, United States Daughters of 1812, Daughters of the American Colonists, Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims, Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars and the Dames of the Court of Honor. A retired schoolteacher, she holds two degrees in Political Science and History.
The Arkansas CDXVIIC has four chapters: Col. John Washington, Hot Springs; John Eliot, Pine Bluff; Ouachita Valley, Camden; and the Marquette & Joliet, Horseshoe Bend. The state society was organized in Hot Springs by Miss Wilhelmina Lea in 1947 at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa.
Email Pat McLemore at pcmcmountain@yahoo.com for information regarding membership and the activities of CDXVIIC.