Montana State Society History Tidbits

*  The Montana State Society was organized in 1894,  five  years after Montana achieved  statehood.

*  The National Board appointed Mary Wasson the State Regent on May 9, 1894.  Mrs. Jennie Tallant of Butte was to serve as organizing regent for a chapter in  Butte.

*  The first state-wide project of the MSSDAR was the preservation and restoration  of one of the oldest buildings in Montana, a block house at old  Fort Benton.

*  The first Montana State Conference was held in Butte on December 17, 1904, at the home of the State Regent, Mrs. Tallant.

*  At the 16th State Conference, a scholarship  program was established in Montana which continues  today.

*  It was the 21st State Conference before the  State Society entertained a President General.

*  Mrs. Bessie  Andrews Rasmusson, State  Regent 1927-1928, purchased the first pin to “travel” with each State Regent and  then on to the incoming Regent. The emblem that is on the State Regents ribbon was purchased by the state society and Mrs. Iverna Huntsman had the honor to wear the emblem during her first term as State Regent 2002-2004. The State Centennial pin was a gift received in 2007 from Mrs. Iverna Huntsman to be worn on the State Regents ribbon. The Benefactor pin was purchased by Mrs. Peggy Salitros, during her term as State Regent, 2010-2012.

*  The State Society has 10 chapters with approximately 550 members.  We strive to continue to reach the goals and ideals that the founding  Daughters set forth.

The U.S. Motto is E Pluribus Unum, Latin for "out of many, one" which appears on coins, currency, and many of our buildings and monuments. It refers to forming a cohesive single nation as the 13 colonies joined together, as the sovereign states ratified a more perfect union under the United States Constitution, and as patriots came from around the world to live together as citizens in a spirit of American independence and freedom.

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