Society of Mayflower Descendants in the District of Columbia
Promote, Protect, and Preserve The Memory of our Pilgrim Ancestors
Spring Membership Luncheon Meeting
Sun, May 18
|Washington
Join us for GSMD, DC Society and BOA updates, and to meet the DC Mayflower Society Scholarship recipient. Guest speakers are author Elise Matich and NASA Seamstress Jean Wright. To pay by check for this event, please click on More Info under the Ticket section on this form for details.
Time & Location
May 18, 2025, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Washington, 901 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Guests
About the event
Our guest speakers will be local author and artist Elise Matich who will introduce her book "Sew Sisters: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA's Seamstresses" and Jean Wright, who will be joining us via Zoom to share her incredible story of hand crafting the specialized quilts that covered the exterior of the space shuttles. Jean is one of these eighteen "Sew Sisters" who created these thermal blankets, mostly by hand, with precision and skill!
Our menu will be:
First Course: Smoked Tomato Bisque Soup
Second Course: Chicken Caesar Salad
Dessert: Hagen Daz Cinnamon Ice Cream in a waffle cone cup.
Tickets
Spring Membership Luncheon
Sale ends
May 18, 11:00 AM
To pay by check please send a check made out to the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the District of Columbia to: Shelley Rodgers, Deputy Governor 1509 Oakcrest Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302 Please include your name, email address, dietary restrictions, name of guest and who you would like to sit with.
$50.00
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$0.00