Mexico City, Mexico - A Units Overseas Chapter
History
Benjamin Franklin Chapter, established in Mexico City in 1905, was the first chapter organized in Mexico. This chapter existed until the unstable political situation in Mexico, following the downfall of the government in 1911, and led to the disbandment of the chapter on April 5, 1916.
The DAR returned to Mexico when John Edwards Chapter was organized in Mexico City in April 1953. It was named for the Revolutionary ancestor of the founding regent, Edna Hammond Tatspaugh (Mrs. Melville). John Edwards, born in Easthampton, Long Island, New York, on November 12, 1738, served as a private in Suffolk Country's minuteman militia. He married his wife, Sarah, on September 20, 1761. After the war, they built their home in Sayville, Long Island, NY, where he died August 30, 1826. He is buried in the family plot and his grave has been marked by the DAR.
The DAR returned to Mexico when John Edwards Chapter was organized in Mexico City in April 1953. It was named for the Revolutionary ancestor of the founding regent, Edna Hammond Tatspaugh (Mrs. Melville). John Edwards, born in Easthampton, Long Island, New York, on November 12, 1738, served as a private in Suffolk Country's minuteman militia. He married his wife, Sarah, on September 20, 1761. After the war, they built their home in Sayville, Long Island, NY, where he died August 30, 1826. He is buried in the family plot and his grave has been marked by the DAR.
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