Alexia Jones Helsley The University of South Carolina Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, celebrated the chapter's 52nd birthday with a luncheon February 21, 2009, at Fort Jackson's Officer Club.

Charter members Julia Langford, Julia Smoak, and Louise Pugh were present. Langford is honorary chapter regent and Pugh served as first regent.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Will Moreau Goins who presented a program on The History of the Cherokee.

Goins is a folklorist, chanter- singer, dancer, artist, educator, and arts administrator. He has lectured at 36 colleges and universities. He was a contributing author and editor

for South Carolina Native

American Cooking, and

South C arolina N ative

Pathways: A V isitor's

Resource Guide to American

Heritage and H istoric Sites

Mrs. Olin S. Pugh

in South Carolina. Goins currently serves as CEO of the Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina. He holds a BA degree in communications and anthropology and a PhD from Penn State University.

Dreher High School student Kathryn Larramy Macaruso, recipient of the chapter's Good Citizen's Essay Contest award presented her paper "Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It." Kathryn is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Macaruso.

It was announced that a new book, Lost Columbia, by Alexia Jones Helsey, was donated by the chapter to the Camden Archives, a repository of South Carolina Historical and genealogy maters in Camden, S.C. Helsey, a member of the USC chapter, is a noted author, archivist, and genealogist residing in Columbia.

Mrs. Patricia Macaruso and Kathryn Larramy Macaruso Dr. Will Moreau Goins