Mecklenburg Helps Mark DAR Historic Fountain

Jay Joyce
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The Mecklenburg chapter, North Carolina SAR, participated with the Cabarrus Black Boys Chapter, North Carolina DAR, in a rededication ceremony for a historic DAR Memorial Fountain in Concord, NC.

“This particular DAR memorial fountain was originally built and dedicated in 1912 in front of the Cabarrus County courthouse, which was built in 1876,” said Jay Joyce, president of the Mecklenburg chapter, SAR. “The fountain had fallen into ill repair and a public/private initiative was established in late 2014 to restore and rebuild the fountain.”

The public/private initiative raised more than $25,000 for the fountain to be restored. Approximately 110 DAR, SAR, community leaders and general public attended the fountain rededication ceremony.

Mecklenburg SAR members Dave Alls, at left, and Ken Luckey, at right, assist Cabarrus Black Boys DAR chapter project chairs Louis Marlow and Deloris Clodfelter with the unveiling ceremony.
Mecklenburg SAR members Dave Alls, at left, and Ken Luckey, at right, assist Cabarrus Black Boys DAR chapter project chairs Louis Marlow and Deloris Clodfelter with the unveiling ceremony.
Mecklenburg SAR members Dave Alls, Ken Luckey, North Carolina SAR president Tim Berly, Jim Tatum and Jay Joyce escort DAR members to place original coins back into the fountain during the rededication ceremony.
Mecklenburg SAR members Dave Alls, Ken Luckey, North Carolina SAR president Tim Berly, Jim Tatum and Jay Joyce escort DAR members to place original coins back into the fountain during the rededication ceremony.