State Regent Jolene Mullen of the CT State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (CTSSDAC) presented a Chelsea Clock to 1/c Stephen Andrew Hills on behalf of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists at the US Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
This National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists award is presented to the cadet who has demonstrated the highest degree of initiative, competence and scholarship in the First Class year study project in Electrical Engineering.
It was first awarded in 1964.
The object of the Society is Patriotic, Historical, and Educational: to research the history and deeds of the American colonists, and to record and publish them; to commemorate deeds of colonial interest; to inculcate and foster love of the United States of America and its institutions by all its residents; and to obey its laws and venerate its flag, the emblem of its power and civic righteousness.
For more information go to http://www.nsdac.org/ or contact CT State Regent Jolene Mullen at 860 – 355-3294 or joleneM@aol.com