[Magdalen] Political stance

[James Handsfield]

My mother qualified to be a Colonial Dame but was never interested.  IIRC, Colonial Dames are women descendants of people who had been granted land in what is now the United States by a reigning monarch in Europe.

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Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net




> On Aug 3, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, all DAR members are not Mayflower descendants. Colonial Dames are
> something else (much snobbier, or so my mom said....she qualified for both,
> but wouldn't have anything to do with either!).