CRESTVIEW — The Daughters of the American Revolution's Choctawhatchee Bay chapter is celebrating an award from a national competition.
The Choctawhatchee Bay chapter was the 2nd Place National Winner in the Conservation Committee’s 2014 Chapters Contest for its entry, “Blackwater River Patriot Pines Living Memorial."
The chapter, in partnership with the Florida State Forestry Service, planted 5,000 pine seedlings in a stand at the Blackwater River State Forest, in Milton, to honor Revolutionary War Patriots. A virtual booklet detailing the project and 57 Patriots has been published.
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