Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Cadet Ensign Maggie Clouser, a student, volunteer, and leader of the cadet corps, color guard and Academic Team at Elizabethtown Area High School (EAHS), was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Bronze Medal during a ceremony held in the school auditorium on May 4.

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) criteria for selection of the Bronze Medal winner are leadership ability; loyalty; patriotism; dependability; good character; adherence to military discipline; military achievement; a fundamental and patriotic understanding of the importance of JROTC training; and scholastic achievement, with the student required to be in the upper 25% of his or her classes in JROTC and academic subjects. Also of note, Maggie attended Leadership School and earned the role of cadet company commander before the unit was even formed.

Michael Wilkinson, who is retired from the Navy and is a naval science instructor at EAHS, contacted the Donegal-Witness Tree Chapter DAR to ask if the chapter sponsored the Bronze Medal given to outstanding JROTC cadets. DAR regent Suzanne Whallon immediately returned his email saying the chapter would be honored to be a part of the ceremony.

Members of the Lancaster chapter of the DAR, Donegal-Witness Tree, presented Maggie with the Bronze Medal. In addition to Whallon, in attendance were directors M. Ann Grove and Jessie Stollenwerk.

For more information about the DAR, visit http://www.dar.org or contact Whallon at DWTregent@gmail.com.