La Villita Chapter
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
College Station, Brazos County, Texas 

Welcome to La Villita Chapter !!

La Villita Chapter meetings are held at 6:30 on the second Thursday of each month, September through May, unless otherwise noted. The September meeting is during Constitution Week, with a dinner before the meeting. The Annual Meeting is usually on Sunday afternoon in January. The February Presidents' Day Luncheon is held jointly with the William Scott Chapter.

College Station had been incorporated for only five years when Mrs. S.W. Bilsing saw the need for a Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and organized the LaVillita Chapter in December 1944. A regent of the William Scott Chapter in Bryan, Mrs. Bilsing, who lived in College Station, felt that it was important to tell the DAR story and have a chapter in her own hometown. She began her efforts in October, 1944, and the chapter's organization was planned in the home of Mrs. E.B. Reynolds in College Station.

Nancy Reynolds Tiner, Mrs. Reynold's daughter and a past regent of the chapter was 12 years old in 1944 and in middle school at A&M Consolidated. She was studying Texas history in school using a textbook written by then Texas A&M College professor Dr. Ralph Steen. At the time her mother was helping form the DAR chapter, Nancy was learning about San Antonio and the Alamo. When her mother and the other ladies discussed the naming of the chapter, Nancy suggested LaVillita since it meant "little village" and College Station was also a small town. LaVillita, or "The Little Village", in San Antonio is the first permanent Spanish settlement in colonial Texas.

There have been many fine projects accomplished throughout the 60+ year history of this organization whose interests are in history, heritage and patriotism. For example, the Chapter was instrumental in locating the last OSR missing monument in Brazos County and is currently organizing the re-siting of the monument.

Yearly awards are given to Texas A&M ROTC members who are named as outstanding in the Army and the Marines. Awards are also given to local high school students selected as Good Citizens for service to community, knowledge of American History, and an essay on patriotism and citizenship. All of these activities illustrate the fact that the members of LaVillita are dedicated to the patriotic and historical interests of the community, the state, and the nation.  

If you are interested in further information about La Villita Chapter NSDAR meetings, activities or membership, we would be delighted to hear from you. Just click here to email our contact person, Sue Foy .

For Website comments/questions, e-mail: Kathy Kothmann, La Villita Chapter Webmistress