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Kate Duncan Smith DAR School is located in the Appalachian area of Northeast Alabama, high on Gunter Mountain. The school is located in Grant in Marshall County.
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Lane Chapel |
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School is the only school with grades K-12 in the United States owned and operated by members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Alabama Society DAR established the school in 1924 and named it in honor of Kate Duncan Smith (Mrs. J. Morgan), who had been the guiding hand for the Alabama Chapters for twenty-one years.
In April, 1928, the Alabama Daughters were
joined in their noble efforts by the National
Society DAR.
Several possible locations
were considered but the selection of the present
site was determined by its isolation and great
need for improved educational opportunities; the
interest, enthusiasm and great desire of the
mountain people for a school; a highly
intelligent native population, many of whom were
descendants of Revolutionary ancestors; and the
beauty of the site on the edge of Gunter
mountain overlooking historic Kennamer Cove.
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Kate Duncan Smith is more
that just a school for mountain boys and
girls. It is woven and ingrained into
the hearts of its students and graduates and
has become the major force in the development
of the local population educationally,
economically, socially, physically, and
spiritually. The "Gem of Gunter
Mountain" stands as a monument to the love
and devotion of the DAR. Because of
the love and concern of Daughters
everywhere, this Gem sparkles more brightly
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Kennamer Cove |
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