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ry tours to grade- school students at the Indiana War Memorial. Three schools ILLINOIS SOCIETY On June 5, 13-year-old Andrew Goeken, above, received a hero cita- tion and medal from the Gen. George Rogers Clark Chapter for his quick action to save his sister from possibly bleeding to death on April 17. Goeken, of Godfrey, Ill., applied pressure until an ambulance arrived after his sister, Caroline, 12, suffered a compound elbow fracture and bleed- ing artery in a trampoline accident at their home. Andrew, a recent graduate of Alton Middle School, said he learned the emergency procedure in Boy Scouts. Making the presentation were Clark Chapter members, from left, Lloyd E. Schwarz, President Ronnie D. Hicks, Alan Y. Harrison and James C. Hicks. O O O Springfield Chapter members Dan Hrenko and Toby Chamberlain and General George Rogers Clark Chapter member Jim DeGroff presented the colors at the Illinois State DAR 116th State Conference in Springfield on April 28. INDIANA SOCIETY On April 19, the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775, Compatriots Robert D. Howell Sr. and James C. Arnold of the INSSAR Color Guard, below, gave living histo- Howell and Howell at Naval induction. toured the Revolutionary War display: Rushville Elementary West, 42 students and five teachers; Rushville Elementary East, 47 students and four teachers; and North Grove Elementary School Greenwood, 78 students and seven teachers. Howell and Arnold distributed handouts and talked about the four Revolutionary battles that were in the Northwest Territories (Indiana). On April 27, Indiana Society Genealogist/Registrar Robert D. Howell Sr., a retired U.S. Navy lieu- tenant commander, and his wife attended their grandson's graduation from U.S. Navy Seal training in San Diego, Calif. Compatriot Howell took the oppor- tunity to induct SO3 Joshua L. Howell into the SAR and present him with his membership certificate, a rosette and a War Service Medal. IOWA SOCIETY On April 7 in Des Moines, several members celebrated the Iowa Society of the DAR's presentation to Medal of Honor recipient Patrick Palmersheim. He was nominated by the Jean Marie Cardinell Chapter of Des Moines. His name has now been submitted to Washington, D.C., to the National Society for its consideration. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack appointed Palmersheim execu- tive director of the Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs in January 2002, when Vilsack was the state's governor. Palmersheim served until 2010. Palmersheim served nine years with the U.S. Air Force, including two tours in Vietnam, 1969-71. He was instrumen- tal in making Iowa the first state to pass legislation giving nursing homes the opportunity to report their resi- dents who were veterans, spouses, wid- ows, widowers and dependents for potential eligibility for federal Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. Palmersheim often is referred to as "The Father of Iowa's Arlington," the Iowa Veterans Cemetery established in 2006. The cemetery provides a final resting place for more than 80,000 vet- erans from anywhere in America. Palmersheim made sure that even homeless veterans would have this benefit. IASSAR member Col. Greg Hapgood of the Iowa National Guard spoke of Palmersheim's commitment to veterans and their families, and IASSAR mem- ber David Lamb shared examples of Palmersheim's support to service orga- nizations and honor guard units of the SAR and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. O O O Compatriots Dave Shannon and Mike Rowley traveled to Manchester, Iowa, on April 9 to present awards and a check to Eagle Scout Zachary Allen Chapman as the 2011 winner of the IASSAR Scholarship Awards. We con- gratulate Zach and wish him well next fall at Iowa State University. From left, Mike Rowley, IASSAR Color Guard; David Shannon, chairman IASSAR Eagle Scout Scholarship Award Committee; Zach's father and Scoutmaster Gary Chapman, Troop 23 in Manchester, Iowa; and Eagle Scout Zachary Allen Chapman, 2010 and 2011 winner of the IASSAR Scholarship Awards. 6800(5