THOMASTON — The Lady Knox Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) presented certificates of appreciation to the Owls Head Transportation Museum and Warren Kincaid, the museum’s Ground Vehicle Conservator, for supporting the chapter’s participation in the Thomaston Fourth of July parade.

This was the second year that members of the DAR chapter participated in the parade and paid tribute to local Revolutionary War patriots while riding in a 1925 Ford Model T Bus driven by Kincaid and loaned from its permanent home at the museum.

DAR members honored both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 patriots buried in Tolman Cemetery in Rockland with their names on posters placed along the sides of the bus. With flags flying, and streamers also decorating the bus, members with red, white, and blue pinwheels waved to the large crowd in Thomaston along the parade route.

Kincaid’s three granddaughters who are descendants of Revolutionary War veteran Job Ingraham, rode with chapter members in the antique bus.

The certificates of appreciation were presented by the Lady Knox Chapter Regent, Joanne Richards and Chair of the Chapter’s Fourth of July committee, Sonja Sleeper, prior to the start of parade.

The DAR, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence is eligible to join the DAR. For more information about the Lady Knox Chapter DAR, please visit its website at https://www.mainedar.org/ladyknox/membership/.