This is a formal banquet with candle votives on the table, but there is more lighting in the room than just candlelight. At the beginning of the banquet, there is a candle lighting ceremony. Three candles are lit:
- The first represents the past - our ancestors - and is usually lit by an Honorary President or Honorary Vice President
- The second candle is the present - what our society is doing now - and is lit by a current National Officer
- The third candle represents the future - and is usually lit by the National President of the Children of the American Colonists. (CAC is sponsored by DAC).
After introductions, we had our program. Dr. Henry Miller of Historic St. Mary's City gave a very interesting program about some of the women who lived in Early Maryland. He of course, spoke of Margaret Brent, the first woman in the colony to not only speak before the legislature, but to ask for the right to vote. He told the story of Anne Wolseley Calvert, wife of Philip Calvert, an early leader of the colony. He also spoke of several lesser known women who each contributed in her own way to the establishment of the colony.