The Colonel Edward Lacey Chapter of Corrales, New Mexico, held their first meeting on January 31, 1975. There were 29 founding members. In 1991, Betty Toy Hopkins was instrumental in reorganizing the chapter. The new Zia Chapter NSDAR members chose New Mexico’s distinctive insignia which is the Zia Sun symbol, which originated with the Indians of Zia Pueblo in ancient times. Its design reflects their tribal philosophy, with its wealth of pantheistic (belief that reality is identical with divinity) spiritualism, and teaching the basic harmony of all things in the universe. Four is the sacred number of Zia, and the figure is composed of a circle from which four points radiate. These points made up of four straight lines of varying length personify the number most often used by the “Giver of all Good Gifts.” The National Board of Management approved the change of location to Albuquerque in October 1993.
|