About Maria Jolicoeur
Hello, my name is Maria Jolicoeur, I live in Norwich, Connecticut, I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution of 1776, Nationally, located in Washington, D.C., a State of Connecticut DAR member and locally a Faith Trumbull Chapter member, which I am the chairperson for American Heritage, Conservation, and I am the publicist. The Faith Trumbull Chapter received an award for Conservation for merit and minutes recited each at each monthly meeting. My ancestor, Basil Prather, born in Maryland, served in the militia in North Carolina in the Revolutionary War of 1776, he was married to Cloe Robinson and they had many children, their son,William, I am a direct descendant. The DAR is a woman's organization with it's members having proof of an ancestor who served in the Revolutionary of War of 1776, we promote education, patriotism, and historic preservation. I have a show, entitled, 'Let's Talk About History', through my involvement as Faith Trumbull DAR publicist, which airs every other Friday at 8:00 p.m., on channel 14(Comcast). I enjoy collection antiques and I have a few antique dolls in my doll collection. I enjoy viewing architecture. I sang in choir at church, locally, and a few arias I sang solo were; Motzart's Mass in C minor Motzart's and Handel's MESSIAH, along with Christmas carols.
One night I went outside on the back porch which goes to up to the second story. I was looking at the night’s sky with my telescope. There was to be an eclipse of the moon that night. It was a chilly night, sometime before the holiday season. A friend of mine asked if he could join me and I gave him a turn to look through the telescope. I stood on the porch a while, and my eyes gazed overlooking the city. Out of know where, I spotted a very fast moving object. This object looked as though it was moving in another dimension and it was riding in the sky as though it could forever. I noted that it looked like a sleigh and in front was a red light and I could have sworn a little man was waving from the sleigh, wishing me well. I asked my friend, John, to look at the direction the flying object was flying. He glanced quickly from the telescope and saw it, the same flying object I saw. Well, I thought to myself, thankfully, I have a witness to this sighting. If I ever wanted to report a UFO sighting, this would be it. I would like to let you know, that keep believing in Santa Claus and what he stands for, the goodness and innocence of children and in giving from the love at Christmas time. As for John, the next time I saw him, he was wearing a sweatshirt with Tweety bird wearing a Santa Claus red hat on it stating “I Believe”.
