Ruth F. Barnhart Tent #56,  Pleasant Unity,  Pennsylvania was instituted  May  2,  1965 by the Department President,  Ester  Julius.

This is the newest  Tent  of our Department.

Taken from Department Website at http://www.duvcw.org/pa/history56.html

According to Jemima Klingensmith:

Ruth F. Barnhart Tent No. 56, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, was instituted in the Methodist Church in Pleasant Unity, PA on May 2, 1965, with 38 charter members.  All of these members had been contacted by Beatrice Burkholder, a granddaughter of Ruth F. Barnhart.

If Jemima remembers correctly, from stories told to her by Miss Burkholder, Mrs. Barnhart had been involved in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War.

Read the article "DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS CELEBRATE TENT INSTITUTION"