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Anne Bernadette Caussin Henninger was born in Washington, D.C., to Marcel Jean Caussin and Marion Ethyl Thompson Caussin. She is married to Thomas Noble Henninger and has two children:  Luke Thomas Henninger and Brittany Anne Henninger.

 

She attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, in Washington, D.C., George Washington University, also in Washington, D.C., and the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

 

Anne was a Park Ranger for the National Park Service, 1976-1983. She worked at the Department of Defense, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Service, 1983-2016. She retired as Deputy Chief, Field Counterintelligence Operations, Capital Region, and was the first woman in that agency to hold a Chief/Deputy Chief position. She received specialty training in Advanced Interviewing Techniques at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and graduated from the Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy and the OPM Management Development Center with a LEAD Certificate. 

 

Memberships 

  • The National Gavel Society (President, 2025-2028)

  • Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680 (Governor General, 2018-2020; Honorary Governor General, 2020)

  • National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland (President General, 2019-2021; Honorary President General, 2021)

  • Winthrop Society (President, 2020-2022; President Emerita, 2022)

  • National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (National Presiding Clerk, 2021-2023)

  • Dutch Colonial Society (President, 2024-2026)

  • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (President General, 2024-2026)

  • National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company (President National, 2025-2028)

  • National Society Founders of Places of Worship in America (President General, 2025-2027)

  • Associated Daughters of Early American Witches (1st Vice President General, 2024-2026)

  • Descendants of Brian Boru (First Deputy Governor)

  • National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (2nd Vice President General, 2023-2025)

  • Jamestowne Society (Governor, First Maryland Company, 2022- 2026; Historian)

  • National Society of Saints and Sinners (Vice President, 2018-2022, 2022-2026)

  • Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Governor, DC State Society, 2018-2020)

  • National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Maryland State Historian, 2012-2015; National Vice Chairman, 2014-2017)

  • Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (2nd Vice President General, 2024-2026)

  • Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783 (National Recording Secretary, 2013-2015; National Corresponding Secretary, 2015-2017)

  • National Society of New England Women (DC Colony Historian, 2019-2021, 2021-2023)

  • Cloak and Dagger

  • Colonial Dames of America

  • Colonial Dames XVII Century

  • National Society Colonial Dames of America

  • Descendants of American Prisoners of War

  • Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands

  • Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers

  • Descendants of Early American Governors 1607-1860

  • Descendants of Fossors

  • Flagon & Trencher

  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants

  • Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America

  • Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon

  • Legion of Vikings and Valkyries

  • National Society Daughters of American Colonists

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

  • National Society Southern Dames of America

  • Order of Alba

  • Order of the Crown of Charlemagne

  • Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

  • Order of the Descendants of El Cid

  • Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars

  • Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends

  • Order of the First Families of Connecticut

  • Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636-1647

  • Order of the House of Wessex

  • Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Land

  • Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

  • Order of the Monarchs of Rheims

  • Order of the Norman Conquest

  • Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192

  • Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society

  • Scions of Freedom Signers

  • Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford

  • Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva

  • Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar

  • Soule Kindred in America

  • Thomas Rogers Society

  • Thomas Stanton Society

 

Published In 

The Continental Soldier

Authorships

Ties that Bind.  A three-part article on textiles in Revolutionary America.

Other Notes 

Anne has had a lifelong interest in history and costuming, and has researched and lectured on 17th, 18th, and 19th century textiles and historic dress.  At various times she has been a member of the Costume Society of America and the British Costume Society.  She served multiple terms as President of the First Maryland Regiment, the oldest Revolutionary War reenactment unit in the U.S., formed before the Bicentennial, and on the National Board of the Continental Line, the umbrella organization for Continental reenacting units.

She was awarded the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.

Anne is a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church, where she has served as a lector for 30 years.

 

 

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