State Regent Carolyn Nutt and the Massachusetts Daughters remembered historic preservation, education and patriotism in the Bay State during their state conference March 16-18! Carolyn designed a conference filled with tradition and fun for all members including wild daffodils as centerpieces.

The America 250! Marker dedication at the Old Burial

Joining State Regent Barbara Seningen and the Delaware Daughters at their state conference March 11 was a joy! Barbara’s attention to detail from the paper daffodils to antique silver made the Diamond State sparkle! I will always cherish the special song, Sparkling Queen and remember the new chapter Battell and Read

March 2-5 was a dream come true as I joined the Florida Daughters in Orlando for their 121st State Conference! State Regent, Debbie Duay, certainly created a buzz as she engaged members to share their accomplishments achieved through service in our mission areas of historic preservation, education and patriotism.  

My heart is overflowing with gratitude to the New York Daughters who welcomed me home last weekend for my official visit – but especially so to New York State Regent Patrice Birner, whose thoughtfulness, creativity and astounding attention to detail were on full display throughout my homecoming. These are the

My President General’s journey afforded me two outstanding opportunities to gather with our members in support of our mission last weekend, and I am delighted to share highlights with you – though no short blog summary can do justice to the range of emotions that I experienced attending these unique

It was a privilege for me to participate in recent ceremonies that honored a Patriot of the American Revolution who was born six miles from my home, lost his life in the service of the Continental Army and sacrificed his son to the cause. He had first-hand experience of the

After unusually heavy recent rains, the desert plants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona are uncharacteristically green and lush this August. It’s a perfect metaphor for DAR here, too – for after months of fortunes clouded by the pandemic, the Arizona Daughters are thriving in service to their neighbors and

Exactly two years to the day after they had last gathered in person, 400+ Ohio Daughters converged upon Columbus on August 21 to conduct their Fall Fun Fair – an annual one-day forum of “trade show-style” displays, presentations and fellowship designed to kick off the new DAR year. What a

Arkansas State Regent Gretchen Magee is leading with a theme of “We Rise by Lifting Others,” and she and her Daughters certainly lifted my spirits over the weekend during my too-brief time in their state capital, Little Rock. My thoroughly enjoyable visit to her Board of Management Meeting included the

I was delighted when brand-new Indiana State Regent Cherie Bonebright Baxter, who was installed into office during the virtual ceremony conducted at the 130th Continental Congress on July 4, invited me to attend an in-state, in-person ceremony to formally place her “sash” in Indianapolis this past weekend. Though my time