Today's DAR
May is National Historic Preservation Month, and as part of the celebration, we are highlighting the restoration of Memorial Continental Hall (MCH), a national historic landmark and the focus of two President General Projects spanning the Wright and Storage administrations. In 2023 a campaign to restore MCH began under President...
Archive - May 2026
In honor of National Historic Preservation Month this May, we are highlighting one of the DAR mission pillars that serves as a common thread throughout so many of our initiatives: historic preservation. At its core, historic preservation is about commemorating the places, stories, and landmarks that connect us to our...
DAR members, friends, and families from coast-to-coast attended the fifth annual DAR Genealogy Research Institute held at our House Beautiful in Washington, DC May 3-6, 2026. The 2026 Institute featured Master Class lecturers Michael N. Henderson and Diana Elder. Mr. Henderson, a historian, genealogist, and author of GOT PROOF! My...
It was a joy to welcome President General Ginnie Sebastian Storage to the 112th SDSDAR State Conference. She was joined by Vice President General Kathyrn Asay, Honorary Vice President General Maureen Tipton, State Regents Priscilla Jevne, Susan Gillette Meer, Barbara Foote-Hennessy, and National Chairs Marcia Shavlik, Katherine Borges, and Kay...
NSDAR Executive Week in Washington, D.C. is always action-packed and productive, but April’s meetings were especially so. Executives arrived ready to serve and began the week by welcoming members from across the nation to their “House Beautiful” for an America 250! Open House on Friday evening. Details of NSDAR’s birthday...
On April 20, 2026 the President General and Executive Committee made the National Society’s annual pilgrimage to Mount Vernon to honor George and Martha Washington by laying a wreath at their tomb. They also continued the tradition begun during the Wright Administration by placing a wreath at The Slave Memorial...