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We are finalizing plans and counting down the days until the 126 th Continental Congress! This year’s Congress, June 28 – July 2, will be filled with important business meetings and social functions. We will also highlight the important work of our National Committees, chapters and members at Service to...
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At the end of last year we asked our members to help support a restoration project in the beautiful Connecticut Board Room of Memorial Continental Hall and we are so grateful for the tremendous response we received. More than 1,000 Daughters from all over contributed to this project. As a...
The DAR Museum recently launched a new educational program for Junior Girl Scouts called “Playing the Past: The 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade”! Just in time for Women’s History Month, the program celebrates the participants of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade and the earlier suffragists who made their work possible. Did...
The DAR Library collection contains over 225,000 books, 10,000 research files, thousands of manuscript items, and special collections of African American, Native American, and women’s history, genealogy and culture. Nearly 40,000 family histories and genealogies comprise a major portion of the book collection, many of which are unique or available...
March is Women’s History Month. It began in 1981 when Congress authorized the President to proclaim the week of March 7, 1982 as Women’s History Week. The first Women’s History Month was celebrated in 1987. As we commemorate women’s contributions to society and gear up to participate in celebrations marking...
Saturday after the February National Board meeting, I flew with Alice Ridgway, Connecticut State Regent, to Hartford to celebrate their 125 th Birthday. It was a gala to be remembered and a great demonstration of how to delegate plans for a state conference while the state regent is out of...
Where in the DAR World would you like to go today? Are you a new member or a new-member-at-heart who would like to learn about the many aspects of DAR service projects, activities and committees? Or are you interested in exploring ways to expand your horizons and gain confidence about...
As DAR continues “Moving Forward in Service to America,” it is a pleasure to share some exciting news with you. After much discussion, the Executive Committee has decided that members can now include their DAR chapter work in their Service to America volunteer hours. Many members shared with this chairman...
Documentation is such an important aspect of obtaining DAR membership, and many older records required for admission into the organization may be difficult to read, require extensive preservation or may even be lost or missing. With that in mind, the January/February 2017 issue of American Spirit features stories that spotlight...
This year marks the 100 th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War One. DAR is proud to be a Partner Organization with the United States World War One Centennial Commission. In conjunction with the partnership, commemorations of this critical time in United States’ history and the role...