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We are counting down the days until we say goodbye to 2016 and welcome a New Year. Reflecting on the past year, it has been one of many DAR successes. DAR members volunteered millions of hours of service as well as provided thousands of dollars to students through scholarships and...
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Season’s Greetings from the DAR! During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, have you ever stopped to ponder the beginnings of the Christmas card? In England it was customary to send a Christmas or New Year’s letter of well wishes to friends and family. During the late 1830s...
Last week was very busy at DAR Headquarters with our December Executive Committee Meetings! This week was filled with festive holiday fun and of course a good deal of business and meetings. A lot was accomplished and we look forward to implementing some of the new ideas. The week began...
In Honolulu, final preparations are being made for the 75 th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor on Wednesday. This event is significant in American History because the surprise early morning aerial attack on December 7, 1941 killed or wounded 3400+ American service personnel, sunk or damaged 8 battleships...
If you visit DAR Headquarters between now and the end of April, you will see something new and different in some of the DAR Museum period rooms: mannequins! This year’s exhibit is installed in twelve period rooms on all four floors, instead of in the Museum Gallery, which will soon...
Five years ago tomorrow #GivingTuesday was established as a global day of generosity, intended to encourage philanthropy at the beginning of the Holiday season. You may remember that last year many of you helped us fully restore the beautiful decorative plasterwork in Constitution Hall with your gifts to NSDAR on...
Happy Thanksgiving from NSDAR Archives and History! We are thankful for all of the wonderful treasures DAR members have generously donated to the Americana Collection over the years. In honor of the Thanksgiving season, we would like to highlight two documents in the Collection that serve as examples of our...
Bill and I flew to Phoenix bright and early Thursday morning before the Arizona Fall Board of Management began on Friday. We took the opportunity to visit our family who lives in the Phoenix area and enjoy some Mexican food. State Regent, Terri Mott, had planned an outstanding lineup of...
Having just celebrated Veterans Day, it’s appropriate to reflect on how this commemoration originally began as Armistice Day following World War One. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and...
In the Genealogy Department at the DAR Headquarters we often get questions about how to use the Genealogical Research System (GRS) and the best way to find what you are searching for. Today I am going to share some insights, information and tips to help when you are using the...