Today's DAR
This Thanksgiving as we give thanks to God for our many blessings, we are looking forward to welcoming our children, son-in-law and grandchildren to the ranch along with my sister and brother-in-law for a traditional meal. I’ll prepare the ham and turkey, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry casserole, homemade rolls...
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After six weeks away from home while traveling to state visits, Board meetings, our Scotland trip and visiting chapters in six countries in Europe and the United Kingdom, it was wonderful to have two weeks catching up at home with family. However, I always enjoy being in the office and...
On behalf of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, we are grateful for the President General’s invitation to share with you some thoughts about planning for your activities and events for the coming years for our Vietnam veterans and their families. As Veterans Day approaches, it seemed appropriate...
We left Vienna on October 26, 2014 and flew to Frankfurt where Palatinate Chapter Regent Cary Costa and Associate Member Ransom Schwerzler were patiently waiting for our delayed flight. Speeding along on the Autobahn, we arrived in Landstuhl about 1 hour, 15 minutes later. We enjoyed seeing the many vineyards...
On October 23, 2014 we flew from Rome to Vienna, Austria. After checking into our hotel, we were greeted by Fay Ann Gauster who escorted us by streetcar to the Huth restaurant for dinner with the Blue Danube Chapter, Ada Miller, Regent. Fay Ann explained that the area in which...
On October 20, 2014, Mindy, Virginia, Steve and I flew from Madrid to Rome, City of the Seven Hills, for our official visit with the Pax Romana Chapter. After a drive to our hotel and a quick lunch, we were greeted by the Chapter Regent, Cara Kavanaugh, who gave us...
We departed our London hotel before dawn for an early flight to Madrid on October 17, 2014. En route to the airport, we were startled to see the blue lights of the London Eye against the darkness of the sky in the background. This large “ferris wheel” is said to...
Early Tuesday morning, October 13, we departed our Paris hotel for the train station, grateful to be escorted by Frédérique de Beaumont. We traveled by the high speed Eurostar train, allowing us a panoramic view of the French countryside via the “Chunnel” to London. Upon our arrival at the International...
After a fabulous week touring Scotland, Virginia Lingelbach, National Chair of Units Overseas, my husband, Steve, and I flew from Edinburgh to Paris for the first of six visits to our Units Overseas chapters. Arriving in Paris at noon on Saturday, October 11, we were escorted from the airport to...
I am so pleased to announce the launch of the new Members’ Section of the DAR Website, which now completes our project to redesign and upgrade the DAR web presence. You can now find the Members’ Section at www.dar.org/members, but you can also still access the section through the old...