Today's DAR
One of my favorite days of the year is the day we recognize and honor our employees. The Executive Officers were privileged to celebrate DAR employees who have been with us anywhere from 5 to 40 years. Collectively their service represents 299 years and five months of DAR employment. All...
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It has been such a busy two weeks since I left home on January 25! Monday through Friday of the first week was spent in meetings at Headquarters, including a Department Head meeting, Congress Planning meeting, and a meeting with NSDAR’s auditors and tax attorney. On Sunday evening, Ann Dillon...
I am so thrilled to tell you about a new feature which has just been added to the Genealogical Research System (GRS). In addition to the ability to purchase Record Copies, you will now also be able to purchase the Supporting Documentation that was submitted with the application or supplemental...
Junior Membership has come a long way since our beginning in 1937, when the primary goal was to establish a well-informed Junior Membership that remained active throughout all phases of their DAR affiliation. While this remains important, the way in which it is accomplished has evolved with the times. For...
We thoroughly enjoyed being with family and friends for the holidays. On Christmas Eve, we spent the night with Lindsey and her family at their place in the country, about 80 miles from ours. The rural church was filled with poinsettias and we sang hymns and worshipped on Christmas Eve...
On Monday, January 12th, Virginia Lingelbach, National Chair, Units Overseas and I flew to Nassau, Bahamas for a visit with the Bahamas Chapter. To our delight, we were escorted from the plane by Eric Hanna from the Protocol Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration who ushered us...
3,000,000 hours and counting!! If you have been watching the Celebrate America! Online Ticker, you will have noticed this ever increasing number! DAR members are serving their communities and we love hearing stories and seeing photos from your wonderful volunteer projects – keep up the great work! Each day we...
This year the Daughters of the American Revolution is celebrating the 125 th anniversary of the founding of our National Society and there has never been a more exciting time to be a member of DAR! Building upon 125 years of service to America, today’s DAR is vital, engaging and...
On Sunday, December 14, Recording Secretary General Barbara Carpenter, Curator General Jennie Rehnberg and I drove to Fredericksburg, Virginia for a marvelous day of tours beginning with the tomb of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of George Washington. Since reading about the organizing meeting of the DAR, I’ve been fascinated...
We all enjoyed reading the President General’s blogs covering her recent visits to the six chapters in Europe. As Chair, Units Overseas Committee, it was a privilege to accompany the President General and to participate in the chapter sponsored activities. Many thanks to Mindy Kammeyer, Reporter General, and Liaison to...