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Have you ever dreamed you could rescue an unwanted dog from a shelter, have it trained, then donate it to a military service member with PTSD or traumatic brain injury? Or perhaps you’ve seen an inner-city school with no resources for a music program but an instructor eager to teach...
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The DAR Project Patriot Committee supports our active-duty and active Reserve/National Guard military servicemembers. At the National level, the Committee assists wounded military members and their families at military medical centers in Landstuhl, Germany; San Antonio, Texas; and Washington, D.C., through donations to the DAR Project Patriot Fund. Since 2010...
What a finale! Friday morning, our last day in Scotland, we headed south to the Scottish Borders to visit Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, on the banks of the river Tweed. Scott, a prolific nineteenth century author, playwright, poet, antiquarian, and collector, was also a lawyer by training and...
The privilege of DAR membership gained new meaning for me on Thursday of our trip, when President General Lynn Young afforded Curator General Jennie May Rehnberg and me the honor of placing the NSDAR wreath to commemorate our common ancestor, Robert the Bruce, before his imposing statue outside the gates...
Greetings from Scotland! During the fourth day of the "Honoring our Scottish Heritage" tour our morning schedule was free, so the daughters and tour mates took advantage of this. Some visited Saint Andrews or Edinburgh Castle and others went shopping and spent their time relaxing. It was wonderful to be...
On October 11, 2014 we celebrate the 124 th anniversary of the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution. While this anniversary is of course special to us every year, I can’t help but get more and more excited for our upcoming Quasquicentennial celebrations starting in 2015! Beginning in...
After a wonderful breakfast buffet of fresh fruit, sausage, croissants, pastries, and such Scottish treats as blood pudding and birken, we departed the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh for Paisley. Heavy fog and traffic congestion slowed our progress, but our Scottish guide Hilda shared the adage "dinna fash" yourself, meaning do...
The second day of our DAR tour began early with a visit to the Scottish Parliament where we were welcomed be Fergusson Cochrane, Head of United Kingdom International Relations. The President General presented a proclamation on behalf of the National Society to celebrate the strong ties between Scotland and the...
Immediately after the October National Board of Management Meeting, many of us set off to begin our Honoring our Scottish Heritage tour. We were on different flights and most arrived in Edinburgh without incident. As tired as we were upon arrival, the day’s activities were too exciting to miss. Chaplain...
After several days in the office, I left D.C. on Friday afternoon, September 26 th, for the Florida Fall Forum in Orlando. Arriving late Friday, my Pages, Stacy Girardo and Susan Lee, were waiting patiently at the airport. State Regent Cyndi Symanek greeted me at the hotel and presented me...