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As much as I enjoy making lists of things to do, I enjoy checking off the completed tasks even more. One item which has been on that list for many years is to learn to quilt. I absolutely love seeing the quilts in our fabulous DAR Museum and am amazed...
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On Friday, September 12th, I flew from Houston to Fargo, North Dakota to begin my fall travel. Greeted at the airport by North Dakota State Regent Nancy Legerski and Past Vice President General Alice Ellingsberg, we drove the short distance to the conference hotel where we were greeted by South...
Daughters everywhere are continuing to serve their communities through countless activities and projects. You can see this as you watch the ever increasing Celebrate America Tally grow steadily! Hours are being logged; photos and stories are being sent to the [email protected] address. Here are some recent examples of interesting member...
Last week I drove to Austin for the Texas DAR Fall Forum. On Friday afternoon over 300 members and descendants of patriots traveled to the historic Texas State cemetery to rededicate the Patriot Monument to the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Texas. The generous Texas Daughters erected this...
I have been thrilled to hear from so many chapters and members this month about your plans to celebrate Constitution Week. With the last days of summer upon us and the start of another school year, there is no time like the present to get involved. Contact your local schools...
September 12-15 marks the 200 th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore during which Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner which became our National Anthem in 1931. No doubt you are familiar with the story of the battle which inspired the song, but I thought you might enjoy...
More than 113 years ago, one chapter in one state decided that it was important to help educate children about America. In 1901, the Cincinnati Chapter in Ohio started a club “to teach…children some knowledge of the underlying principles of our government, of American sentiment, and of all that will...
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference was held in San Antonio last week and DAR was well represented by our Director of Genealogy, Darryn Lickliter, and many Texas DAR volunteers including Nancy Brennan, local conference co-chair. Darryn drove from D.C. to Houston where we met with Bennett Greenspan, President...
The 123 rd Continental Congress offered a lot that was new: a new format for forums and hotel events, a new official Congress hotel and a terrific new Celebrate America event. As you may have heard, NSDAR also rolled out a new program called Sustaining Supporter. This program encourages donors...
Over the next month DAR Genealogy will be traveling to different events in order to create awareness about DAR and our amazing genealogy resources. In recent years we have made it a priority for DAR to have a presence at national genealogy conferences and other genealogy type events to not...