Today's DAR
When I visited the South Carolina Fall Forum, one of the most interesting exhibits was on the scrapbook of one of the earliest state regents, Grace Loagan Marshall, which an antique dealer bought at a warehouse sale in 2010. Through the SCDAR, the scrapbook was returned to the grandson who...
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It was such fun to return to South Carolina to attend the SCDAR Fall Forum, Dot Lind, State Regent. Having been a guest at the South Carolina State Conference in 2009, it was delightful to greet old friends and make new ones. Lucky for me I had the same thoughtful...
Hopefully each of you had the opportunity to rest from your labors and enjoy a long weekend with family and friends. We were delighted that our son, Walker, who is a first year law student at SMU could join us at the ranch along with our daughter, Lindsey, her husband...
Like many of you, I love to learn. I particularly love to learn more of my own family history which makes our American history so much more personal. I enjoy meeting women from all across our country and our world and learning why they value their membership in DAR. However...
The very popular 3-year DAR pocket calendars are now in the mail and you should be receiving yours shortly! If you do not receive your calendar by early September, please call the Office of Development at 1-800-449-1776 and they will send you one directly. The pocket calendar is attractive as...
Like many of you, I enjoy genealogy and am always delighted to establish another patriot or prove a new child of a patriot. However, for the last few years I’ve encountered far more brick walls than successes. If you, too, dabble in genealogy, you know exactly what I mean! I...
It was a pleasure to begin my official state visits with the Vermont Daughters in the Green Mountain State. Greeted at the Burlington airport by State Regent, Liz Bicknell and others, we spent the evening in Burlington and drove the next morning to Addison to the John Strong Mansion, a...
Greetings to everyone who might be seeing the Today’s DAR Blog for the first time! If you have just discovered the blog recently as a result of our email blast, you join more than 50,000 viewers who have visited the blog since I began writing it June 30, 2013. I...
When meeting Daughters in my travels, I love to ask why they joined DAR. For many, it was a family tradition and they enjoy sharing our organization with several generations of their family. One of my favorite aspects, which draws many women to DAR, is that there is a variety...
The symbol of the Young Administration is an eagle and it seems as though they are following me around Headquarters lately. Each time I am at the building working I spot another eagle somewhere, either in our architecture, a museum piece or elsewhere. I hope you enjoy this slideshow of...