Recent Blog Posts

Jamie Burchfield, National Chair, Service to America Committee
Congratulations, Daughters! In 2022, you set a new record for the number of hours recorded for Service to America with an incredible 6,591,957 hours! Daughters enthusiastically logged 1.5 million hours in the final months of the VanBuren Administration and 5,054,005 hours in just the first six months of the Wright...
Debbie Duay, Florida State Regent
March 2-5 was a dream come true as I joined the Florida Daughters in Orlando for their 121st State Conference! State Regent, Debbie Duay, certainly created a buzz as she engaged members to share their accomplishments achieved through service in our mission areas of historic preservation, education and patriotism. I...
Pamela Wright, President General
I am delighted to share that the 132 nd Continental Congress Website is now live! This year we are launching the Congress Website early to give Daughters the opportunity to review the tentative schedule and begin planning their Congress experience before Pre-Registration and select national event tickets go on sale...
Kris Wood and Diane Halvorson, National Vice Co-Chairs, Commemorative Events, Camp Legacy
This month marks the sixth year of honoring and recognizing Vietnam Veterans and their families on Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2023. "29 March is a fitting choice for a day honoring Vietnam veterans. It was chosen to be observed in perpetuity as March 29, 1973 was the day...
Mary Anthony Startz, National Chair, Specialty Research Committee
DAR recently announced that women aged 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from an ancestor who served with the Spanish military on the Island of Cuba between December 1776 and November 1783 are now eligible for membership. This important change opens the opportunity of membership to more women...
Rhonda Kren, Registrar General
We’ve all heard of Shakespeare’s quote referring to the “green eyed monster” and to “be green with envy”, which usually indicates a nasty case of jealousy but in the world of genealogy, green represents the promises of growth! Expand your genealogy techniques by signing up for a GEP course! Now...
Pamela Wright, President General
Our DAR Website is the best place to go to find all the information you need to be a successful DAR member and to make your chapter experience the best it can be. As technology moves forward every year, we’re continually looking for ways to make digital communication tools -...
Pamela Wright, President General
With great excitement, my pleasure is to announce the launch of the Daughters Online Community, which is now officially open for all members to explore! This initiative was announced during Sparkle in Service Leadership Week in October, and a team of more than 170 volunteers and staff has been working...
Barbara L. Grant, National Chair, DAR Scholarship Committee
In 2022, the DAR Scholarship Committee awarded over $1.6 million dollars and 1,150 scholarships at the chapter, state, and national level. This year, more than 4,100 students submitted applications for the National Society’s 26 scholarships offered through our online portal, DAR Academic Works. The online portal closed on January 31...
Pamela Wright, President General
February is Black History Month and DAR is proud to observe this celebration of the contributions and sacrifices of Black Americans who have helped shape American history. Learn more about the different efforts DAR has made and is making to honor and celebrate Patriots of Color; to promote membership to...