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Members of the National Board of Management donned their red to raise awareness of women’s heart health last week during our annual February meeting of the National Board of Management. Did you know that about 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for heart disease or stroke...
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As noted in last week’s Congress blog post, new platforms and updated procedures have been developed to separate and streamline the Credentials and Registration procedures for the upcoming 131 st Continental Congress. Both will now be conducted primarily online, and improvements will speed and simplify your on-site check-in as we...
It is a joy to share that our administration will be departing next week to meet with members of our Units Overseas as part of their once-an-administration joint conference, to be held this year in Madrid, Feb. 15-19. We are looking forward to greeting the outstanding women who are members...
It may still be cold outside, but we are already starting to feel the warmth of the bright sunshine that will welcome you back to DAR Headquarters June 29 – July 3, 2022, for the 131 st Continental Congress. Let’s get ready! After three long years apart and two very...
In 2022, we commemorate a remarkable anniversary in America – the formal creation of the Committees of Correspondence. This important event was selected by the VanBuren Administration to celebrate this year. The Committees of Correspondence began as a grass-roots initiative to keep colonists informed as to the actions of the...
This month we celebrate Black History Month. First conceived of by historian Carter G. Woodson, this effort to expand the teaching of Black History began in 1926 and was federally recognized in 1976 by President Ford during the U.S. Bicentennial. We’re sharing Black History stories and resources over on our...
We are excited to share that our National Society will host the inaugural DAR Genealogy Research Institute at DAR headquarters on May 2-4, 2022. The three-day Institute will include six classes by renowned genealogists, historians and lecturers. Instructors include Michael Strauss, Shannon Combs-Bennett, Adrienne Abiodun, Victor S. Dunn and members...
I am immensely proud and deeply touched to share that Bacone College last week dedicated the VanBuren Sunshine Student Art Gallery on its Muskogee, Okla., campus in a moving ceremony that featured rich Native American song and symbolism. Our National Society has supported Bacone for more than 75 years –...
We are grateful to the White House Historical Association, which recently honored the memory of Caroline Scott Harrison as our First President General in a social media post. Here is the information the group, to which we presented a DAR Historic Preservation Medal at the 130 th Continental Congress, posted...
Much has been written in this blog over the years regarding the DAR Americana Collection. We’ve learned, for example, that it contains more than 4,100 accessions, the collecting focus is on life in the United States pre-1830, and it houses some very special and rare materials. Today, we thought we’d...