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No one could have foreseen the events of 2020, a year that was shaped and shaded by great difficulty and immense sadness. As we mark a full calendar year since the virus first began to disrupt our lives, I would like to share a few thoughts about what I personally...
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The March/April issue of American Spirit magazine is traditionally our salute to Women’s History Month, and we shine a light on the stories of little-known women of the Colonial and early American period. Previous March/April issues have featured notable women such as Margaret Fuller, an early women’s rights activist; Elizabeth...
The simplest answer: we found new information. Another reason: we need more information. And that is why we need the applicant’s assistance in confirming acceptable service. We know that it is frustrating, in fact, heartbreaking, when an applicant or member submits an Application or Supplemental only to learn that the...
Each new museum acquisition is important to the collection. New objects tell a story that has not been told before or reveal something we have not seen in other artifacts. Each new addition to the museum brings us closer to a better understanding of the past. One of the DAR...
February 2021 marks the 125 th birthday of the DAR Library! What started with a handful of books donated by members to assist DAR staff in verifying DAR Applications has grown to a collection of more than 200,000 individual volumes and more than 5 million digital images, with more being...
Chapter Registrars and other members who are completing lineage research and the application process for New Member Applications or Supplemental Applications now have a new free resource! The Lineage Research Virtual Support Team (for New Member Applications only) and the Volunteer Genealogists Supplemental Application Virtual Support Team (for Supplementals only)...
I was inspired to learn even more about Marian Anderson – and her courageous determination to overcome the pervasive racism she faced throughout her entire life – while watching the “ Voice of Freedom” documentary that premiered on PBS last night. It was, of course, difficult to revisit the hurtful...
Happy Presidents Day! The history of what is now Presidents Day began in the 1880s when George Washington’s birthday was first celebrated as a federal holiday. In 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the country’s workers. It was then...
It is the largest and most comprehensive restoration ever undertaken in the history of DAR Constitution Hall – and it will result in an auditorium that will marry the highest standards of historic preservation with modern technology in order to create a grand experience for the visitor. And, ladies, I...
When the documentary “Voice of Freedom” about Marian Anderson airs on the PBS series American Experience on Feb. 15 at 9 p.m. ET (and is afterward available for online streaming), it will include never-before-released information from documents found exclusively within the holdings of the National Society in its growing Marian...