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What’s that bright light in the sky? It’s the DAR Membership Challenge signal! Grab your capes, Daughters! The DAR Membership Committee is calling on all members to join in the 2020NE Challenge! During the 202 0NE calendar year, we are challenging each member to bring ONE new member into a...
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Drum roll, please! It is exciting to announce the DAR Genealogy Lecture Series! This valuable programming will be offered free of charge to all members; it can be accessed online to be enjoyed from the comfort of your favorite computer screen. We’ve contracted with experts on the topics that appeal...
This month we commemorate the 78 th anniversary of American contralto Marian Anderson’s debut performance at DAR Constitution Hall. On January 7, 1943, Marian Anderson crossed the Constitution Hall stage for the first time to perform a war relief concert; she would go on to sing from our historic auditorium...
Like many of you, I am thrilled to turn the page to a new year and the excitement of its possibilities. But before we dive into this new year, please pause with me to appreciate the astonishing accomplishments we achieved in 2020. While most of us will look back on...
Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish for 2021 is good health for each of you and a return to normalcy for our nation and our world. It’s time to put a challenging year behind us and look forward to the day when we will join together once again to...
We all know that adding primary source records to the National Society’s database helps to provide the important documentation that enables prospective members to document their lineage for membership. Founded in 1913, the Genealogical Records Committee’s purpose is to collect and index unpublished records of a genealogical nature and prepare...
I admit it: for the first time in my life, I considered skipping a Christmas tree this year. After all, the pandemic will keep many of us from being with the ones we love, including my eldest son, a captain in the U.S. Army who is not allowed to travel...
During this “not-so-normal” year DAR Museum staff have been hard at work sharing numerous programs and collection items with the public virtually . During a “normal” year, museum staff would be wrapping up the development of the next year’s exhibit in order to start production and installation in January. However...
Your executive committee has concluded its final week of deliberations for 2020. I am especially grateful to three other executives who were able to drive to Washington, D.C. in order to participate in person (while obviously adhering to all safety requirements): Organizing Secretary General Virginia Storage; Historian General Laura Kessler...
In years to come, you may remember the year 2020 for the coronavirus. I will remember it as the year that – no matter what the obstacles placed before them -- our hard-working chapter registrars and staff proved that “ We Can Do It!” It didn’t always appear that would...