Today's DAR
Friends and family of Ann Davison Duffie Fleck gathered beneath sunny skies on the sloping hillside of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Harwichport, Mass., on Saturday to remember her joy for life and her remarkably “up-beat” personality. Though the pandemic kept us socially distant, in masks and small in number...
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The National DAR Day of Service takes place each year on or near October 11 to honor the anniversary of our National Society’s founding on October 11, 1890. DAR chapters and members are encouraged to engage in meaningful service projects in their communities via this coast-to-coast collective expression of our...
As we rapidly approach a historic presidential election, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is looking back to a little-known moment in our nation’s suffrage history: when women and free people of color were legally entitled to vote from 1776 to 1807 in Revolutionary New Jersey. The story...
With busy bees and beautiful bouquets as their symbols, Granite State Daughters are working beneath a theme of “Cultivating our Posterity” during the Administration of State Regent Trish Jackson. I am delighted to report that I gleaned some great DAR “gardening” advice while attending their Fall Meeting: plant roots where...
Friday, Sept. 18, was National POW MIA Recognition Day, an observance set aside to honor the sacrifice of those who have been held prisoner or who are listed as mission in action. I was moved to receive this email from a member in Franklin, Tenn., about her appreciation for the...
Today at 4:00 p.m., from sea to shining sea, bells will ring throughout America in celebration of the United States Constitution! I hope that you and your chapter are planning to participate. On September 17, 1787, at the then-Pennsylvania State House, now better known as Independence Hall, the framing of...
The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of our nation. It is the source of all government power and limitations, and it protects the fundamental rights of United States citizens. When was the last time you read this foundational document of our republic? Now is...
Ever one who chooses to look upon the sunny side of life, your President General envisions that our 130 th Continental Congress will not only be held in person next June but that it will be all the more fabulous because we were unable to gather in 2020. And so...
Physician Dr. Edmund Hagen of Scarborough, Maine, served as a surgeon on a fairly successful expedition on Massachusetts privateer Putnam, captained by John Harmon, in the autumn of 1776 – successful, that is, until the vessel was captured by a British frigate, and he and his crewmates ended up on...
Sincerest thanks to the thousands of DAR volunteers who are answering the call to service during the global pandemic. Since March 21, 2020, DAR members in 1,300 chapters from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five Units Overseas have made and donated more than 700,000 total homemade personal...