Recent Blog Posts

It is, indeed, the most wonderful time of year. With a grateful heart for all that you do for DAR, I wish you joy and peace as you gather with family and friends to celebrate the holiday season, warmed by memories and aglow with hope for a new year with...

Wow! What an enjoyable and productive week of Executive meetings at our National Headquarters this week! A primary highlight, of course, was our 18 th annual DAR Christmas Open House, as we threw open wide the 17 th Street doors and invited more than 1,000 visitors into the beautiful Pennsylvania...

The DAR Museum has hosted a symposium on the theme of our museum gallery exhibit. This year, more than 100 quilt history experts and enthusiasts descended on NSDAR headquarters for a symposium held in conjunction with our current exhibit. In “ A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in...

Wherever you find DAR, you will find Daughters completing outstanding service projects on behalf of our mission to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. This year, thousands of Daughters commemorated the fifth annual National DAR Day of Service by volunteering in their local communities. Daughters prepared blessings bags for veterans...

While I fully recognize that pride is one of the seven deadly sins (!), I simply cannot help but nearly burst with it as we welcomed 1,271 new members into membership in Today’s DAR on December 5. Not only do these women represent the future of our Society, they are...

Decking the DAR halls takes months of advance planning, a dedicated Holiday Open House Vice Chair and many volunteer “elves.” The Chair of the DAR Property Beautification and Hospitality Committee is responsible for the outdoor decorations, including illumination and landscaping. Homestead Gardens of Davidsonville, Maryland, with whom negotiations began in...

We are finally here! Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, when our focus will be the restoration of seats in DAR Constitution Hall, as we seek to have 1,000 of them adopted by the end of the year. I am exceptionally proud that thanks to a jumpstart by members of the Development...

Somewhere between the much-anticipated arrival of loved ones and the last savory forkful of pumpkin pie, we will each invariably pause at some point on Thanksgiving Day to count our blessings. For many of us, we will be lucky enough to place robust health, good fortune and supportive family high...

Have you ever wanted to search the DAR Americana Collection or images from the NSDAR Archives from the comfort of your home? Good news! We have been working behind the scenes to make this happen. We are delighted to report that we have also updated the DAR Department of Archives...

I am exceptionally grateful for the interest that so many of you have expressed in the exciting construction facet of the VanBuren President General’s Project, and I wanted to take an opportunity to provide you with a high-level overview on the massive undertaking. It has been my dream that we...