Today's DAR
This #GivingTuesday we have an opportunity to help the DAR Museum secure a rare 18th-century American Sampler, made by a little girl born in the midst of America’s fight for Independence. One of eight children, Maria Antonia Hill was born in 1779 in Charleston, N.C. Maria moved with her family...
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The American Revolution in the Caribbean Cruise came to its conclusion in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday, November 10 th. Many DAR members and HODARS enjoyed our last breakfast very early in the morning, so we could gather together one last time. Our week included delicious food, many events...
Friday morning found us sailing on the open seas. Our fabulous cruise through the south Caribbean was winding down. With no destinations to explore, we were free to explore our home on the water, the Summit. Special tours of usually off-limit areas of the ship were offered to passengers on...
It was another gorgeously warm day under the Caribbean sun as DAR members eagerly disembarked to begin our excursion into historic Bridgetown, Barbados to get a taste of the city and a special glance back into history. This delightful island was uninhabited when the British arrived in 1628, but it...
Early on this morning, we arrived at the beautiful island of St. Lucia that covers an area of 238 square miles. Due to the profitability of the sugar industry, the ownership of the island has traded over the years between the French, the first discoverers and the British. St. Lucia...
Those traveling on the DAR cruise were awakened this morning to the sounds of steel drums welcoming us to the port of St. Johns on the island of Antigua (an-tee’-ga). The day dawned with bright sunshine as we embarked on a day filled with adventures and history. Any rain that...
On Day Three the weather was overcast, but the Celebrity Summit brought the Daughters to the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Our port of call in Saint Kitts was Basseterre (translated into “low lands”), which is the capital of Saint Kitts. Prior to independence it had been divided into...
Where can you look out your ship board window, see a rainbow, dark clouds hanging over the lush green mountains; but just wait, the wind picks up, salt spray pounds the veranda and what was there a minute ago disappears into a gray menacing ship-rocking short lived storm? On the...
Anticipation was high as DAR members and many husbands stood in line to check in for embarkation on the Celebrity Summit for a cruise to the Southern Caribbean. Sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico many of us arrived the day before our scheduled departure and enjoyed the historic old city...
It was a blustery but clear October morning as I stood outside waiting for Sherry Edwards to arrive for our drive to Yorktown, Virginia and the annual celebration of Cornwallis’ surrender to Washington. This was the 237th anniversary and Yorktown Days is somewhat like the Fourth of July, Memorial Day...