It is exciting to share details of the new DAR Historic Preservation Grants – an opportunity for local organizations to receive support for history-related projects … and for the DAR to receive public relations benefit from partnerships benefiting this core mission area.
Historic Preservation has been one of our three areas of service (the others being Education and Patriotism) since the inception of our Society, when efforts were made to collect and preserve artifacts related to the founding of our nation. DAR chapters and states have sought to educate the public and preserve our nation’s history by placing markers and monuments to commemorate important chapters of American history around the world.
However, the National Society never had a dedicated funding mechanism to specifically support historic preservation projects in local communities. As the nation’s 250th anniversary approaches, it was decided within the VanBuren administration (at the recommendation of the Long Range Planning Commission) to modify the Special Projects Grants Committee to become the DAR Historic Preservation Grant program.