Following the first leg of our Australian adventure, Capt. James Cook Chapter Regent Carolyn Benn and her husband, David, picked us up at the airport on Wednesday evening, Sept. 2nd and gave us a driving tour of downtown Sydney.  We walked around the Opera House and Mrs. MacQuarie’s chair, a sandstone rock

In preparation for my official visit to our chapters in Australia, Steve and I left Houston on Wednesday evening, August 26, 2015, and flew over 20 hours to Sydney, arriving at 7:00 AM on Friday. We used the extra days to recuperate from the long flight and to explore a

On September 26, 2015, the DAR Library was able to entertain the entwined topics of the law and genealogy. Kay and William Freilich gave a lecture on their work “Genealogy and the Law.” Much was learned about the crossroads of genealogy and the law, and how vital it is for

How fortunate I feel as an active member of the DAR to have not only walked in the footsteps of America’s first family last week but to have also once again realized that we stand on the shoulders of giants in the preservation movement – the early  Daughters who came

This past Sunday, DAR members from coast to coast celebrated the 125th anniversary of the founding of DAR by participating in the National DAR Day of Service. I am simply overwhelmed by your efforts participating in this special event. What a wonderful way to reflect on our 125 year

On February 22, 1894, a portrait of first NSDAR President General Caroline Scott Harrison, who was also the wife of President Benjamin Harrison, was unveiled. This portrait painted by Daniel Huntington was presented to the White House by the National Society. A copy hangs in the President General’s Reception room

The 125th anniversary of our founding is finally here!  Just imagine how far we’ve come since that day in 1890 when a small group of women sat in a living room in D.C., taking the first steps to create the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. We are truly

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when installing an exhibition?  I documented the installation process for Remembering the American Revolution 1776-1890, which opens today.

Remembering the American Revolution is full of objects people saved to keep alive the memory of the fight for independence.  To

In my recent visit to the 115th Michigan State Conference, State Regent Diane Schrift presented a book of poems by Kathleen Ripley Leo, a member of the Sarah Ann Cochrane Chapter, which was commissioned in honor of our 125th Anniversary.  Kathleen wrote ‘Days of Grace’ as a tribute to the

Before three in the afternoon 235 years ago today, October 7, 1780, the American Army was tired, starving, almost completely demoralized, and frustrated by the deadlocked war in the North and Lord Cornwallis’ complete domination going on in the South. At that moment in time, Lord Cornwallis’ army in the