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Lynn Young, President General

After a brief visit to the Texas State Conference, I departed very early on Friday, March 6th and flew to Albuquerque for the 95th New Mexico State Conference, Jacquelyn Chase, State Regent.  Despite my delayed flight, Vice President General Zadeea Harris and the conference guests from Colorado, First Vice

Heidi Campbell-Shoaf, DAR Museum Director and Chief Curator

Broderie perse, night-blooming cereus and watermelons share a completely reasonable relationship when you are talking about quilts. Particularly the ones on exhibit in Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia, featuring dozens of masterpiece quilts from DAR Museum’s collection. In support of the exhibition, museum staff

Lynn Young, President General

On Friday, February 27, 2015, I flew from Houston to Las Vegas to attend the 90th Nevada state conference, Lynda Morrison-Rader, State Regent. As Nevada has two major metropolitan areas, Las Vegas and Reno/Lake Tahoe, their meetings alternate annually in the north and south.  There are over 700 members

For the past few years, NSDAR has exhibited at both the FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) and NGS (National Genealogical Society) conferences.  These conferences are a great way to promote membership and interest in the DAR as well as to illustrate to the genealogical community the value of DAR’s tremendous

Lynn Young, President General

I am so thrilled to tell you that the solar panel array on the roof of DAR Constitution Hall has won a prestigious industry award!

APS America, a company that offers advanced, powerful solar microinverter technology for commercial and residential systems, asked its partners to submit their best, most outstanding

Lynn Young, President General

On February 20, 2015, I flew to Guadalajara, Mexico where I was greeted by Janet Fry, State Regent, and Mary Lu Saavedra, Honorary Vice President General, who drove us to Ajijic (Ah-he-he) on the banks of Lake Chapala for the 39th Mexico State Conference. Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest fresh

Lynn Young, President General

On February 11, 2015, my husband and I flew from Houston to Honolulu for the 92nd State Conference, Mary Ellen Smith, State Regent.  State Chaplain Pauline Wagnon greeted us at the airport with leis and took us to our hotel.  Unfortunately, I had injured my knee a few days prior

Lynn Young, President General

It may feel like this winter will never end, but I promise warmer weather is just around the corner and with it the 124th Continental Congress! This Congress is particularly special as we begin our celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the DAR and the wonderful work our

One of my favorite days of the year is the day we recognize and honor our employees.  The Executive Officers were privileged to celebrate DAR employees who have been with us anywhere from 5 to 40 years.  Collectively their service represents 299 years and five months of DAR employment. All but

Lynn Young, President General

It has been such a busy two weeks since I left home on January 25!  Monday through Friday of the first week was spent in meetings at Headquarters, including a Department Head meeting, Congress Planning meeting, and a meeting with NSDAR’s auditors and tax attorney. 

On Sunday evening, Ann Dillon