Back in October, the Connecticut Daughters had a unique opportunity to teach a new audience about today’s DAR, and it was such a successful event that the President General has asked me to write a blog post about the experience. I am so pleased to be able to tell you more about DAR being a part of the Gilmore Girls Fan Festival with our presentations, “What the DAR is really like – Could you be a Daughter?”
The Gilmore Girls was a TV show that originally ran from 2000-2007 that is now available on Netflix along with a four-part mini-series revival that was released last year. The much-loved series focused on a mother and daughter and their complex relationships with their family and friends in their quirky small town in Connecticut. There were some characters who were DAR members as well as plotlines surrounding DAR activities. While the depiction of the DAR on the show takes a number of liberties, the fictional inclusion on the show really did raise the visibility of our organization to many people who had not heard of the DAR before watching the show.