May is National Historic Preservation Month, and as part of the celebration, we are highlighting the restoration of Memorial Continental Hall (MCH), a national historic landmark and the focus of two President General Projects spanning the Wright and Storage administrations. 

In 2023 a campaign to restore MCH began under President

The Bee Line Chapter of West Virginia hosted DAR members and guests at the historic home of George Washington’s younger brother, Samuel, to celebrate three separate historical marker dedications. The home, known as Harewood, was built by Samuel in 1770 in what was then Berkeley County, Virginia, but is now

I had the pleasure of joining with other Daughters from across the country to attend the celebrations of the Reopening of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society in Philadelphia, PA. After 5 long years of repair following a 2020 flood, during which the National Society assisted through gifting funds

An extraordinary initiative is under way in the Office of the Historian General! The placement of Revolutionary War Grave markers, historical and/or commemorative monuments and tablets by the National Society, states and chapters, originated early on in the history of the Daughters of the American Revolution. During DAR’s Golden Jubilee

This Thanksgiving week, I am grateful for family, friends and Daughters around the world. I am also appreciative for our historic complex of buildings, including Memorial Continental Hall, DAR’s first home, a beacon of American history.

Our House Beautiful stands apart not only as a physical structure but also as

My great joy is to share that we will be launching a major restoration of Memorial Continental Hall in just a few short weeks! This project will be the main focus of the “Celebrate Stars & Stripes Forever through DAR Service and Friendship” Wright President General’s Project. Additionally, to help

The American Battlefield Trust has been honored to collaborate with the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to create the American Revolution Experience, an outstanding exhibition that captures the spirit of both our organizations by showcasing lasting connections to the people and places indelibly linked to our war for

As many of you know, President General Denise VanBuren recently traveled to Amsterdam to place a marker honoring the centuries-old diplomatic ties between the United States and the Netherlands. This achievement led us to wonder about the extent to which DAR members are familiar with the National Society’s rich history

Less than a month ago, a DAR delegation traveled to Leiden in South Holland to lay a wreath in memory of the Pilgrims in the very community from which they had departed for a wonderous and dangerous New World four centuries before. We toured the 900-year-old Peterskirk where they are

There’s exciting news from the DAR Historic Preservation Grants program.  When the VanBuren Administration inaugurated the program in 2019, no one could have predicted that the world as we knew it would soon be turned upside down by a global pandemic.  However, the pandemic caused nothing more than a