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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War. [1] A non-profit group, the organization promotes education and patriotism.
The National Society Children of the American Revolution ( NSCAR) is a youth organization that was founded on April 5, 1895, by Harriett Lothrop. The idea was proposed on February 22, 1895, at the Fourth Continental Congress of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). [ 1] The organization was promptly chartered by the ...
At large ( before a noun: at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset. In multi-hierarchical bodies, the term rarely extends to a tier beneath the highest division ...
VFW member Raymond Fennell shared remarks, and this writer, Wayne County Historian Peter Becker, offered historical background. The DAR laid a wreath, and the VFW offered a gun salute and taps ...
Mar. 10—The Daughters of American Revolution swore in five new members, all from one family. It had always been a wish of Doris Kathleen Boone, now 97 years young, to join the DAR organization.
Detroit had been without a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution until now, and its members share a diverse vision of patriotism.
Pamela Hilda Edwards Rouse Wright is an American philanthropist, clubwoman, businesswoman, and jewelry designer. Since 2022, she has served as the President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She is the second Texan to serve as the national society's president general. In 2022, Wright was presented with the ...
November 28, 1972 [ 2] The Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. is the national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). It is located at 1776 D Street NW, sharing a city block with the DAR's later-built Administration Building, and Constitution Hall. Completed in 1910, it is the oldest of the three buildings.