Daughters of the American Revolution

This article is about the women's organization. For the Grant Wood painting, see Daughters of Revolution.

Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
AbbreviationNSDAR or DAR
FoundedOctober 11, 1890
FoundersMary Smith Lockwood
Mary Desha
Ellen Hardin Walworth
Eugenia Washington
TypeNon-profit, lineage society, service organization
FocusHistoric preservation, education, patriotism, community service
HeadquartersMemorial Continental Hall
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Membership
190,000
President General
Pamela Rouse Wright
PublicationAmerican Monthly (1892–2001)
American Spirit Magazine (2001–present)
Daughters Magazine (2001–present)
AffiliationsChildren of the American Revolution
Websitedar.org

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 patriot of the American Revolutionary War.[1] A non-profit group, the organization promotes education and patriotism. Its membership is limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the American Revolution era who aided the revolution and its subsequent war. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and have a birth certificate indicating that their gender is female. DAR has over 190,000 current members[2] in the United States and other countries.[3] The organization's motto is "God, Home, and Country".[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "How to Join the DAR". Daughters of the American Revolution. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Continental Congress membership report
  3. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution. (2013). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from library.eb.com
  4. ^ Maslin Nir, Sarah (July 3, 2012). "For Daughters of the American Revolution, a New Chapter". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  5. ^ Plys, Kate (July 4, 1991). "I Had Luncheon With the DAR". Chicago Reader. Sun-Times Media. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum." Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum – Marian Anderson. N.p., n.d. Web. May 23, 2016.