The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War. 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 in the United States and other countries. The organization's motto was originally "Home and Country" until the twentieth century,when it was changed to "God,Home,and Country".
Brenau University is a private university with its historic campus in Gainesville,Georgia. Founded in 1878,the university enrolls more than 2,800 students from approximately 48 states and 17 foreign countries who seek degrees ranging from associate through doctoral degrees. The main campus of the Georgia-based institution includes the Brenau Women's College. Brenau also offers another location in Norcross,Georgia.
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR),formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR),is a federally chartered patriotic organization. The National Society,a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisville,Kentucky,was formed in New York City on April 30,1889. Its objectives are to maintain and extend "the institutions of American freedom,an appreciation for true patriotism,a respect for our national symbols,the value of American citizenship,[and] the unifying force of 'e pluribus unum' that has created,from the people of many nations,one nation and one people."
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1776,and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period." The organization has 44 corporate societies. The national headquarters is Dumbarton House in Georgetown,Washington,D.C. Edith Laurencin is the acting director since Carol Cadou's departure.
The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) is an American organization comprising women who descend from one or more ancestors who lived in British North America between 1607 and 1775,and who aided the colonies in public office,in military service,or in another acceptable capacity. The CDA is listed as an approved lineage society with the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.
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). The organization was promptly chartered by the United States Congress,and is now the nation's oldest and largest,patriotic youth organization. NSCAR offers membership to anyone under the age of 22 who is lineally descended from someone who served in the Continental Army or gave material aid to the cause of freedom in the American Revolution.
Jamestowne Society is an organization founded in 1936 by George Craghead Gregory for descendants of stockholders in the Virginia Company of London and the descendants of those who owned land or who had domiciles in Jamestown or on Jamestown Island prior to the year 1700.
Eugenia Scholay Washington was an American historian,civil servant,and a founder of the lineage societies,Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America.
Florence Anderson Clark was an American author,newspaper editor,librarian,and university administrator. She served for 14 years as assistant librarian at the University of Texas (UT),and in honor for her service to the university,she was first woman to have her portrait hung in the university's Main Tower. Clark was affiliated with several organizations,including the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R),Colonial Dames of America,and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Lynn Forney Young is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 43rd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution,serving from 2013 to 2016. As the organization's president general,she oversaw a $4 million restoration of DAR Constitution Hall,led the organization in setting a Guinness World Record for "most letters to military personnel collected in one month" with 100,904 letters to members of the United States Armed Forces,and met with Elizabeth II during an event to launch a project to digitize the Royal Archives of George III.
Ann Turner Dillon is an American clubwoman who served as the 44th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was the first woman from Colorado to be elected as the President General.
Sarah Emily Corbin Robert served as the 17th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a noted authority on parliamentary procedure.
Elizabeth Newkirk Seimes served as the 27th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mary Martha Presley Merritt was an American politician and civic leader. She served two terms in the West Virginia House of Delegates and was named West Virginia's Outstanding Woman Legislator by the Eagleton Institute of Politics in 1972. Merritt went on to serve as vice president and president of the West Virginia Board of Education and as the Worker's Compensation Commissioner.
Merry Ann Thompson Wright was an American businesswoman who served as the CEO of the American Lung Association of Central New York and as the 42nd president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Linda Gist Calvin is an American businesswoman who served as the 41st president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Edith Scott Magna was an American civic leader who served as the 15th president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marion Elizabeth Moncure Duncan was an American businesswoman and civic leader. She served as the 25th president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1962 to 1965. As president general,she testified before a United States congressional committee regarding proposed changes to immigration law,was a strong opponent of national socialism and American foreign policies with socialist countries,and condemned U.S. Supreme Court rulings prohibiting school prayer in the United States. Duncan also served as the president of the Order of the First Families of Virginia and as the vice president of the Northern Virginia Association of Insurance Agents. She was named as one of twelve leading women in the United States by Holiday in 1963.
Jeannie Blackburn Moran was an American author,community leader and socialite. A charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR),United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC),and Colonial Dames of America (CDA),she was closely associated with social and patriotic organizations based in Virginia and Washington,D.C. Proceeds from the sale of her work,Miss Washington,of Virginia,were used for the benefit of the DAR's Memorial Continental Hall.
