Daughters of the American Revolution

Daughters of the American Revolution

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Abbreviation	NSDAR or DAR
Founded	October 11, 1890
Founders	Mary Smith Lockwood Mary Desha Ellen Hardin Walworth Eugenia Washington
Founded at	Strathmore Arms 810 12th Street NW Washington, D.C., U.S.
Type	Non-profit, lineage society, service organization
Focus	Historic preservation, education, patriotism, community service
Headquarters	Memorial Continental Hall 1776 D Street NW Washington, D.C., U.S.
Membership	190,000
President General	Pamela Rouse Wright
Publication	American Monthly (1892–2001) American Spirit Magazine (2001–present) Daughters Magazine (2001–present)
Affiliations	Children of the American Revolution
Website	dar.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 and non-political group, the organization promotes historical preservation, 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 was originally "Home and Country" until the twentieth century, when it was changed to "God, Home, and Country".^[4][5][6]