Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution | |
| 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 |
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. 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 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".