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97001469 [1] Added to NRHP. December 12, 1997. The United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters, also known as the Admiral John Henry Upshur House, is a Victorian Queen Anne building from 1884 which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was commissioned by near-retirement American admiral John Henry Upshur for ...
General Society of the War of 1812. Website. usdaughters1812.org. The National Society of United States Daughters of 1812 (USD 1812), commonly known as the United States Daughters of 1812, is a patriotic society headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1892 at Cleveland, Ohio, by Flora Darling, and incorporated in 1901 by Congress.
cda1890.org. 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 ...
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 group, the organization promotes education and patriotism.
2016–2019. Preceded by. Lynn Forney Young. Succeeded by. Denise Doring VanBuren. 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.
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 ...
Flora played a role in founding the Daughters of the American Revolution on October 11, 1890, although the society does not recognize her as one of its founders. [4] She then founded the General Society of Daughters of the Revolution on June 18, 1891, and the National Society, United States Daughters of 1812 on January 8, 1892. Each society was ...
The National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists (NSDAC), commonly known as the Daughters of the American Colonists, is an American patriotic organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1920 by Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell Guernsey in St. Louis, it was federally chartered in 1984. Its object is to research and preserve the ...