I’ve been offered a membership to the DAR, as have my sisters. We’ve all refused because Nana took issue with the fact Marian Anderson, a black opera singer was denied entry to...I can’t remember if it was the Capitol or Constitution Hall because of her race, and was permitted to perform on the front steps only. Nana was not happy with t…
I’ve been offered a membership to the DAR, as have my sisters. We’ve all refused because Nana took issue with the fact Marian Anderson, a black opera singer was denied entry to...I can’t remember if it was the Capitol or Constitution Hall because of her race, and was permitted to perform on the front steps only. Nana was not happy with the DAR and left the organization she had helped foster.
In 2015, her great grandson graduated medical school USUHAS as a member of the USAF at Constitution Hall. He’s now stationed in San Antonio TX.
I could never see the sense or purpose behind the DAR SAR, Sons of the Conferracy etc.
What purpose do they serve other than bragging rights, and if you need bragging rights then you have a serious identity problem
The genesis of the DAR and Colonial Dames is post civil war, high teas, The wives of the upper class would sit around the "drawing room", white gloves, tea, crumpets, chocolate pie (if you ever saw the movie the help, then you get he picture).
When they weren't gossiping (politicking) they were busy trying to outdo the others. It would start with some biddy claiming that her husband was a cousin (times removed) of Judith Jefferson (aunt of Thomas Jefferson) or some other significant person. and on it went, then one day, a woman. who probably did not have knowledge of any famous ancestor, stood up and said "prove it"
And with that challenge the DAR was started.
I have a 6 h or 7th cousin, once removed who joined the DAR because they handed out scholarships to girls. That's cool,
I’ve been offered a membership to the DAR, as have my sisters. We’ve all refused because Nana took issue with the fact Marian Anderson, a black opera singer was denied entry to...I can’t remember if it was the Capitol or Constitution Hall because of her race, and was permitted to perform on the front steps only. Nana was not happy with the DAR and left the organization she had helped foster.
In 2015, her great grandson graduated medical school USUHAS as a member of the USAF at Constitution Hall. He’s now stationed in San Antonio TX.
I could never see the sense or purpose behind the DAR SAR, Sons of the Conferracy etc.
What purpose do they serve other than bragging rights, and if you need bragging rights then you have a serious identity problem
The genesis of the DAR and Colonial Dames is post civil war, high teas, The wives of the upper class would sit around the "drawing room", white gloves, tea, crumpets, chocolate pie (if you ever saw the movie the help, then you get he picture).
When they weren't gossiping (politicking) they were busy trying to outdo the others. It would start with some biddy claiming that her husband was a cousin (times removed) of Judith Jefferson (aunt of Thomas Jefferson) or some other significant person. and on it went, then one day, a woman. who probably did not have knowledge of any famous ancestor, stood up and said "prove it"
And with that challenge the DAR was started.
I have a 6 h or 7th cousin, once removed who joined the DAR because they handed out scholarships to girls. That's cool,