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 "d…
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 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,