On March 8, 2025 active members, resigned members and prospective members sent a letter to President Trump asking for his help in shining a light on what has happened within the ranks of the DAR. https://www.dailywire.com/news/daughters-of-the-american-revolution-chapters-plead-with-trump-to-save-org-from-trans-radicals
Month: April 2025
Wear Your Restoration Cockade
A black and white theme is used to show our solidarity in Restoring the DAR as founded – a patriotic, genealogical society founded for women, by women. Ladies, wear black and white to show support for this effort to Restore the DAR! The black and white theme was chosen to represent the spiritual battle that…
DAR TRANSGENDER TIMELINE
A Quick Reference Guide Compiled by Rebecca Rothnie 2014 | DAR begins allowing Y-DNA evidence to be submitted in new and supplemental applications. DAR defines sex in the document titled DAR Policy Statement and Background / Using DNA Evidence for DAR Applications, “The 23rd pair of chromosomes (designated X and Y) determines the sex of…
Endorsing Chapters
The current proposal to amend the National Bylaws, Article III, Section 2 – Admissions was duly adopted by the Martha Laird Chapter on February 22, 2025. Article XXI of the National Bylaws states: These Bylaws may be amended… provided further that the amendment has been proposed by the National Board of Management, or by a…
Center for American Liberty Memorandum
The current Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, provided a Legal Memorandum to the Martha Laird Chapter through her nonprofit The Center for American Liberty. Click here to see the Legal Memorandum! Please consider donating to The Center for American Liberty! The Martha Laird Chapter and members all over the country are indebted…
BECOME AN ENDORSING CHAPTER
Amend Article III, Section 2 – Admission To become an endorsing chapter, your chapter must vote to endorse. Step 1: Gather the following documents: –Proposal to Amend the National Bylaws, Article III, Section 2–Rationale Source Documents-The President General’s Message from October 2023-The President General’s FAQ–Legal Memorandum provided by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet…
AMENDING THE NATIONAL BYLAWS
What is the Process?
DAR IN THE NEWS
Articles, Posts and Podcasts Regarding Transgender Membership Compiled by Rebecca Rothnie 7/26/2023 | Newsweek | Daughters of the American Revolution Members Quit Over Transgender Fears by Maura Zurick: https://www.newsweek.com/daughters-american-revolution-must-accept-transgender-members-1815641 7/26/2023 | The Daily Signal | Daughters of the American Revolution Revolt Against Inclusion of Biological Men by Mary Margaret Olohan: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/26/daughters-american-revolution-faces-revolt-resignations-new-policy-admitting-biological-men/ and https://www.wnd.com/2023/07/daughters-american-revolution-faces-revolt-resignations-admitting-biological-men/ 8/18/2023 | The Federalist | DAR Patriots Fight To Defend Historic Women’s Society From Men Pretending To Be…
DAR Confirms Men are Eligible for Membership
Many State and National Officers continue to insist that the Bylaw Amendment adopted at the 132nd Continental Congress did not allow for men to be eligible members. The amendment that was adopted struck the words “provided an applicant for chapter membership is personally acceptable to the chapter.” and added the words “NSDAR and its chapters…