What is a Resolute Chapter?

Simply stated, a Resolute Chapter is an organic and unofficial description given to a chapter that has duly adopted a resolution, exercising their chapter right, to ask the President General to call a special meeting pursuant to Article VIII, Section 7 of the National Bylaws. The special meeting is requested for the purpose of allowing the assembly to vote on a resolution that seeks to uphold the DAR’s founding principles as a genealogical society founded by women and for women.

Why Are Chapters Adopting this Resolution?

Members have learned that the DAR has been quietly and knowingly accepting males as members in violation of Article III, Membership of the National Bylaws.

The resolution has plain language that directs the National Board of Management and all members to immediately adhere to the definition of a woman as it was defined when the bylaws were adopted in 1890 and that men who apply with a birth certificate amended from a male sex marker to a female sex marker are not eligible for membership, again as per Article III, Membership which says

“Any woman is eligible for membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution who is not less than eighteen years of age, and who is lineally descended from a man or woman who, with unfailing loyalty to the cause of American Independence…”

Some members feel that by adopting this resolution, they are making a proclamation that their chapter is resolute in their desire to see the DAR restored to its founding principles.

In actuality, DAR chapters that adopt this resolution are not making any official proclamation other than that they have duly adopted a resolution, that is in order, and in accordance with Article VIII, Section 7 of the National Bylaws.

While we are very proud of the description of “Resolute Chapter” and will never abandon it, members should understand that adopting the resolution does not affiliate their chapter with any outside organization.

The term “Resolute Chapter” is not an official title, DAR or otherwise.

The term is not recognized by the DAR.

It is a term that came about organically and one that we are proud of.

So why the need for that long explanation?

The Executive Committee released a statement on August 17, 2026 that said, among other things, that chapters should not use an outside organization’s processes and that chapters are not to participate, in any official capacity in a separate structure for organizing or administering action taken by a DAR chapter.

We can assume that this statement was made because of the significant impact the grassroots Restoration effort has had and how it continues to grow.

Chapters and members can rest assured that adopting this resolution does not equal affiliation with an outside organization.

Members can rest assured that sharing the fact that your chapter adopted the resolution with another member does not mean your chapter is participating in any campaign.

Who are Daughters Advocating for Restoration?

There are two distinct and separate realities associated with “Daughters Advocating for Restoration”:

1. A Grassroots Coalition Started in 2023

Restoration is a coalition of like-minded DAR members advocating for the restoration of DAR to its founding principles, including its identity as a women’s-only society that started as early as June of 2023. The Restoration Facebook Group was created in August of 2024.

This grassroots effort has no official structure or chain of command. It operates through word of mouth and organically shared information. Women have volunteered their time to answer the unsolicited questions coming from thousands of Daughters about various aspects of the restoration effort.

The announcement made by the Executive Committee on August 17, 2026, confirms that members are free to advocate for change in this way. This is something we already know.

2. Separate and Independent 501(c)(3) Established in December 2025:

A legally separate nonprofit entity that independently raises funds to provide financial support for education, advocacy, and restoration efforts. It has its own governing documents and was created out of necessity to receive donations.

It has no organizational structure outside of the governing documents and exists to financially support the restoration grassroots movement.

This legal entity has 5 members and should not be conflated with the thousands of women who are part of the grass roots coalition known as Restoration.

The grassroots effort is about DAR members exercising their individual rights to advocate for restoration.

The 501(c)(3) is a separate and independent nonprofit that fundraises to assist with the restoration effort of groups that align with the stated mission of the 501(c)(3).

Keeping these distinctions clear is important so that members of the DAR understand that when they interact with other members under the banner of Restoration, they are exercising their right to advocate for change and organize with other members without fear that they are using their chapter name to officially participate in a separately organized outside or member-created system or campaign.Guard that which is committed to they trust. – I Timothy 6:20

Article VIII, Section 7, states, “A special meeting also shall be called by the President General upon the written request of thirty or more chapters in at least ten states. Not less than thirty days’ notice of a special meeting shall be given and only that business specified in the call may be transacted.”

The resolution for the call was published on November 7, 2025.

As of October 7, 2026, the National Bylaw requirement that thirty chapters in at least ten states request the call of a Special Meeting has been met! To date, 227 chapters in 38 different states have adopted the resolution for the call of a special meeting.

Members, please continue to present the Resolution to your chapters for adoption so that your chapter may be counted among those seeking Restoration of the DAR!

Stay tuned for updates and how we proceed from here!

Resolute Chapters:

1 Chapter, Texas

2 Chapter, Louisiana

3 Chapter, Kentucky

4 Chapter, Arizona

5 Chapter, South Carolina

6 Chapter, North Carolina

7 Chapter, Pennsylvania

8 Chapter, Missouri

9 Chapter, Missouri

10 Chapter, Texas

11 Chapter, Iowa

12 Chapter, Missouri

13 Chapter, Alabama

14 Chapter, Arizona

15 Chapter, Connecticut

16 Chapter, Missouri

17 Chapter, Alabama

18 Chapter, Nevada

19 Chapter, Texas

20 Chapter, Oklahoma

21 Chapter, West Virginia

22 Chapter, Florida

23 Chapter, Mississippi

24 Chapter, California

25 Chapter, Louisiana

26 Chapter, Tennessee

27 Chapter, Louisiana

28 Chapter, South Carolina

29 Chapter, Tennessee

30 Chapter, Texas

31 Chapter, Texas

32 Chapter, New Mexico

33 Chapter, Louisiana

34 Chapter, Texas

35 Chapter, Florida

36 Chapter, Tennessee

37 Chapter, West Virginia

38 Chapter, South Carolina

39 Chapter, Oregon

40 Chapter, Georgia

41 Chapter, South Carolina

42 Chapter, Ohio

43 Chapter, Georgia

44 Chapter, Louisiana

45 Chapter, Arkansas

46 Chapter, Arkansas

47 Chapter, Utah

48 Chapter, Ohio

49 Chapter, Virginia

50 Chapter, Alabama

51 Chapter, South Dakota

52 Chapter, Tennessee

53 Chapter, Tennessee

54 Chapter, New York

55 Chapter, Florida

56 Chapter, Missouri

57 Chapter, South Carolina

58 Chapter, Arizona

59 Chapter, Texas

60 Chapter, Tennessee

61 Chapter, Tennessee

62 Chapter, Kentucky

63 Chapter, Arizona

64 Chapter, West Virginia

65 Chapter, Alabama

66 Chapter, Texas

67 Chapter, West Virginia

68 Chapter, Florida

69 Chapter, Louisiana

70 Chapter, Louisiana

71 Chapter, Pennsylvania

72 Chapter, Iowa

73 Chapter, Alabama

74 Chapter, Alabama

75 Chapter, Ohio

76 Chapter, Tennessee

77 Chapter, Georgia

78 Chapter, Kentucky

79 Chapter, Nebraska

80 Chapter, Florida

81 Chapter, Indiana

82 Chapter, Maryland

83 Chapter, Iowa

84 Chapter, Louisiana

85 Chapter, Tennessee

86 Chapter, Kansas

87 Chapter, Kentucky

88 Chapter, Pennsylvania

89 Chapter, Kentucky

90 Chapter, Michigan

91 Chapter, Louisana

92 Chapter, Idaho

93 Chapter, Idaho

94 Chapter, Idaho

95 Chapter, Idaho

96 Chapter, Georgia

97 Chapter, Kentucky

98 Chapter, Georgia

99 Chapter, New Hampshire

100 Chapter, Kentucky

101 Chapter, Kentucky

102 Chapter, Tennessee

103 Chapter, Tennessee

104 Chapter, Alabama

105 Chapter, Tennessee

106 Chapter, Oklahoma

107 Chapter, Missouri

108 Chapter, Alabama

109 Chapter, South Carolina

110 Chapter, New Hampshire

111 Chapter, Tennessee

112 Chapter, Missouri

113 Chapter, Iowa

114 Chapter, Kentucky

115 Chapter, Michigan

116 Chapter, Mississippi

117 Chapter, Alabama

118 Chapter, Georgia

119 Chapter, Oklahoma

120 Chapter, Texas

121 Chapter, Virginia

122 Chapter, Oklahoma

123 Chapter, North Carolina

124 Chapter, Texas

125 Chapter, Kentucky

126 Chapter, Alabama

127 Chapter, Colorado

128 Chapter, Alabama

129 Chapter, Tennessee

130 Chapter, Alabama

131 Chapter, Alabama

132 Chapter, North Carolina

133 Chapter, Wisconsin

134 Chapter, Georgia

135 Chapter, Alabama

136 Chapter, Louisiana

137 Chapter, Kentucky

138 Chapter, Kentucky

139 Chapter, Texas

140 Chapter, Tennessee

141 Chapter, Georgia

142 Chapter, Virginia

143 Chapter, Washington

144 Chapter, Georgia

145 Chapter, Alabama

146 Chapter, Tennessee

147 Chapter, Tennessee

148 Chapter, Alabama

149 Chapter, Florida

150 Chapter, North Carolina

151 Chapter, Florida

152 Chapter, Georgia

153 Chapter, Alabama

154 Chapter, Alabama

155 Chapter, Georgia

156 Chapter, Ohio

157 Chapter, Virginia

158 Chapter, Colorado

159 Chapter, Florida

160 Chapter, Florida

161 Chapter, California

162 Chapter, Alabama

163 Chapter, West Virginia

164 Chapter, Indiana

165 Chapter, Texas

166 Chapter, Texas

167 Chapter, Louisiana

168 Chapter, Louisiana

169 Chapter, Indiana

170 Chapter, Missouri

171 Chapter, Indiana

172 Chapter, Ohio

173 Chapter, South Carolina

174 Chapter, Oregon

175 Chapter, Indiana

176 Chapter, Missouri

177 Chapter, Texas

178 Chapter, Nevada

179 Chapter, Mississippi

180 Chapter, South Carolina

181 Chapter, Virginia

182 Chapter, Pennsylvania

183 Chapter, Pennsylvania

184 Chapter, Alabama

185 Chapter, Tennessee

186 Chapter, Arizona

187 Chapter, Kentucky

188 Chapter, Texas

189 Chapter, Ohio

190 Chapter, Virginia

191 Chapter, North Carolina

192 Chapter, Tennessee

193 Chapter, Kansas

194 Chapter, South Carolina

195 Chapter, Massachusetts

196 Chapter, Alabama

197 Chapter, Mississippi

198 Chapter, Nevada

199 Chapter, Alabama

200 Chapter, West Virginia

201 Chapter, Alabama

202 Chapter, Nevada

203 Chapter, Georgia

204 Chapter, Georgia

205 Chapter, Mississippi

206 Chapter, Missouri

207 Chapter, Tennessee

208 Chapter, Georgia

209 Chapter, Florida

210 Chapter, Kansas

211 Chapter, Georgia

212 Chapter, California

213 Chapter, Ohio

214 Chapter, Florida

215 Chapter, Georgia

216 Chapter, South Carolina

217 Chapter, Kansas

218 Chapter, Kansas

219 Chapter, South Carolina

220 Chapter, Georgia

221 Chapter, California

222 Chapter, Kansas

223 Chapter, Indiana

224 Chapter, Tennessee

225 Chapter, Georgia

226 Chapter, West Virginia

227 Chapter, West Virginia