PURPOSE
Patriotism, History, Education
 
NSDAR MOTTO:
God, Home, and Country
 
The NATIONAL SOCIETY  DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer organization founded in 1890 in Washington,  D.C., and incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1896.  The NSDAR Objectives are as follows:

1. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
"To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence."

The historic preservation activities are accomplished  through Genealogical Records and Lineage Research.

The following committees are among those used to promote historic preservation:

  • DAR Museum
  • NSDAR Museum
  • Correspondent Docents
  • Museum Docents
  • Friends of the Library
  • Seimes Microfilm Center
2. PROMOTION OF EDUCATION 
"To promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge."
The following committees are among those used to promote education at all levels:
  • American Heritage
  • American History
  • American Indians
  • Children of the American Revolution
  • DAR Good Citizens
  • DAR Magazine
  • DAR Scholarship
  • DAR School
  • JuniorAmerican Citizens
  • JuniorMembership
  • Volunteer Information Specialists
3. PATRIOTIC ENDEAVOR
"To cherish, maintain, and extend the institution of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for humankind all the blessings of liberty."
The following committees are among those which promote patriotic endeavor:
  • Americanism & DAR Manual for Citizenship
  • Commemorative Events
  • Community Service Awards
  • Conservation
  • Constitution Week
  • DAR Service for Veteran patients
  • Flag of the United States of America
  • Motion Picture, Radio & Television

    • National Defense
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"Join or Die"

The First American Political Cartoon appeared in Benjamin Franklin's newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette  on May  9, 1754.  It  appeared  as part of an editorial by Franklin  commenting on "the present  disunited state of  the British  Colonies."

     
The woodcut drawing entitled,  "Join or  Die"  pictures a  divided  snake in  eight pieces representing as many  colonial governments.  The  drawing was based on the popular superstition that a snake that had  been cut in two would come to life if the pieces were joined before sunset.
     
The DAR insignia is the property of, and is copyrighted by, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.  

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