By Nina Hendricks/Sarah Maples DAR
With the final 2013 membership statistics now collected, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recorded its most significant gain in new members in the history of the 123 year old organization. A record 13,906 new members were welcomed into the DAR in 2013! The previous record was set more than 90 years ago in 1921 when 13,805 women were accepted into the organization in that year.
As of January 1, 2014, the official DAR membership count for 2014 is 177,049, a net increase of 3,529 members from the official membership count from the beginning of 2013.
“We are extremely proud of this new membership milestone,” stated DAR President General Lynn Young. “The growing membership of the Daughters of the American Revolution represents our organization’s relevance in today’s ever-changing world as we continue to passionately honor our heritage, focus on the future and celebrate America!”
The local Sarah Maples chapter of DAR has had an increase also. At the beginning there had to be twelve members to start a new chapter. Several of our ladies came from the chapter in Athens and now thirty years later we have around eighty members. This past two or three years we lost several of our ladies. What the Texas ladies are most proud of is our new NSDAR President Lynn Young. She is the first from Texas to hold the job but hopefully not the last. Continue reading “DAR Sees Record Growth in New Members in 2013”
