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Hello Friends, Our National Society is the lead sponsor for George Washington’s 289th virtual birthday celebration this year. Mark your calendars to celebrate! The worldwide celebration will take place on Monday, February 22nd at 7 PM EST/5 PM MST. Here is the webpage: https://www.dar.org/members/dars-partnership-mount-vernon I hope many of you will join in celebrating the life…

Hello Friends, My eyes are filled with tears as I am so happy and very proud of The Utah State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their creative piano pin fundraiser organized by the Uintah Chapter to purchase a Traditional/Digitized Piano for our once homeless Veterans who now reside at the Valor House in…

Hello Friends, This lovely bronze DAR Eagle Lectern has been used in the four previous Presidential Inauguration luncheons. It was the official podium used in Memorial Continental Hall and was presented to the 14th DAR Continental Congress in 1905 by the now disbanded Flintlock and Powderhorn Chapter of Rhode Island as a pledge of “loyalty…

 Hello Friends,   Each year, Utah DAR members are honored to show their gratitude and patriotism by laying thousands of wreaths at the graves of deceased veterans in cemeteries across the length of our state from Logan in the North to St. George in the South.  Outgoing Governor Gary Herbert declared December 19th as Wreaths Across…

Hello Friends, Throughout 2020, our eleven DAR Chapters have shared their talents and donations for Utah from St. George to Logan.  Here are several beautiful pictures of our DAR Service to America as we honor our communities, our veterans, and our Active Military personnel.  Utah DAR is delighted to share “Our Legacy of Love” in…

Hello Friends, This is the holiday message from our President General Denise VanBuren. Please watch the video tour. “Happy Holidays from DAR Headquarters! The pandemic may have kept us from hosting our traditional Open House this year, but it couldn’t stop us from decorating our House Beautiful! If you’re in the metro D.C. area, we…

Hello Friends, As we pause to remember the the surprise attack which occurred at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that ushered our nation into WWII, the Utah Daughters would like to specifically remember those serving on the USS Utah. This is an interesting article published about the “forgotten battleship” of Pearl Harbor. https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2019/12/07/dld-the-uss-utah-the-forgotten-battleship-of-pearl-harbor/#.X85cJ-RHYlQ The Utah State Society…

Hello Friends, As we celebrated the 130th Anniversary of NSDAR in October, Utah Daughters were busy in a variety of ways serving their communities for the “National DAR Day of Service”.  Bald Eagle Chapter collected trash along the highway. Color Country Chapter volunteered at Switch Point Food Pantry stocking shelves and packing food boxes. Golden…

Hello Friends, As the Utah State Regent, I was  joined by the Wasatch Range Chapter Regent Kelly Bullock and the DAR National Defense Committee State Chair Debbie Hoyt  to present the DAR Distinguished Citizen Medal to Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and its symbolic color is purple. Utah Daughters, joined…

Hello Friends, I’m so pleased to share that our State Society and the Wasatch Range Chapter hosted a fantastic 100th Birthday Party for Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the WWII Berlin Candy Bomber, on Saturday, October 10th, 2020. A drive-by parade was held complete with decorated classic cars and a police escort. Bagpipers, military personnel, DAR members,…