Lady Washington Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Houston, Texas
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Lady Washington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Houston, Texas
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The Lady Washington Chapter of the National
Society Daughters of the American Revolution is the largest DAR chapter
in the world. Our chapter (first in Houston and fifth in Texas) was
established November 14, 1899, by Organizing Regent Ella Hutchins
Sydnor, then Vice Regent of the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association. Mrs. Sydnor was a descendant of Austin's Old 300 Colony was State Regent
from 1904 to 1910. The Lady Washington Chapter
has a current membership of approximately 600. We meet monthly, October
through May; additional special events are also scheduled throughout
the year. If you would like to attend a Chapter meeting please
contact us.
Our Chapter is named in honor of Martha
Dandrige Custis Washington, wife of George Washington. Because of her
kindness to her
husband's troops during the campaign at Cambridge in 1775, she earned
the
affectionate title, Lady Washington. The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1890. Today, the non-profit, non-political Society has 170,000 members and 3,000 chapters across the United States and around the world. The NSDAR is a volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. DAR members volunteer more than 55,000 hours annually to veteran patients, award over $150,000 in scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and support schools for the underprivileged with annual donations exceeding one million dollars. The Lady Washington Chapter is active at the
local, state, and national levels sponsoring scholarships and education
funds in Houston, at the Tamassee DAR School and at the Kate Duncan
Smith DAR School. The Chapter also presents Good Citizenship Awards to
a high school senior and to grade students in the Houston area. We also
award JROTC Certificates and Medals to students at twelve high schools
and to students at Rice University, the University of Houston, and
Prairie View A & M University. |