Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR

06/06/2026

https://patch.com/new-york/chappaqua/polly-cooper-chapter-dar-supports-deployed-service-members-through-united-troops-nodx

06/02/2026

Saturday June 6, 2026 10am-5pm

05/31/2026

https://yorktown.librarycalendar.com/event/finding-your-american-revolutionary-ancestors-15168?fbclid=IwZnRzaASIeQdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeGAqLTTrODMnJ2e3QJnPFR4wEuDRgAn786DqpCI9jupAAP3e3-kIGN1jKek8_aem__UCI2sTC82J2-UXzvcVhNw

Hidden Patriots: Finding Your Revolutionary War Ancestors

05/29/2026

Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR is at Relay For Life which celebrates survivors, honors caregivers, remembers loved ones lost, and raises funds to ensure that everyone has the chance to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

05/29/2026

If you have been considering joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, there is no better time than now as we celebrate our Nation's 250th Anniversary ! 🇺🇸

Establishing your lineal descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence is the first step on your journey to DAR membership — and the members of Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR, are here to help!
If you are interested in identifying your Revolutionary War Patriot and learning more about joining the Polly Cooper Chapter, please email:
[email protected]

05/25/2026

The Polly Cooper Chapter was proud to March in the New Castle Memorial Day Parade and hand out over 200 American flags and speak to former President Clinton on America 250! We are proud to honor the men and women who served our country and helped shape America’s 250-year story.

05/25/2026

Polly Cooper Chapter, NSDAR Honors Town of Yorktown with DAR America 250! Commendation Award

https://patch.com/new-york/chappaqua/polly-cooper-chapter-nsdar-honors-town-yorktown-dar-america-250-commendation-nodx

05/16/2026

Polly Cooper, DAR chapter members manning our DAR America 250 booth at the Pleasantville community day!!! Celebrating our nations 250th birthday!!

05/16/2026

During the French and Indian War and later the American Revolution, Native nations chose sides based on their own interests, not colonial ideas like “taxation without representation.” The Catawba fought alongside the Patriots for the entire Revolution, believing alliances might preserve their sovereignty. The Cherokee sided with the British after promises that their lands would be restored and protected from settlers.

Native warfare tactics differed from European military styles. Cherokee and other Indigenous fighters used mobile, guerrilla-style combat, fighting from forests and behind cover rather than in formal battle lines. Colonial militias adopted many of these methods during the Revolution, including tactics used at battles like Battle of Kings Mountain.

Conflict on the frontier became extremely violent. Cherokee attacks targeted settler families living on Native borderlands, while colonial militias retaliated by destroying Cherokee villages, burning crops, and killing civilians. Stories such as the “Hampton Massacre” were later exaggerated and used to portray settlers as innocent victims while ignoring settler encroachment onto Native land. These memories shaped public attitudes for generations.

The war devastated the Cherokee. After militia campaigns destroyed towns and food supplies, many Cherokee surrendered or attempted to assimilate. The Revolution set a pattern for future U.S. expansion: Indigenous peoples were often portrayed as enemies, removed from their land, and forced into unequal treaties.

The Catawba managed to remain on part of their ancestral homeland through alliances and political negotiation, though many treaties were broken. They repeatedly appealed to leaders like George Washington for protection of their land rights, but settlers continued moving onto their territory. Eventually, the Treaty of Nations Ford reduced the Catawba to a small reservation. Today, the Catawba still live on ancestral land in South Carolina and continue preserving and teaching their history and culture.