Jacob Ferree Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution

09/17/2024

Happy Constitution Day!!!

08/28/2024

There are still tickets available, so please join our chapter benefit, this year supporting the Friends of the Pittsburgh Fisher House!

10/23/2023

09/11/2023

The executive officers and I join you today in solemn remembrance of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001; in the subsequent rescue and recovery efforts; and in the many years of war that followed this terrorist attack on our nation. Much has transpired in the 22 years since that Tuesday morning, but may we never forget the dedication of our first responders and the unity Americans shared that fall. This photo from the National Archives (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6527847) depicts first responders unfurling a huge American flag over the side of the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001, as soldiers from the 3rd Infantry render honors.

06/14/2023

“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it; it flies with the last breath of every Soldier who died protecting it.” – Unknown

04/03/2022

Today is American's Creed Day.

The American's Creed.

by William Tyler Page

I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

–Written 1917, accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.

On this date, Members of the House of Representatives celebrated William Tyler Page, a longtime congressional employee and future Clerk of the House, for his authorship of the “American’s Creed.” In 1916, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War I, Henry Sterling Chapin, the editor of an ed...

03/14/2022

One of the traditions we're excited to celebrate at our organization's 125th meeting of members is Junior Bowl. It is a beautiful engraved silver trophy awarded annually since 1991 to the chapter that has done the most to recruit, engage, and support DAR members aged 18-36.

This is a look back at our past winners. Which chapter will take home the title in 2022 at ?

02/13/2022

Let us know if you are in the Pittsburgh area and want to find your passion to serve! We would love to help you explore membership.

01/17/2022

"Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve..."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

As we celebrate today's Martin Luther King Day of Service, we can't wait to see stories of how Daughters are helping those around their communities today, this week, and all throughout January.