Marion Chapter NSDAR

Marion Chapter NSDAR A non-profit, non-political chapter of the NSDAR, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Marion Chapter NSDAR was organized December 7, 1910.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization founded in 1890. The National Society is headquartered in Washington, D.C., while our specific chapter is headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas. DAR is dedicated to historic preservation, education, and patriotism; we support these efforts through our ser

vice and volunteerism in our communities at home and abroad. The Marion Chapter was chartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was named in honor of General Francis Marion, who was commissioned Brigadier General of the state troops of South Carolina by Governor Rutledge. General Marion received the thanks of Congress for gallantry at the battle of Eutah Springs. This name was chosen because of the organizing regent’s admiration of General Marion. The Marion Chapter NSDAR celebrated their 100 year centennial anniversary 2010. The Marion Chapter NSDAR endeavors to promote and foster true patriotism and love of country by observing Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, volunteering for Wreaths Across America, and by supporting activities at the Veterans Hospital. Other activities include recognizing the outstanding R.O.T.C. cadets at the University of Arkansas, giving DAR Good Citizenship awards to outstanding local students in Fayetteville and surrounding towns, and presenting history awards to grade school students. The Marion Chapter NSDAR meets the second Saturday of each month, from September through May, at 11:00 a.m. The content contained herein does not necessarily represent the position of the NSDAR. Hyperlinks to other sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters. Any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible to join the NSDAR, regardless of race, creed, religion or country of origin. Prospective Members: We are here to help answer any questions you have. Please feel free to send a private message.

🇺🇸 250 years ago this week, on the road to independence, the colonies that had hesitated longest were running out of rea...
06/22/2026

🇺🇸 250 years ago this week, on the road to independence, the colonies that had hesitated longest were running out of reasons to wait. In a single week, New Jersey arrested its royal governor (Franklin) and ordered its delegates to vote for independence, and Pennsylvania declared its own separation in the very hall where the First Continental Congress had once hoped for reconciliation. The middle colonies were falling into line, and the July vote was no longer in doubt. 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 A Father’s Love Builds Our Heritage, Shapes Our Liberty 🇺🇸This Father’s Day, we honor the fathers of the founding gen...
06/20/2026

🇺🇸 A Father’s Love Builds Our Heritage, Shapes Our Liberty 🇺🇸

This Father’s Day, we honor the fathers of the founding generation and the fathers among us today.

Many of the Patriots we remember through the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution were not only soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, merchants, and statesmen, but also fathers. Long before there was a nation, they were teaching their children the values of courage, faith, duty, and freedom.

The liberties secured during the American Revolution were entrusted to future generations through the lessons taught around hearths, farm tables, and family homes across a young America.

Today, we honor those Patriot fathers whose legacy helped shape our nation, and we celebrate the fathers who continue to guide, protect, encourage, and inspire their families.

To every father who has shaped a heart, guarded a home, and helped carry the torch of liberty forward, we thank you.

Happy Father’s Day from the Marion Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. 🇺🇸

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🇺🇸 Patriot FridayThis week’s Patriot never signed a document or led a regiment. What she did instead may have mattered j...
06/19/2026

🇺🇸 Patriot Friday

This week’s Patriot never signed a document or led a regiment. What she did instead may have mattered just as much.

In the winter of 1780, with the Continental Army cold, unpaid, and short on nearly everything, Sarah “Sally” Franklin Bache led the Ladies Association of Philadelphia. It is easy to picture that as a quiet sewing circle, but it was something far bigger. The women divided the city into districts, went door to door, and raised an enormous sum for the cause, then sat across from George Washington himself to decide how it would be used. It was one of the first large-scale women’s political organizations in America, and Sarah stood at the head of it.

Under her direction, that effort became more than 2,000 shirts for Washington’s soldiers. And the women did something unforgettable with them. Each shirt was signed by the woman who made it, her name stitched into the collar, so the soldier who wore it would know exactly who stood behind him. When Sarah sent them on, she wrote that she hoped they would “be worn with as much pleasure as they were made.”

The story of American independence belongs not only to the men who signed documents and commanded armies, but also to the women who organized, sacrificed, and kept the cause alive behind the scenes. As we count down to America’s 250th, Sarah Franklin Bache deserves to be remembered not only as Benjamin Franklin’s daughter, but as a Patriot in her own right.

🇺🇸 The Countdown to Independence: June 14–20, 1776As the colonies moved steadily toward independence, the Revolution rea...
06/14/2026

🇺🇸 The Countdown to Independence: June 14–20, 1776

As the colonies moved steadily toward independence, the Revolution reached into one of the most famous families in America.

On June 17, 1776, New Jersey’s Provincial Congress arrested Royal Governor William Franklin—the last royal governor in the colonies and the son of Benjamin Franklin.

While the son remained loyal to the Crown, the father was in Philadelphia helping shape what would become the Declaration of Independence.

The struggle for American liberty was no longer only a conflict between colonies and empire. It had become a conflict within families, friendships, and communities.

This week in our America 250! Countdown series, we remember a moment when the choice between loyalty and liberty became deeply personal.

🇺🇸 Flag Day — June 14On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, adopted the first of...
06/14/2026

🇺🇸 Flag Day — June 14

On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, adopted the first official flag of the United States. The resolution was brief but momentous:

“Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”

A nation still fighting for its independence had paused to decide what it would fly.

The anniversary went largely unmarked for a hundred years. The first national observance came in 1877, on the resolution’s centennial. President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day by proclamation in 1916, and Congress made it official by law in 1949.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution have honored the flag since our founding in 1890 — through flag committees at the national, state, and local levels, flag presentations at naturalization ceremonies and schools, Flag Code materials, and Braille flags for institutions for the blind.

May we ever cherish the red, the white, and the blue — symbols of freedom, courage, and the land we love.

One Flag. One Nation. Forever United. 🕊️🇺🇸

🇺🇸 Women’s Veterans Day | June 12We’re honoring women with a reimagined eras image from the American Revolution to today...
06/12/2026

🇺🇸 Women’s Veterans Day | June 12
We’re honoring women with a reimagined eras image from the American Revolution to today.

Before women could officially serve in America’s military, they were already serving America. From the Revolutionary War, where women like Deborah Sampson disguised themselves as soldiers and Margaret Corbin took her fallen husband’s place at a cannon at Fort Washington, becoming the first woman awarded a military pension by Congress, to the brave women who nursed the wounded, carried messages, managed farms, and kept the cause of liberty alive at home, women have always answered the call.

They served during the Civil War, crossed oceans in two World Wars, flew aircraft, cracked codes, treated the wounded, commanded ships, led troops, and stood watch in every corner of the globe.

Today, women serve in every branch of the United States military, continuing a legacy nearly 250 years in the making.

On Women’s Veterans Day, we honor every woman who stepped forward when her nation needed her—whether her service was recognized at the time or not.

Their courage spans generations.

Their sacrifices strengthened a nation.

Their legacy endures.

❤️ To the women who served before us, beside us, and today—

THANK YOU!

Patriot Friday!!Two hundred and fifty years ago today, on June 12, 1776, Virginia adopted a document that would help sha...
06/12/2026

Patriot Friday!!

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, on June 12, 1776, Virginia adopted a document that would help shape the future of American liberty.

While Thomas Jefferson is often remembered for the Declaration of Independence, another Virginian had already put many of those principles into words. George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights proclaimed that all people are by nature free and independent and that government derives its authority from the people.

Its influence reached far beyond Virginia, shaping the Declaration of Independence, inspiring state constitutions, and helping pave the way for the United States Bill of Rights.

As we commemorate America 250!, we remember George Mason, the “Forgotten Founder,” whose ideas helped define the liberties Americans continue to cherish today.

Philadelphia was a hive of activity. Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, the movement for independence reached a ...
06/08/2026

Philadelphia was a hive of activity. Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, the movement for independence reached a turning point. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee formally proposed that the colonies declare themselves free and independent states. While Congress debated the future, a committee was appointed to draft a declaration explaining that decision to the world. The vote still lay ahead, but the path toward a new nation had begun to take shape!

No formal schooling, no vote, and no public stage, yet our Friday Patriot had one of the sharpest political voices of th...
06/04/2026

No formal schooling, no vote, and no public stage, yet our Friday Patriot had one of the sharpest political voices of the Revolution. In a letter to James Warren written soon after the Boston Tea Party, John Adams declared that he wanted “a poetical Genius,” such as Warren, to describe the events in Boston. She was well respected as a writer and often corresponded with Abigail Adams and her husband John.

The image of Mercy Otis Warren comes from a painting by John Singleton Copley around 1763, the same artist who painted Paul Revere and John Hancock. The portrait shows Mercy in elegant silk and lace, reaching toward nasturtiums, a flower linked to the patriot cause. In the language of flowers they were associated with patriotism and victory. The blossoms may also have carried a quieter meaning, a remembrance of her sister Mary, who died the year the portrait was painted. Some say her steady, direct gaze as she reached for them hinted at the political force she was about to become.

This morning we shared parts of Abigail’s letter from home. This afternoon, a darker turn. Two hundred and fifty years a...
06/01/2026

This morning we shared parts of Abigail’s letter from home. This afternoon, a darker turn. Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, the fight for independence turned inward. Before the colonies could declare a nation, they had to face those who opposed the cause from within.

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