The Umpqua Chapter, NSDAR, Roseburg, Oregon

11/03/2026

10/31/2026

While governor of Louisiana, under the orders of the Spanish Crown, Bernardo de Galvez supported the colonists and their French allies in the American Revolutionary War, helping facilitate vital supply lines and frustrate British operations in the Gulf Coast. Galvez's actions aided the American war effort and made him a hero to both Spain and the newly independent United States. The U.S. Congress endeavored to hang his portrait in the Capitol, finally doing so in 2014.

10/28/2026

🇺🇸 History is Coming to Your Community! 🇺🇸

Join us for the American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibit, an engaging educational experience that brings the stories of America's founding to life! Discover the people, events and sacrifices that shaped our nation's independence.

This event is FREE and open to the public! Bring your family, invite your friends and experience history together!

Presented through a collaboration between the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Battlefield Trust.

More locations coming soon!

10/28/2026

The copper clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was dedicated on October 28, 1886. From ground level to torch it stands 305 feet and 1 inch tall and sees over 4.5 million visitors a year. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.

10/26/2026

To honor U.S. military service members serving away from home and the families supporting them.

10/25/2026

The Edenton Tea Party was a political protest led by 51 women in Edenton, North Carolina, who signed a resolution to boycott British tea and cloth. These women signed their real names and mailed the document directly to England. It stands as one of the earliest recorded political demonstrations organized and written by women in American history.

10/24/2026

Mary Smith Lockwood was an American suffragist, writer, and clubwoman who was one of the founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was the DAR's first historian general and was editor of the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine.

10/20/2026

Mrs. Walworth was one of the founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was the organization's first secretary general. One of Mrs. Walworth's earliest public efforts was her moving plea to the members of her local community to contribute to the fund to renovate George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, in Alexandria, Virginia. She wrote constantly on patriotic and historic subjects. She served as director-general of the Woman's National War Relief Association of 1898. Mrs. Walworth was the first editor of the official publication of the NSDAR, the American Monthly Magazine, serving from the spring of 1892 until July 1894.