ILLINOIS DAR

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"Energy Plus Enthusiasm Equals EXCELLENCE"

DAR Objectives are promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education.

DAR Motto: God, Home, and Country

The DAR is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization that has 165,000 members in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and in Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

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DID YOU KNOW?

The DAR:

Volunteers more than 200,000 hours annually to veteran patients.
Contributes thousands of pages of non-published genealogical records to local and other libraries each year.
Supports military members serving in combat areas with gifts and letters.
Awards $150,000 in scholarships & financial aid each year.
Supports schools for underprivileged & American Indian students.
Preserves local landmarks and historic structures across the country.
Participates in literacy programs for adults & tutoring programs for students
Donated more than one million dollars to the Statue of Liberty restoration and creation of the WWII Memorial.
During World War II, the use of the DAR buildings in Washington, D.C., was given to the American Red Cross. A children's day nursery was set up in the basement of Constitution Hall for enlisted men's wives who had to go to work.
Has one of the premier genealogical research centers at its headquarters in Washington D.C.

Welcome to Illinois!

We invite you to join our spirited Daughters as we promote "God, Home, and Country" with spirit and enthusiasm. The State of Illinois has 109 active chapters with projects that will interest young and old.

My State Project is to honor all veterans and especially the women veterans of Illinois. As I have travelled around our beautiful state, I have noticed that women veterans are not normally depicted in statues honoring military service. Our plan is to erect a statue that depicts Molly Pitcher, the woman who fought beside her husband during the Revolutionary War, continuing to fight after he lay mortally wounded. The other side of the monument depicts Major Tammy Duckworth, an Army helicopter pilot whose aircraft was struck by enemy fire, resulting in the loss of her legs. Tammy is also an Illinois DAR member. Acclaimed artist Don Morris has been selected to sculpt the statue. When completed, it will be placed at the corner of 7th Street and Broadway at the C.E. Brehm Memorial Library in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

We are also raising awareness and funds for Project Honor Flight, a program that flies World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. for one day to see the memorial dedicated to their sacrifices.

Join Illinois Daughters in supporting these outstanding projects.

If you are interested in becoming a DAR member, help is available to prove your lineage back to a Revolutionary soldier or person who gave aid to the cause.

Come join us and enjoy the special bond of friendship and patriotism. We welcome your interest.

Luanne Frosch Bruckner
Illinois State Regent

Patriot of the Month

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Nancy Elizabeth Brown
(click here to read her story)

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