Welcome to the Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, NSDAR
The Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), was organized May 5, 2021. It serves El Dorado Hills, Folsom, and the surrounding communities.
We welcome any woman for membership who is 18 years of age or older who is descended from a man or woman who aided in achieving American independence during the period between April 19, 1775, and November 26, 1783. If you have an interest in learning more about the Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, NSDAR, and honoring and preserving the legacy of potential American Revolutionary War ancestors in your family, promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotic endeavors, please contact us.
Today's DAR
What is the DAR? See what the DAR is doing today. Check out our channel on YouTube!
Subscribe to the DAR Today Podcast! Our monthly broadcast is a fun and easy way for members, and the public, to learn more about DAR and our patriotic activities.
Anyone can subscribe to the Today’s DAR Blog. It is a wonderful way to learn more about the DAR.
Why Join? Today’s DAR membership reflects the remarkable diversity of our country—strengthening our bonds of service and friendship. Today’s DAR works to recognize the significant, but less frequently recognized, contributions to the cause of American freedom by men and women residing within North America, and in other countries during the time of the Revolutionary War.
Descendants of these revolutionary war supporters are eligible for DAR membership:
- African Americans - approximately four percent of the Patriots' numbers were African American. Of the 9,000 African American soldiers, 5,000 were combat dedicated troops.
- French – French soldiers and citizens aided in the revolutionary war.
- French Canadian - Over 500 individuals have been identified as aiding the Americans and are listed in the Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots
- Jewish - In 1776, there were approximately 2,000 Jews in America.
- Native Americans - some Indigenous peoples fought alongside the American colonists during the revolutionary war.
- Spanish - Spanish citizens fought and provided aid during the revolutionary war.
Learn More about minority research and check the Links page for genealogy research help.
Wreaths Across America |
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Each December the Daughters of the American Revolution join Wreaths Across America to lay wreaths on veterans' graves to honor those who have served our country to preserve freedom at home and around the world. The Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, NSDAR, will be placing wreaths at 2:00 pm at the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in El Dorado Hills and at 10:15 am at the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Folsom, California, on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Anyone is welcome to join us in placing the wreaths. A ceremony will be held at 9:00 am at the VFW Hall Post 6604, 1300 Forrest St., Folsom. The ceremony is open to the public and we hope you will join us. There are currently 16 veterans buried at the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery and 700 buried at the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery. We need your help to sponsor enough wreaths for every veteran grave. Please help us REMEMBER our fallen U.S. veterans and HONOR those who served by sponsoring a wreath, which cost $17 each, for these veterans. Please note that $5 of each wreath goes to Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, NSDAR, to help support our service to veterans and active-duty U.S. military personnel. Link to Wreaths Across America to learn more and place your order. And be sure to share this link with friends and families. |
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American Spirit Magazine |
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It's not just for Daughters! The American Spirit magazine is a great way for everyone to learn more about our country's early history, historic preservation, genealogy, patriotism, civics education, women’s history and biography, and historic travel and tourism. The magazine’s primary timeframe encompasses the Colonial period (the 200-plus years between the Jamestown colony and the 1820s). The Charlotte Parkhurst Chapter, NSDAR, received the 2021, 2022, and 2023 national "Spread the American Spirit" magazine subscription contest, and our chapter attained the Platinum Level. We're so proud of this magazine we encourage all members, friends, family, colleagues and educators to subscribe. You won't regret it. Go to American Spirit Magazine and subscribe today. |
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