Contests and Awards - California DAR awards.
Two GPS Students Win DAR Essay Contest. Friday, November 22, 2013 DAR Essay Winners.
Highlander fifth-grader Abby Lilly is headed to Houston in March to be recognized as winner of the Daughter of the American Revolution (DAR) essay contest. Abby won at the state level, and her composition, a historical piece on the women’s suffrage movement, will now progress to nationals to compete with winners from other states.
Kelly said that winners used to be recognized at the state DAR conference, but due to the number of Charles County participants, it was decided to hold a local awards ceremony beginning in 2013.
Winners of the Myrtis Osteen Essay Contest are, from left, Taylor Hamilton, Dallas Witt, Taylor Mitchum, Latonya Canty and Justin Zuidema.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence. A non-profit group, they promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. The organization's membership is limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the.
Each year the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) awards multiple scholarships to students showing dedication to the pursuit of higher education in diverse areas of study including history, economics, law, political science, medicine, nursing, occupational and physical therapy, elementary and secondary education, chemistry, math, science and English.
The Daughters of the American Revolution is an organization with a deeply rich history while also being truly relevant in today’s world. More than 930,000 women have joined the organization since it was founded close to 125 years ago.