DAR Today Podcast

January 2025 - Week 1 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

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To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

Committee Interview Series: Children of the American Revolution National Chair Vicky Voris - recorded in the Americana Room of our National Headquarters in Washington D.C., summer 2024 (please pardon the sound quality... the room had a lot of "wind sounds" from the air system inside the room) Video and graphics by Allison Mannella

Children of the American Revolution State Presidents and their inspirational state projects!

• Alyvia K. Baxter, Tennessee State President and her project "Carrying on America’s Legacy" raising funds for Honor Air Knoxville. To help in this endeavor, please email [email protected]!
• Parker Hagle, Michigan State President and her project "Restoring Hope", raising funds for blue star service dogs to assist veterans and first responders diagnosed with PTSD and TBI. To help in this endeavor, please Venmo @Deb-Rakoczy. Thank you!
• Nathan Westbrook, North Carolina State President and his project "Remember, Honor, Salute". First, Remember: by distributing a coloring book to teach kids about the state's history, specifically with regard to the upcoming 250th anniversary. 'Honor': focusing on veterans by participating in parades and events on our American holidays, and Salute: by partnering with "Support Our Troops" to actively pack treats and goodies to send to our military overseas. To help in this endeavor, please Venmo @NCCAR-Society. Thank you!

LINKS:

"Friends of C.A.R." Donation Insignia Pin: https://shop.dar.org/friends-of-car/

Children of the American Revolution public website: https://www.nscar.org/

Michigan C.A.R. Society: [email protected]

Tennessee C.A.R. Society: https://www.tndar.org/tscar/

North Carolina C.A.R.: https://www.ncscar.org/

All music is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound

Song during opening monologue: "Early Morning Rain", Sunfish Grove and "Passing Clouds", Helmut Schenker

Song during C.A.R. National Chair Interview: "For Far Too Long", Wanderer's Trove

During C.A.R. State President's Projects: "Today is a Good Day to Live", John Graham

During closing segments: "Extra Fries", The Fly Guy Five

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

December 2024 Bonus Week! - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

• Our President General speaks about the beginnings of Memorial Continental Hall - original air date, February 2024
• The Alabama Society, Daughters of the American Revolution and America250! makes an impact at the American Village- State Regent Melinda Williams and the Alabama Daughters donated beautiful wood benches to the American Village, a very special educational place. (link below) Special thanks to the Alabama Society DAR for this script information and photos!
• Our American Traditions: The New Year's Eve Ball Drop! Video & graphics by Brooke Stewart, script by Chris Hurst-Loeffler

Social Media Posts featured in this episode!

• Austin Colony Chapter, Texas
• Saguaro Chapter, Arizona
• Little Rock-Centennial Chapter, Arkansas
• Indian Peaks Chapter, Colorado

LINKS:

The American Village: https://www.americanvillage.org/

Alabama State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution: https://alabamasocietydar.org/

In case you were interested...an incredible choral rendition of Auld Lang Syne by the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin! Wow! YouTube link: https://youtu.be/W_6Vs8pADrQ

All music is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound

Tracks used in this episode:

• Monologue Opener: "Auld Lang Syne - Lofi" Jobii
• Our President General's Message about Memorial Continental Hall, song 1: "Honor the Flag" Brightarm Orchestra
• Our President General's Message about Memorial Continental Hall, song 2: "A Familiar Smile" Sunfish Grove
• Alabama Society DAR segment, song 1: "American Flag" Kikoru
• Alabama Society DAR segment, song 2: "I'll Send You A Letter" Johannes Bornlof
• New Years Ball Drop segment, song 1: "Auld Lang Syne" Megan Wofford
• New Years Ball Drop segment, song 2: "Mind Your Own Circus" Speedy the Spider
• Closing credits: "Fool's Paradise" Ofelia Moore

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

December 2024 -  Week 4 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Visit https://www.DAR.org for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at https://www.DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

🔹 The History of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"

🔹 The Arizona State Society establishes the  $100,000 Katherine Hudson Dilley Scholarship at Northern Arizona University

🔹 The Connection and History of John Phillip Souza and the DAR

🔹 The National Board of Management's visit to the Madison Building at the Library of Congress & the John Phillip Souza artifacts

LINKS:

DAR Today Podcast about DAR Scholarships: https://youtu.be/ksneUWsF0uM?si=FPiQMdmrENCa_xri

All music (with the exception of “America the Beautiful” by Stephen Anderson. Incredible piano rendition!) is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound

Now… just for fun… here are the lyrics for THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER! (LYRICS BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA)

Wouldn’t that be a fun chapter activity - to sing this at your next meeting? ;-)

Let martial note in triumph float

And liberty extend its mighty hand

A flag appears ‘mid thunderous cheers,

The banner of the Western land.

The emblem of the brave and true

Its folds protect no tyrant crew;

The red and white and starry blue

Is freedom’s shield and hope.

Other nations may deem their flags the best

And cheer them with fervid elation

But the flag of the North and South and West

Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom’s nation.

Hurrah for the flag of the free!

May it wave as our standard forever,

The gem of the land and the sea,

The banner of the right.

Let despots remember the day

When our fathers with mighty endeavor

Proclaimed as they marched to the fray

That by their might and by their right

It waves forever.

Let eagle shriek from lofty peak

The never-ending watchword of our land;

Let summer breeze waft through the trees

The echo of the chorus grand.

Sing out for liberty and light,

Sing out for freedom and the right.

Sing out for Union and its might,

O patriotic sons.

Other nations may deem their flags the best

And cheer them with fervid elation,

But the flag of the North and South and West

Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom’s nation.

Hurrah for the flag of the free.

May it wave as our standard forever

The gem of the land and the sea,

The banner of the right.

Let despots remember the day

When our fathers with might endeavor

Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,

That by their might and by their right

It waves forever.

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

December 2024 - Week 3 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

Bill of Rights Day! Celebrating and Understanding How the Founders established the Bill of Rights! A special thank you to Sarah Towne diCicco for her article about this important part of our American history! Sarah is a National Vice Chair of the DAR Constitution Week Committee

Chapter & State Commemorative Events, featuring the Cordelia Steen Chapter in Oklahoma, and the Martha Ibbetson Chapter In Illinois.

The History of NORAD Santa Tracking! Special thank you to Sandy Raynor, National Chair of National Defense Committee and the National Defender Newsletter for this great information!

LINKS:

Customizable Form for Ceremonies (from the Martha Ibbetson Chapter events - Commemorative Events Segment): https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/members/committees/events/pdf/Ceremony%20for%20the%20Fallen%20in%20Vietnam%2C%20WAA%20Day%202021.pdf

National Defender Newsletter: https://www.dar.org/members/forms-publication-category/sec_natdef

Chapter Ceremony Template from the Martha Ibbetson Chapter, Illinois: https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/members/committees/events/pdf/Ceremony%20for%20the%20Fallen%20in%20Vietnam%2C%20WAA%20Day%202021.pdf

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

December 2024 - Week 2 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

• DAR Scholarships! An overview of many of the scholarships availbale through the DAR!
• An Interview with the National Vice Chair DAR Marion Anderson Legacy Fund Taryn Kennedy
• Exemplary Work by Chapters and States in the promotion of DAR Scholarships - specifically the Carter Braxton Chapter in Maryland and the Tennessee State Society

LINKS:

• DAR Member’s Web Site link for DAR Scholarships: https://www.dar.org/members/committees/service-committees/dar-scholarship/scholarship-information
• Public web site link for DAR Scholarships: https://www.dar.org/national-society/scholarships
• Public link for information on the DAR Marion Anderson Legacy Fund Scholarship: https://www.dar.org/national-society/scholarships/scholarships-1
• Giving to the DAR Marion Anderson Legacy Fund! https://www.dar.org/national-society/marian-anderson-legacy-fund

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

December 2024 - Week 1 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

Yorktown Day Celebration!

A ‘Giving Tuesday’ Message from our President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Pathway of the Patriots Dedication & Tree Planting
 

All music is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound

During opening remarks: "Patriotic League" by Harley Rain

During the Giving Tuesday segment: "Veterans Day" by Francis Wells

During the Pathway of the Patriots segment: "Days of Glory" by Experia, "One Land, One Heart" by Brightarm Orchestra, "America the Beautiful (Marching Band Version)

At the closing remarks: "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

November 2024 - Week 4 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

The Origins of our American Holiday, Thanksgiving - replay from November 2022

DAR Members' Favorite Thanksgiving Traditions!

• Special thanks to:
• Melinda Williams, AL
• Jinny Widowski, OH
• Cricket Crigler, NC
• Chick Gaze, TX
• Honorary President General, Lynn Forney Young, TX
• President General Pamela Wright, TX

Shop DAR! (there are some great sales on for Christmas gifts! Shop while supplies last!)

ITEM: The Wright Tote Bag! Only $10

https://shop.dar.org/wright-tote-bag/

ITEM: Beautiful "Fireworks" Note Cards! Only $5

https://shop.dar.org/fireworks-notecards/

ITEM: Sparkling Fireworks Pin! One of our favorites! $20

https://shop.dar.org/member-celebrate-fireworks-pin/

Music:

Opening music by Vintage Relaxations copyright 2024.

“Favorite Holiday Traditions” music by Vintage Relaxing, copyright 2024

”I’ve Got Plenty to be Thankful For” by Irving Berlin, sung by Bing Crosby. Soundtrack “Holiday Inn” Geffen Records Release, 2017 UMG Recordings, Inc.

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

November 2024 - Week 3 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

DAR & the Vietnam War; a video production for Camp Legacy

All music is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound with the exception of “America the Beautiful“ by Stephen Anderson.

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

November 2024 - Week 2 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

• Committee Interview Series: National Defense Committee National Chair Sandra Raynor
• The History of Wearing Red Poppies & Blue Cornflowers

Photo/Video Credits:

“What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?” is held within the public domain due to copyright lapse.

All images are presumed copyright by the respective copyright holders and are presented here as Fair Use under applicable laws and will be removed if said copyright holders request.

All music is copyright free and provided by Epidemic Sound

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

November 2024 - Week 1 - DAR Today Podcast

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright

Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast

Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution!

CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving

In This Episode:

• Rescuing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Guam with the Mariana Islands Chapter! Chapter Regent Machelle Craig-Leon Guerrero
• The Pennsylvania State Society and its work with The Old Swedes Burial Ground! State Regent Marguerite Fritsch
• New Chapter Starting in a New Country! 🍀

Shop DAR!

AMERICA 250 QUILT PUZZLE:

https://shop.dar.org/dar-quilt-puzzle/

SUPPORTING THE CHAPTER IN GUAM - THE MARIANA ISLANDS CHAPTER (The Daughters Abroad Newsletter) :

https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/members/committees/units/octDAR3.pdf

For more information about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, please visit DAR.org

To support the goals and mission of the DAR, please visit our web site at DAR.org/Giving