The DAR Forgotten Patriots Project focuses on the important contributions made by African American and American Indian Patriots of the American Revolution. 

During the American Revolution, Tyonajanegen, a Native-American woman of the Oneida Nation fought alongside her husband in the Battle of Oriskany.

A former enslaved African American woman, Hannah Till became a trusted cook to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. 

Hannah Winthrop was an outspoken voice for independence, her accounts of the Revolutionary War being kept through a collection of letters written to friends Mercy Otis Warren and Abigail Adams.

Elizabeth Gilmore Berry is one of the few women who fought in battle during the American Revolutionary War.

Edward Hand was a physician, general and political leader who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Often called “The Father of New York”, George Clinton was a prominent figure in the fight for independence, becoming the longest-running governor in New York history.

Ann Fisher Miller was approached by General George Washington to use her home during the war because of its strategic location above White Plains, NY. Miller would use this opportunity to serve her country by converting her home into a hospital and nursing wounded soldiers.

George Rogers Clark was a militiaman from Virginia, nicknamed “The Conqueror of the Old Northwest” after capturing territory that helped expand America.