What We Do

What We Do

We regularly get together in-person and online for a wide variety of events and service projects. Our regular chapter meetings are held on the second Saturday of the month, September through May, with a virtual option. We also gather online for social events, such as book clubs and movie watch parties, and we throw the BEST virtual happy hours.

Community service is central to what we do. Whether you’re looking to invest a little or a lot of time, we have a broad range of opportunities for you to serve your community, build skills, and enjoy a new group of friends. Everyone’s DAR journey is different — we want to help you find what interests you!

Here’s just a sampling of all we do:

We love hands-on service projects.

Two women knitting
Members holding signs of thanks and love around a veteran in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Women creating Thanksgiving Bags for vterans
Kayaking Clean-up on the Anacostia River

We promote life-long learning through chapter programs and outings, literacy promotion projects, partnerships with schools, and of course, genealogical research.

Woman wearing a "VOTE" mask holding up pocket constitutions in front of a Little Free Library
Point of view photo of members looking at Library of Congress Reading Room
Two women looking at artwork on exhibit
Group listening to tour guide in stamp exhibit at National Postal Museum
Chapter group photo
Our chapter regent distributing pocket U.S. Constitutions in English and Spanish to Little Free Libraries.

And you may think of DAR as involving a lot of luncheons, teas, hats, ribbons. It does, and we are here for it!

Chapter group photo
Two women preparing a table
Group photo of women, several in formal hats, in lobby of movie theater
Women posed in photo frame at DCDAR State Conference
Women in formal attire greeting each other
Four dress-up women, one wearing a suffragette costume
DCDAR State Conference