Alaska State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Last Frontier
WELCOME
TO ALASKA'S WEBSITE
Where you will find information on:
ASDAR Executive Committee - History - Objectives -
Eligibility - Related Links - Chapters
Alaska State Regent 2009-2011
Debora J. Refior
State Regent's Project: Each Chapter to have a new Junior Member admitted to membership in the National Society. Emphasis will be on American Indians and DAR Project Patriot committees, increasing activities in both.
Alaska State Society
Executive Officers 2009-2011
Regent, Debora Refior
Vice Regent, Jane Micol
Chaplain, Lucinda Gryder
Recording/Organizing Secretary, Carol Northamer
Corresponding Secretary, Deanna Cobban
Treasurer, Norma Holt
Registrar, Marian Doss
Historian, Dawn Blankartz
Librarian, Dianne O’Connell
History of Alaska Society NSDAR
The first DAR chapter was organized in 1903 in Sitka, Alaska. This chapter disbanded ca. 1909. The Alaska Society NSDAR was organized by Mrs. Rae Stevens Hoopes. At the time the Alaska Society was organized, there were three chapters in the state, the Alaska Chapter, Fairbanks; Colonel John Mitchell Chapter, Anchorage; and Mt. Juneau Chapter, Juneau, Alaska. The Mt. Juneau Chapter disbanded February 8, 1992. At the present time Alaska has four chapters, Alaska Chapter, November 21, 1925; Colonel John Mitchell Chapter, October 25, 1952; Sleeping Lady Chapter, Eagle River, AK, December 10, 1980; and Natalia Shelikof Chapter, Kodiak, AK, October 7, 1982. The first state conference was held in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 24, 1958 with Rae Stevens Hoopes (Mrs. Robert Hoopes), State Regent presiding.
Objectives of NSDAR:
The
objectives of the NSDAR are to promote Historic Preservation, Education and
Patriotism.
The
Daughters of the American Revolution is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer
women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving
American history and securing America's future through better education. The
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was founded on
October 11, 1890, and incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1896.
Eligibility:
Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background,
who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is
eligible.
Visit the DAR Web Site www.dar.org to read
about steps to membership.
NSDAR address, etc.:
NSDAR, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006-5392; Tel: 202-628-1776; FAX:
202-879-3252. WWW.dar.org
Related Links:
Sons of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution
Chapter Contact Information:
For questions about joining the DAR in your area and/or talk with local chapter
members in your area - Members also provide assistance in genealogy.
Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Chapter, LJPatton@starband.net
Anchorage,
AK: Colonel John Mitchell Chapter, jena-terrie@gci.net
Eagle River, AK: Sleeping Lady Chapter, judywhite@gci.net
Kodiak, AK: Natalia Shelikof Chapter, jeranor@yahoo.com
For further information, contact:
State Membership Chairman, Marian Doss, ddoss@mtaonline.net
Webmaster, Jolene Dodge, pjdodge@scinternet.net
Last updated 10/1/2009
The DAR Insignia is the property of, and is copyrighted by, the National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Web hyperlinks to non-DAR sites are not the
responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR
chapters.