<P> The first DAR chapter was organized on October 11 , 1890 , at the Strathmore Arms , the home of Mary Smith Lockwood , one of the DAR 's four co-founders . Other founders were Eugenia Washington , a great - grandniece of George Washington , Ellen Hardin Walworth , and Mary Desha . They had also held organizational meetings in August 1890 . Other attendees in October were Sons of the American Revolution members Registrar General Dr. George Brown Goode , Secretary General A. Howard Clark , William O. McDowell ( SAR member # 1 ) , Wilson L. Gill ( secretary at the inaugural meeting ) , and 18 other people . </P>
<P> The first DAR chapter was organized on October 11 , 1890 , at the Strathmore Arms , the home of Mary Smith Lockwood , one of the DAR 's four co-founders . Other founders were Eugenia Washington , a great - grandniece of George Washington , Ellen Hardin Walworth , and Mary Desha . They had also held organizational meetings in August 1890 . Other attendees in October were Sons of the American Revolution members Registrar General Dr. George Brown Goode , Secretary General A. Howard Clark , William O. McDowell ( SAR member # 1 ) , Wilson L. Gill ( secretary at the inaugural meeting ) , and 18 other people . </P>
when was the daughters of the american revolution founded
when was the daughters of the american revolution founded
October 11 , 1890
October 11 , 1890