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The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) is a lineal association dedicated to perpetuating the memory of the founding families and soldiers of the Republic of Texas. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas is best known for its former role as caretakers of The Alamo. [3] In early 2015, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush officially ...
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
Looscan and her mother hosted meetings to establish the Daughters of the Lone Star Republic (DRT) in 1891. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] She poured her energy into recruitment for new members. She met resistance from many prospects, but persuaded Adina De Zavala , a granddaughter of the first Vice-President of Texas. [ 9 ]
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War. [1]
Mary Smith Jones became the first president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 1891, and a member of the Texas State Historical Association. [3] The suicide of Anson Jones left Mary and the children strapped for money, and forced to sell their land and home at Washington-on-the-Brazos. [2]
Abandoned > fled Texas on corruption charges [47] 1878 At-large Sarah and Cornelia Disney / wife and daughter of purported financier David T. Disney, who was the brother of Richard Disney, a veteran executed in the Goliad Massacre: First major effort to locate Twin Sisters [48] 1893 At-large Daughters of the Republic of Texas
The state of Texas purchased the site from Robertson's heirs in 1945. At that time, the state placed the property in the custody of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), who established the French Legation Museum in 1949. The DRT restored the legation building and grounds in a manner similar to other house museums in the mid-twentieth ...
Lynn Forney Young is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 43rd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving from 2013 to 2016.As the organization's president general, she oversaw a $4 million restoration of DAR Constitution Hall, led the organization in setting a Guinness World Record for "most letters to military personnel collected in one month" with ...