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DAR holds an annual national American history essay contest for students in 5th through 8th grades. A different topic is selected each year. Essays are judged "for historical accuracy, adherence to topic, organization of materials, interest, originality, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and neatness." The contest is conducted locally by DAR ...
The Joseph McDowell Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented two American History Essay awards on Jan. 14 at the Champion Hills Country Club.
Lance Thomas Morrow (September 21, 1939 – November 29, 2024) was an American essayist and writer, chiefly for Time magazine, [1] as well as the author of several books. He won the 1981 National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism and was a finalist for the same award in 1991.
The magazine was established in 1892 with the name The American Monthly. [1] The headquarters of the magazine was in Washington DC. [2] In 1913 it was renamed as Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. [1] Later titles were Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, and The National Historical Magazine. [3]
Madonna of the Trail is a series of 12 identical monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States.The monuments were commissioned by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) during the administration of President General Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau.
Margaret Ann Turner was born in Texas, the daughter of Charles Nelson Turner and Blanche Piester. Her husband is United States Navy veteran William "Bill" Dillon. [1] She is the mother of two and grandmother of six, including granddaughter Emily Dalgleish.
The Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. is the national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). It is located at 1776 D Street NW, sharing a city block with the DAR's later-built Administration Building, and Constitution Hall. Completed in 1910, it is the oldest of the three buildings.
The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, is an anthology of twenty essays and fourteen sidebars dealing with counterfactual history. It was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1999, ISBN 0-399-14576-1, and this book as well as its two sequels, What If? 2 and What Ifs? of American History, were edited by Robert Cowley.