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Ancestry/Genealogy

rsdsharp

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3. Admittedly this was 80 years ago,

Reply to shanti (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:03 PM

Oct 2019

but in 1939 the DAR refused to allow Marian Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall because of her race. Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in and Ms. Anderson gave he concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

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DAR [View all] shanti Oct 2019 OP

I think it used to be an organization that enhanced one's social standing. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #1

I initially thought that too shanti Oct 2019 #4

Back in the late 60s/early 70s Lindsay Oct 2019 #2

If they are wingers shanti Oct 2019 #5

Admittedly this was 80 years ago, rsdsharp Oct 2019 #3

You'd think they have changed by now shanti Oct 2019 #6

And Eleanor also resigned from the DAR in protest of its treatment of Marion Anderson. dflprincess Oct 2019 #8

I honestly dont know a lot about it. The Genealogist Oct 2019 #7

They do service work, such as lay wreaths etc LeftInTX Nov 2019 #9

I' m eligible through several ancestors but have wnylib Dec 2019 #10