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National Geographic : 1951 Nov
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DAR Honors Founders at Memorial Statue Eighteen women signed up at the first official meet ing in 1890, and eleven contributed $3 each in dues. Today the membership totals 170,000, and national headquarters has a value of $7,000,000. This white-marble me morial rises in the shadow of the Administration Building. It is the work of the late Gertrude Van derbilt Whitney, a DAR member. Her symbol of sisterhood stands with wel coming arms outstretched. President General Patton (left) placed a wreath on the memorial during the Sixtieth Continental Con gress. She is flanked by her cabinet (ribbons). Women in black are mem bers of the committee which helped to set up the monument in 1929. r Memorial Continental Hall contains 28 State rooms reproducing scenes of early American life. All were furnished by DAR State chapters and mem bers. Louisiana women presented this setting from old New Orleans. Mem bers of the 1951 delegation modeled the period cos tumes. Furnishings include an iron "trysting" seat. c National Geographic Society Kodachrome by B. Anthony Stewart and John E. Fletcher
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