The Alabama Society was established in 1894 and today there are over 4,000 members in 71 chapters across the state. Membership in the Society is open to any woman 18 years of age or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background who can document direct lineal descent from men or women who helped secure America’s Independence during the American Revolution.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on October 11, 1890, during a time that was marked by a revival in patriotism and intense interest in the beginnings of the United States of America. Women felt the desire to express their patriotic feelings and were frustrated by their exclusion from men’s organizations formed to perpetuate the memory of ancestors who fought to make this country free and independent. As a result, a group of pioneering women in the nation’s capital formed their own organization and the Daughters of the American Revolution has carried the torch of patriotism ever since.
