About Us

Missouri State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution

Over 5,000 Missouri Daughters, ranging in age from 18-100+, are "lighting the world" through genealogy research, publications, web sites, and community involvement, increasing awareness of our organization and the values we represent. Below are just a few examples of that light:

• Missouri outstanding students are recognized with awards and DAR scholarships for academic excellence, good citizenship, and knowledge of American history.
• Ongoing genealogical and historic research is documented and preserved for future generations.
• Excellent informational programs have been developed, and speakers are available to make presentations to your group or organization.
• Advanced computer skills are utilized through indexing and categorizing documents, genealogical research, patriot look-ups, newsletters, and web design. All 108 Missouri chapters have web sites.
• Missouri Daughters support American veterans and VA institutions throughout the state by offering financial support and many hours of volunteer service. Additionally, care packages, phone cards, coupons, letters, and cards of encouragement are sent to servicemen and servicewomen abroad, in support of "Project Patriot."
• Several DAR schools are supported by Missouri Daughters, including Tamassee DAR School, Tamassee, South Carolina, where we maintain and support Groves Cottage. The cottage was dedicated and named after Mrs. Frederick A. Groves, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mrs. Groves was a member of the Nancy Hunter Chapter DAR, and served as President General of the national organization from 1956-1959.
• In 1923, the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution resolved that the state of Missouri should "acquire the Old Tavern" in Arrow Rock for the purpose of turning it over to the Daughters to "preserve it as a place of historic interest." The completed initiative paved the way for the restoration of the town which had been untouched by time. The Old Kitchen at the historic Old Tavern is maintained by Missouri Daughters.
• The Madonna of the Trail, located in Lexington, Missouri, is a national landmark proudly maintained by Missouri Daughters. With the help of Judge Harry S. Truman in the early 1900s, Missouri Daughters were instrumental in gaining Congressional approval for our National Society to erect 12 identical statutes across America honoring pioneer women, marking the National Old Trails Road from Maryland to California.
• Missouri Daughters own and maintain Cold Water Cemetery, the oldest protestant cemetery still in use west of the Mississippi River. Located in Florissant, Missouri, it is the resting place of three Revolutionary War soldiers and veterans who fought in the War of 1812, the Seminole War, the War Between the States, the Mexican War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Because of the importance the site played in the early social history of Missouri, it was placed on the Department of the Interior’s National Historic Register in 2004.
• Missouri Daughters were instrumental in founding the Jackson County Genealogical Society and starting the genealogy library in Independence in 1928. It is now considered to be one of the best genealogy libraries in the nation. (See Midwest Genealogy Center)

This is a brief snapshot of the kind of work that is being done on an ongoing basis by the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution.