The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is an organization whose membership is limited to women who "can prove lineal, blood line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence." Goals
of the DAR are patriotism, education and historic preservation.
In 1926, the DAR opposed efforts by Jane Addams towards disarmament.
In 1939, when the Daughters of the American Revolution prevented
Marian Anderson, an African American singer, from using Constitution Hall for a performance, Eleanor Roosevelt publicly resigned from the DAR and arranged for the federal government to sponsor a free concert by Anderson on the Lincoln Mall,
where 75,000 people saw her sing and millions more heard her on radio.
Anderson accepted the DAR's invitation, four years later, to sing at
Constitution Hall as part in a concert for China Relief.
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