<Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Washington, D.C., United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.dar.org </Td> </Tr> <P> The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage - based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence . A non-profit group, they work to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism . The organization's membership is limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the Revolutionary period who aided the cause of independence; applicants must have reached 18 years of age and are reviewed at the chapter level for admission . It currently has approximately 185,000 members in the United States and in several other countries . Its motto is "God, Home, and Country ." </P> <P> Since the late 20th century, following the civil rights movement and changes in historic scholarship, the organization has expanded its membership, recognizing minority contributions and expanding the definition of those whose work is considered to have aided the Revolution, and recognizing more ways in which women and other people served . </P>

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