Colonel David Hall Chapter NSDAR | Lewes, Delaware
The Colonel David Hall Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), organized in 1951, is based in Lewes, Delaware, affectionately known as the First Town in the First State. The chapter owns and maintains the Maull House, sited along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal on Pilottown Road. Our service projects throughout the year focus on our mission of promoting literacy, patriotism and historic preservation.
Active & Engaged
Our 170 members are involved in a wide range of projects, such as identifying and promoting underrepresented Revolutionary War Patriots, such as Native and African American and Women; cleaning historic gravestones, and conducting historical research about the people who lived in Lewes during Colonial times – Free or Enslaved; Patriot or Loyalist; Farmer or Politician.
Community Focused
We provide Ancestry.com for free at the Lewes Public Library and offer quarterly genealogical workshops; we award ROTC and Good Citizens scholarships; we support the veterans at Home of the Brave with a monthly meal; we support our military overseas, and through our Historic Maull House, immerse visitors in an experiential exposure to the Revolutionary War period. Standing in a home that is over 250 years old adds impact to what one is hearing about the occupants who had built, lived in, and died in that home
Honoring Our History
We mark the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots, honor the fallen on Memorial Day, commemorate Constitution Week, and even celebrate Independence Day by marching in Lewes’ Doo Dah Parade.
