"The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on October 11, 1890. Objectives: Historical - to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; Educational - to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, thus developing an enlightened public opinion..." and Patriotic - to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty."

"The Society was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia June 4, 1891, and in 1896, incorporated by an Act of the United States Congress. President Grover Cleveland signed the charter. Under this Act of Incorporation, the Society reports annually to the United States Congress through the Smithsonian Institution."

This insert taken from National Society DAR Handbook

Visit this website to learn interesting biographical facts about all the Presidents of the United States. The site also has links to sites displaying portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, their Inaugural Addresses, and histories of all the Presidents.

If you have children in high school or college and they need to do an essay or term paper on the Revolutionary War, this website offers a very comprehensive library which would be a very good starting point in gathering data for their paper.

Informational Facts about our State

State Animal: Moose

State Berry: Wild Blueberry

State Bird: Chickadee

State Fish: Landlocked Salmon

State Flower: White Pine Cone

State Fossil: Pertica Quadrifaria

State Gemstone: Tourmaline

State Herb: Wintergreen

State Insect: Honeybee

State Motto: "Dirigo" which means "I Lead"

State Nickname: The Pine Tree State

State Soil: Chesuncook Soil

State of Maine Song

Written by Roger Vinton Snow

Composed by Roger Vinton Snow

Grand State of Maine, proudly we sing

To tell your glories to the land

To shout your praises till the echoes ring

Should fate unkind send us to roam

The scent of the fragrant pines,

The tang of the salty sea will call us home.

Oh, Pine Tree State

Your woods, fields and hills

Your lakes, streams and rockbound coast

Will ever fill our hearts with thrills

And tho' we seek far and wide

Our search will be in vain

To find a fairer spot on earth

Than Maine! Maine! Maine!

State Tree: White Pine

State Vessel: The Arctic exploration schooner "Bowdoin"

Our Favorite Saying: "As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation"