The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is a Women's Service Organization, founded 1890 by an act of the United States Congress. Approximately 190,000 women are members in 3,000 chapters located in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. International chapters in Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Canada, France, Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom belong to the National Society DAR.

Since its founding more than one million women have joined the DAR. DAR members are volunteers serving in countless activities locally, nationally and globally. The Society's mission is to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism. These are timeless, overarching principles which keep the DAR strong, vital, and relevant in this ever-changing world.

DAR members encompass a variety of backgrounds and interests and all share a common bond of having an ancestor who helped contribute to securing the independence of the United States of America. 

Canandaigua Chapter members volunteer with veterans at their local VA hospitals, make care packages for troops stationed overseas, clean up local parks, work at homeless shelters and food banks, sponsor DAR Historic Preservation Grants, participate in Patriotic activities in our community and honor students though history essay contests and their acts of good citizenship, and volunteer with other charity organizations.

Our chapter members range in ages from 18 - 100! Any woman 18 years of age or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution is eligible. A certified birth certificate is proof of lineage, age and gender.