DAR Chesapeake Chapter

DAR Chesapeake Chapter The Chesapeake Chapter of the National Daughter of the American Revolution "DAR". Chartered in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Our Chapter is named in honor of the USS Chesapeake, launched from the Gosport Shipyard (today's Norfolk Naval Shipyard) on December 2, 1799. She was one of the first six frigates authorized by Congress on March 27, 1794. The Chesapeake, with a complement of 340 sailors, served important roles in the Quasi-War with France, the Tripolitan, and the War of 1812. It was on June 1, 1813, that the Chesa

peake engaged in her last battle, against the British frigate Shannon near the port of Boston. Mortally wounded, Captain James Lawrence of the Chesapeake issued his last command -- "Don't give up the ship!" -- a phrase that has inspired American sailors to the present day. The British hauled the ship back to Halifax and she was impressed for service into the Royal Navy. In 1820 the ship ran aground and her wood was used to build houses in Portsmouth and a mill in the village of Wickham, near Southampton, England.

05/19/2026

🚨TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🚨

Join us for an exciting seminar about the “Making of America”, September 19, 2026 from 8:30AM - 4:30PM . Tickets for this event are $20 (per person) this price includes access to the museum for the day and a provided lunch.

During this Seminar our special guest speaker Earl Taylor Jr. will discuss the ingenious system of self-government that America’s Founding Fathers discovered and then beautifully wove into a written Constitution. He will begin by looking at the colonization of and the first permanent settlements in America, including Jamestown and Plymouth.

The ticket sales for this seminar will end on September 1, 2026 or when seats are completely sold out.

Limited seating available, purchase your ticket today!

For more information call (757) 482-4480 or to purchase tickets click link in bio.

04/14/2026

You might think "Yankee Doodle" is just a simple nursery rhyme, but it was actually the biggest diss track of the American Revolution. The British first sang the tune to mock American soldiers. In a show of patriotic defiance, the Continental Army took it back and reportedly played it during the British surrender at Yorktown.

Still, no one really knows where ‘Yankee Doodle’ originally came from.

Read the full history of the song: https://bit.ly/4t9Djeh

📸: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

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03/28/2026

The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. And, every year, the Archives digitizes tens of millions of records.

Why isn't AI always an option? https://bit.ly/4bYRPgS

📸: National Archives

03/26/2026

We are less than a month away and can’t wait to see all of our veterans for mission 10 and need your help!!

We hope you’ll plan to join us for our send off and welcome home at one of our locations! Let’s give these heroes the crowd they deserve!!

03/22/2026

On Monday, March 23, visitors to Mount Vernon will receive the newly-released Revolutionary War Quarter featuring George Washington, while supplies last.

This is the second quarter in the 2026 Semiquincentennial Circulating Coin Program, which commemorates 250 years of American Liberty.

Representatives from the United States Mint will announce the release of The Revolutionary War Quarter at Mount Vernon on Monday morning.

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