Celebrate Stars & Stripes Forever

Rejoice in Our DAR Ties of Service and Friendship!

Rochester Chapter DAR


Schedule of Programs And Activities

Fall 2023

September 7, 2023 Constitution Week

Constitution Day is 17 September

Constitution Week is 17 - 23 September


September 2023 Civics Week display in partnership with the Olmsted County History Center


September 14, 2023 @ 6:30 p.m. DAR presentation to the Olmsted County Genealogical Society meeting


October 5, 2023 9:45am 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
Tea Party and tea-time treats provided. We will also take a group Photo! Wear your appropriate pins and ribbons. 


November 2, 2023 @ 9:45 a.m. Folding the Flag of the United States

Learn the Significance of each fold.

**Adopt-A-Vet gifts should be wrapped and delivery ready 


November 2023 Operation Welcome Home

November 2023 Cleaning Dee Log Cabin


December 7, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. Pearl Harbor Movie Matinee Potluck Lunch

A screening of From Here to Eternity will follow the meeting; public and HODARs welcome

Spring 2024

March 7, 2024 @ 9:45 a.m. Thomas Jefferson's Garden

April 4, 2024 @ 9:45 a.m. Rochester Women's Shelter

May 3-5, 2024 MNSSDAR State Conference (Plymouth, MN)

May 2024 Cleaning Dee Log Cabin

May 11, 2024 (Saturday) The Wonder of the Bumblebee
(offsite - click here for map)

June 1, 2024 (Saturday) @ 10:30 a.m. DAR Book Group
The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Cynthia A. Kierner
Novios Café (formerly the Blue Plate Diner), located at 120 Elton Hills Drive NW, Rochester, MN 55901

June 6, 2024 @ 9:45 a.m. Interactive Women's Educational Opportunities Experiences Roundtable

Typical Agenda for Rochester Chapter DAR Meetings:

9:15 a.m. Social Time

9:45 a.m. ​Call to Order with Opening Rites:
Pledge of Allegiance
The American's Creed
Preamble to the Constitution


NSDAR President General’s Message

NSDAR National Defense Report

Introduction of prospective members and guests

Attendance and Ice Breaker Question

Program and/or Ceremonies

Continuation of Business:
Approval of Minutes from previous meeting
Treasurer's Report
Chapter Officer Reports
Chapter Committee Reports

Unfinished Business

New Business

Benediction

Adjournment