Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

The DAR is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education. Membership is open to any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who served the cause of American independence.
For more than a century, the members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution have dedicated themselves to historical preservation, promotion of education, and encouragement of patriotic endeavor. These goals are as relevant in today's society as they were when the organization was founded in 1890.

Most of DAR's volunteer work is accomplished by the grassroots efforts of chapters on the local level which focus on the mission areas of DAR by encouraging members to become involved in their local communities. Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter was established in 1977 and currently has more than 175 members serving Libertyville and the surrounding Lake County Illinois communities. Our chapter logged more than 7,700 volunteer hours in 2021.