With a strong focus on historic preservation, our chapter regularly supports restoration and conservation efforts through volunteer work and monetary donations. Through a dedicated fundraising campaign and a $5000 grant from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, we were able to raise over $23,000 for the conservation of the Charleston Museum’s 18th Century Sack Back Gown. In the Summer of 2025, a marker sponsored by the chapter will be placed on the site of the home of Charles and Eliza Lucas Pinckney.

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS:

  • The Pinckney Project for the conservation of the Charleston Museum’s Eliza Lucas Pinckney Sack Back Gown, Satin Shoes, and her granddaughter’s Silk Sash

  • Pinckney Home Historical Marker

AWARDS

  • SCDAR State Historic Preservation Project Award 2018

RELATED COMMITTEES:

  • Historic Preservation

Donate to the Pinckney Project: https://square.link/u/EODE4pKW


Chapter members with Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s silk dress at the Charleston Museum

This video highlights the vibrant, active organization the DAR is today and reinforces the diversity of its membership and service work. While just a snapshot of the multitude of efforts of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the video captures an overview of the grassroots service programs and members that make the DAR so special and worthwhile.