I haven't seen any interesting discussion of the American Revolution here from the DAR crowd, all I've seen is what one needs to get access to the DAR. I think the DAR supports a kind of 3rd grade conception of the American Revolution, its good guys vs bad guys, Patriots vs Loyalists. They promote a kind of mythology about the American Revolution rather than the facts. I went to elementary school in the early 50s and I what I learned about the American Revolution was awful. It was won by the founding fathers and the was nothing about the average soldier. Nothing about their being a draft in Pennsylvania, nothing about black soldiers, nothing about the fact that the British were also fighting the French, Dutch and Spanish at the same time and so had larger issues than the colonies in North America. Nothing about the fact that 1/3 supported the war, 1/3 were opposed and 1/3 were neutral. When I was in school they turned the American Revolution into some kind of 50's sit-com. I thnk the DAR continues that kind of attitude today. Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A-Flame Corporation" <aflame@fuse.net> > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:45 PM > Subject: Re: [A-REV] Fw: DAR:Sar > > > > I must respond! > > > > It is my firm belief that our history is not being adequately taught, at > all levels > > in school. I hope that the DAR/SAR organizations are addressing this > problem. > > > > It is easier to fight for a country, when you know why we are all here! > It is > > easier to know where you are going, if you know where you have been! > > > > James Baker > > > > "James L. Stokes" wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "James L. Stokes" <jlstokes@supernet.com> > > > To: <Scrapcat2@aol.com> > > > Cc: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:10 PM > > > Subject: DAR:Sar > > > > > > Just a reminder, the American revolution wasn't fought so people > could > > > join the DAR or SAR. > > > Lets try not to trivialize it. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Scrapcat2@aol.com> > > > > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:19 PM > > > > Subject: [A-REV] Re: Military Service & DAR > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 6/3/2002 12:03:26 PM Central Daylight Time, > > > > > AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Remember, lots of ancestors in the Rev. War never saw military > > > service. > > > > > > They > > > > > > signed a petition, they gave money and aid to the War effort, they > > > were > > > > a > > > > > > local constable, etc. , You need to check with the NSDAR re this > > > > because > > > > > > their records will indicate what kind of service your ancestor > > > > performed. > > > > > > > > > > This is really good advice. There are a number of types of War > effort > > > > > services performed by a Patirot that allows a descendant to join the > DAR > > > > or > > > > > SAR. > > > > > > > > > > Carol > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, > > > > go to: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >