The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1750, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period." The national headquarters of the society is at Washington, D.C., at Dumbarton House.
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History
The organization was founded in 1890, shortly after the founding of a similar society, the Colonial Dames of America. The main difference between the two is that the CDA was created to have a centrally organized structure under the control of the parent Society in New York, while the NSCDA was intended as more of a federation of State Societies in which each unit had a degree of autonomy.[1]
Another society formed around the same time was the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The NSCDA has a regular periodical, the Dames Dispatch.
Museums
The Society owns and operates over 70 museums around the nation, including:
- Henry B. Clarke House, Chicago, Illinois
- Dumbarton House, Washington, DC, the Society's national headquarters
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House, Providence, Rhode Island
- Gunston Hall, Mason Neck, Virginia
- Hanover House, Clemson, South Carolina
- Hermann-Grima House, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hoover-Minthorn House, Newberg, Oregon
- Lanier Mansion, Madison, Indiana
- Liberty Hall, Frankfort, Kentucky
- McElroy Octagon House, San Francisco, California
- Palace of the Governors, Sante Fe, New Mexico
- Plum Grove Historic House, Iowa City, Iowa
- Stenton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Ximenez-Fatio House, St. Augustine, Florida
- Mount Clare, Baltimore, Maryland
See also
- Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
- Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.)
- The Mayflower Society
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