Our Chapter History
November 20, 1982, Camelback Chapter became Arizona’s 15th DAR chapter.
The name “Camelback” paints a descriptive picture of the most famous and imposing mountain in Phoenix. Its copper-brown rock stretches across the desert in the image of a dromedary camel. The mountain is located in the Camelback Mountain Echo Canyon Recreation Area, between the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix and the town of Paradise Valley. It is a popular destination for hiking and rock climbing.
Information inside a cave discovered on the north side of Camelback Mountain indicates it was used as a sacred site by the prehistoric Hohokam culture, prior to abandoning the area in the 14th century. In January 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes included Camelback Mountain as part of a one million acre reservation for the Salt River Pima and Maricopa American Indian tribes. Six months later, at the behest of Charles Poston, the Arizona Territorial Legislature reversed the decision, in order to protect the 5,000 area residents, as well as the water resources of the Salt River.
Our chapter took its name from this famous Phoenix landmark. We hope your DAR journey may lead to membership in our active chapter, dedicated to the DAR tenets of historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
The name “Camelback” paints a descriptive picture of the most famous and imposing mountain in Phoenix. Its copper-brown rock stretches across the desert in the image of a dromedary camel. The mountain is located in the Camelback Mountain Echo Canyon Recreation Area, between the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix and the town of Paradise Valley. It is a popular destination for hiking and rock climbing.
Information inside a cave discovered on the north side of Camelback Mountain indicates it was used as a sacred site by the prehistoric Hohokam culture, prior to abandoning the area in the 14th century. In January 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes included Camelback Mountain as part of a one million acre reservation for the Salt River Pima and Maricopa American Indian tribes. Six months later, at the behest of Charles Poston, the Arizona Territorial Legislature reversed the decision, in order to protect the 5,000 area residents, as well as the water resources of the Salt River.
Our chapter took its name from this famous Phoenix landmark. We hope your DAR journey may lead to membership in our active chapter, dedicated to the DAR tenets of historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
NSDAR
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was founded on October 11, 1890, during a time that was marked by a revival in patriotism and intense interest in the beginnings of the United States of America. Women felt the desire to express their patriotic feelings and were frustrated by their exclusion from men’s organizations formed to perpetuate the memory of ancestors who fought to make this country free and independent.
As a result, a group of pioneering women in the nation’s capital formed their own organization, and the Daughters of the American Revolution has carried the torch of patriotism ever since.
The objectives laid forth in the first meeting of the DAR have remained the same over 100 years of active service to the nation:
Historical – to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence
Educational – to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, “to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, thus developing an enlightened public opinion…”
Patriotic – to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty
As a result, a group of pioneering women in the nation’s capital formed their own organization, and the Daughters of the American Revolution has carried the torch of patriotism ever since.
The objectives laid forth in the first meeting of the DAR have remained the same over 100 years of active service to the nation:
Historical – to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence
Educational – to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, “to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, thus developing an enlightened public opinion…”
Patriotic – to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty
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Updated on September 3, 2012
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