National Society Daughters of the American Colonists

National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists
	National Headquarters, Daughters of the American Colonists, in Washington, D.C.
Abbreviation	NSDAC
Founded	December 9, 1920; (103 years ago)
Founder	Sarah Mitchell Guernsey
Founded at	St. Louis
Type	Patriotic organization
Tax ID no.	52-0744866
Focus	Historic preservation, education, patriotism
Headquarters	2205 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Region served	United States
Official language	English
National President	Melanie Carroll Platte
Publication	The Colonial Courier
Affiliations	Sons of the American Colonists
Website	nsdac.org

The National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists (NSDAC), commonly known as the Daughters of the American Colonists, is an American patriotic organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[1] Founded on December 9, 1920, at St. Louis, it was federally chartered on October 30, 1984. Its object is to promote good citizenship by educating others on the early history of the United States.

Membership[edit]

Membership is open to American women who are at least 18 years old and are lineal descendants of someone who rendered civil or military service in one of the Thirteen Colonies before July 4, 1776.^[2]

^ National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists: Thirty-fifth Yearbook, 1963. Compiled by National Yearbook Committee. Washington, D.C.: National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists. 1963. p. 3 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Welcome". National Society Daughters of the American Colonists. Retrieved May 10, 2024.