DAR Continental Congress

I left on the redeye, June 23 for Washington DC. The Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress was scheduled for the end of the week, and I had the opportunity to be a page. Pages dress in white and work as volunteers in a variety of ways during Congress. I have been a page at our State Conference for the last three years, but paging at Congress is bigger.

This year was an election year, with a new President General and Executive Board being chosen. Over the course of Congress, more than 3800 people attended various functions, and there were more than 250 pages from around the world on hand. You get the idea that it takes many hands to make everything run smoothly.

The official Congress hotel was the J.W. Marriott on Pennsylvania Ave. That meant about a 15 minute walk to Constitution Hall and Memorial Continental Hall. These two buildings were built a hundred years ago, and later were "joined" by the administration building. The DAR National Headquarters sits on a city block that is entirely owned by the DAR. It's pretty amazing that the founders and early members had the foresight to purchase the land, build the buildings and keep it in working order for so long.

It was such a busy week that I didn't do much sightseeing. The Washington Monument is surrounded by scaffolding due to earthquake damage. I think it looks pretty cool.

But we did tour the National Cathedral. It's really beautiful.

The Moon Rock Window

It was a great week. I met lots of people and had lots of fun. And came home very tired on June 30.