The DSDI Board of Governors recently approved an exciting new project called “Wives of the Signers” biographies. Shirley Smith, who wrote the DSDI biography of signer Abraham Clark several years ago, has enthusiastically agreed to be Chairperson for this new project. Our goal is to generate unique, world-class biographies of the wives of all 56 …
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On March 19, 1776, months before our grandfathers declared independence, Abigail Adams wrote to John: “. . . in the New Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”[1] As descendants …
A video of the DSDI Annual Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia July 4, 2017 may be seen here:
The Board of Governors received the following report at their spring meeting in Charlottesville, Va., on March 31, 2017. “We as an organization are forever indebted to Grace Staller for her incredible 13-year effort to commemorate and honor our ancestors. She overcame many obstacles and as a result we are pleased to report that all …
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