NJDAR and New Jersey Facts

The New Jersey Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized on April 29, 1891.

The official NSDAR Insignia was adopted on May 26, 1891. The golden wheel represents a spinning wheel, the staff represents flax, the blue rim and the distaff carry the colors of the Society, and the stars represent the original 13 colonies.

The NJDAR headquarters resides at the Watson House, 151 Wescott Ave., Trenton, NJ, 08610-5721. The Isaac Watson House was built in 1708. Isaac Watson was the son of Quakers who came to this country from England in 1684. The furniture in the house today antedates 1790, and several pieces were made by New Jersey craftsmen. Many articles in the house have been donated by New Jersey Daughters.

The New Jersey DAR sponsors one of the period rooms in Memorial Continental Hall at NSDAR headquarters in Washington, D.C. The New Jersey Room was installed prior to 1911 and is modeled on ancient room from the City of London.

The Paneling and furniture for the room were carved from oak timbers salvaged from the British ship HMS Augusta that sank during the Battle of Red Bank on October 23, 1777.

The room also contains portraits of the five New Jersey signers of the Declaration of Independence. Stained glass windows contain illustrations depicting scenes from New Jersey at the time of the American Revolution: the tea burning at Greenwich, the Indian King Hotel at Haddonfield, the Engagement at Chestnut Neck, the Skirmish at Quinton Bridge, the Battle of Red Bank, the Whitall House, Fort Mercer, the story of Molly Pitcher, Old Tennent Church, the Old Well in Parsippany, Camp Middlebrook, the Battle of Monmouth, Washington's headquarters in Morristown, the Battle of Trenton, the Wallace House in Somerville, and the Battle of Princeton.

The NJDAR Library is housed in the Special Collections Department of Rutgers University's Alexander Library, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Please click here for information about the library.

The State Capital: Trenton
The State Nickname: The Garden State
The State Flag:
The State Flower: Common Violet
The State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
The State Tree: Red Oak
The State Memorial Tree: Dogwood
The State Insect: Honey Bee
The State Animal: Horse
The State Dance: Square Dance
The State Shell: Knobbed Whelk
Thhe State Fish: Brook Trout
The State Dinosaur: Hadrosaurus