PatriotismDAR members support American veterans and active-duty military personnel by providing many hours of volunteer service and financial support, along with award-winning handmade quilts. Care packages, phone cards, letters, and cards are sent to servicewomen and servicemen abroad, in support of DAR Project Patriot.
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EducationDAR members are passionate about education through the promotion of the Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.), DAR Good Citizens, and Junior American Citizens. The National Society DAR and New Jersey State Society DAR also provide scholarships and awards to outstanding students, teachers, and members who work tirelessly to support their local schools. Learn more about how DAR members support education.
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Historic PreservationDAR members support historic preservation efforts through awards, grants, and contests.
Members participate in various projects to help preserve the cultural heritage of the United States, including preserving documents, buildings, and placing markers at locations of historic significance; most importantly our state house the Isaac Watson House. Learn more about how DAR members support historic preservation. |
The Battle of Chestnut NeckThe following is an excerpt written by Georgiana C. Blake, from the Atlantic County Historical Society Yearbook, Volume 1, Number 3, Page 111-116. October, 1950.
"Chestnut Neck at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, was a busy thriving trade center. Local vessels made regular trips to New York and elsewhere, carrying mail and local products, and returning with needed merchandise. With the coming of the War, the same harbor facilities which made it a seaport, made it a rendezvous of the Privateers. Privateering (the arming of privately owned vessels to prey on enemy shipping, and also, to protect the shipping of their own country) was an international custom. British Privateers constantly raided our coast and attacked our shipping. Our Privateers brought their captured prizes into Chestnut Neck, unloaded, and stored their cargoes in the storehouses. These cargoes and the captured vessels were sold, and frequently the captured vessels were fitted out and used as Privateers. With the British holding Philadelphia and New York, during that awful winter of 1777-78, General Washington at Valley Forge had his source of supplies cut off. Supplies were then brought into Little Egg Harbor, unloaded at Chestnut Neck, taken up the river on flat boats to the Forks, carted across the state to Burlington, and on to Valley Forge. Many cargoes intended for Sir Henry Clinton in New York, because of our privateers, reached General Washington at Valley Forge. Thus, Little Egg Harbor and Chestnut Neck proved a real life line during that darkest period of the War. Chestnut Neck was indeed an active place during that time. It is said that as many as thirty vessels were usually there, bringing in captured prizes, unloading them, selling them, and again sailing out. Captain Micajah Smith brought in the large British freighter Venus, of London, in August, 1778. She is said to have been one of the most valuable taken during the War. Sir Henry Clinton became so exasperated by this constant loss of his ships, that he decided to "clean out that nest of Rebel Pirates." Accordingly, on September 30, 1778, a fleet of nine British ships and transports, under command of Capt. Henry Collins, with 300 British Regulars and 100 New Jersey Loyalists, under Capt. Patrick Ferguson, sailed from New York, bound for Chestnut Neck." |
Monument honoring the men who defended Chestnut Neck at the "Battle of Chestnut Neck" on October 6, 1778. Erected through General Lafayette Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedicated October 6, 1911.
Members of the General Lafayette Chapter, NSDAR, with a display about the Battle of Chestnut Neck Monument pin fundraiser.
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Name and State of ServiceAdams, John
New Jersey Althouse, Daniel Pennsylvania Baker, John Virginia Bisbee, Noah Massachusetts Cary, John Connecticut Cathey, Alexander North Carolina Cavileer, John New Jersey Chamberlain, Thomas New Jersey Channell, Abraham Massachusetts Clark, Joseph Connecticut Courtney, Luke New Jersey Covenhoven, Micajah New Jersey Covenhoven, David New Jersey Cullen, John Delaware Dick, William Pennsylvania Dieffenbacher, Conrad Pennsylvania Diener, Peter Pennsylvania Endicott, Benjamin New Jersey |
Name and State of ServiceFackenthal, Michael
Pennsylvania Fanning, John New Jersey Farnum, Eliab Connecticut Freeman, Matthew New Jersey French, Nathaniel, Jr. Vermont Fuller, Lot Massachusetts Gibson, Henry Pennsylvania Goss, William North Carolina Griner, Peter New Jersey Hiester, John Pennsylvania Higbee, Richard New Jersey Hughes, David New Jersey Janes, Israel Massachusetts Leake, John New Jersey Leeds, Jeremiah New Jersey Lyon, Gideon New Jersey Matthews, Gideon New Jersey Matthews, Jonathan Virginia |
Name and State of ServiceMcMeans, Andrew
Virgina Miller, Fredrick New Jersey Monroe, Josiah, Sr. New York Nelson, John North Carolina Ogden, Daniel, Sr. New York Quimby, Moses New Hampshire Reinbold, Ludwig Pennsylvania Richardson, John Maryland Risley, Jeremiah New Jersey Robinson, James Virginia Rockhill, Solomon New Jersey Roush, George Pennsylvania Rowland, Jonathan Pennsylvania Scull, Abel New Jersey Scull, Joseph New Jersey Seixas, Gershom Pennsylvania Smith, William New Jersey Snuff, Jacob Pennsylvania |
Name and State of ServiceStrickland, Samuel
New Jersey Summers, James New Jersey Summers, John New Jersey Swing, Samuel New Jersey Terry, Nathaniel, Sr. Virginia Thompson, Benajah New Jersey Van Hoesen, Jacob New York Van Sant, John New Jersey Wagner, Jacob Pennsylvania Weaver, John New York Welch, Thomas North Carolina White, Ezekiel North Carolina Williams, Veach Connecticut Winans, Lewis New York Withington, Peter Pennsylvania Wolfe, Jacob Pennsylvania Young, Philip Pennsylvania |
