Historical Activities
Historical Activities projects include research, preservation and publications. They include:
Painting
- Ancestor Bibliography Register at www.ancestorbibliography.org
- Ancestor Profiles
- Colonial and Pioneer History Videos
- Decorative Arts and Historic Textiles
Surveys
- Historic Trips
- Inventory of American Painting and Sculpture
- Oral History
- Plaques and Historic Markers
- Publications
Painting
Among other significant projects of the NSCDA are the following:
- Restoration of the early church at Jamestown to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the landing of the first English settlers on Jamestown Island in 1607.
- Building of a peristyle over Plymouth Rock to commemorate the 300th landing of the Pilgrims in 1620.
- Building of the Spanish American War Monument in Arlington National Cemetery, the first monument to be ever initiated by a society of women.
Please inquire here for information on volunteer opportunities.
