DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Lieutenant Andrew Baldwin of “The Bachelor Show” Awarded DAR Medal of Honor

On May 7, 2009, the D. C. DAR held a Gala Dinner and Silent Auction in the 19th Century Ballroom of Historic Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia.

State Regent Priscilla Baker presented the DAR Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Andrew Baldwin, a distinguished U. S. Naval Officer, ironman triathlete, humanitarian, and physician. He is best known to the American television audience as the bachelor of the tenth season of the reality dating show “The Bachelor.”

The award was recommended jointly by members of the DAR in Arizona and the District of Columbia and approved by the President-General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The award is given to an American citizen who has displayed extraordinary leadership, patriotism and humanitarianism is his/her personal and professional endeavors.

Baldwin was awarded Humanitarian of the Year by Competitor Magazine at the Competitor Sports Awards, named one of Washington DC’s Most Influential People under 40 in 2009, and was listed as one of People Magazine’s hottest bachelors in 2008.

The speaker for the evening was Joan Brierton, Past Trustee and Vice President of the D. C. Preservation League and Senior Historic Preservation Specialist with the U. S. General Services Administration Center for Historic Buildings.

April 18 Grave Marking Ceremony at Congressional Cemetery

19 Senators and 71 Representatives are interred at the Congressional Cemetery while monuments honor 120 other members of congress who died in office.
Congressional Cemetery, a privately owned cemetery, is managed by the non-profit Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery. Buildings, grounds and monuments are maintained through private donations.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America’s future through better education for children. DAR members volunteer more than 60,000 hours annually to veteran patients, award over $150,000 in scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and support schools for the underprivileged with annual donations exceeding one million dollars.

DC DAR website: http://www.dcdar.org/membersonly.htm
Judge Lynn website: http://www.dcdar.org/JudgeLynnChapter.htm
National DAR website: http://dar.org/