In 2014, The CDA South Carolina Chapter XXXI received the President's Award for Excellence for the Old Horry County Courthouse Handrails and Steps Restoration Project. A treasured landmark, listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation Registry, the Old Horry County Courthouse built in 1825
2013 CDA Book Awards - A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello by Peter J. Hatch
This historic house was built in 1799 on the former estate of Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Chapter II-Philadelphia maintained the house for almost sixty years, 1957-2016. Dames' mission was to increase awareness of this unique and nationally important Federal-style mansion
2012 CDA Book Awards - The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
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Abner Cloud House in Washington DC is one of the oldest existing structures on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. It is maintained by the Chapter III.
CDA has had a relationship with this project since 1907, when the society donated the memorial gates. A grant to Historic Jamestowne Rediscovery supports a Colonial Dames of America Fellow in Archaeology working under the supervision of archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne, the site of the first
A grant to the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia supports a fellowship in historical editing. The fellowship offers a talented young graduate student the opportunity to build upon the skills that she
A grant to the Graduate Center of History at the City University of New York is awarded to a graduate student writing a dissertation on a topic in American history. The 2014 recipient is Christopher Morell, whose research focuses on female benevolence in the Early
Awards went to two winners: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Author: Thomas Fleming Publisher Harper Collins Washington: a Life Author: Ron Chernow Publisher: Penguin Press Young Readers Award to: Stonewall Jackson's Black Sunday School Author: Rickey E. Pittman, illustrated by Lynn Hosegood Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company