CDA News

11.20.16 – CDA YEAR-END APPEAL

During the past year, your donations have been used to introduce a CDA online store, update systems, and offer more efficient services to chapters. The CDA is exploring ways to use its real estate holdings more effectively, and to serve the surrounding medical community through

9.10.16 – CDA1890 NEWS ROUNDUP

The deadline for purchasing tickets for the upcoming CDA Fall Benefit in Washington, DC, is September 14, 2016. The benefit will be held September 22, 2016. If you would like to support the benefit, please go to cda1890.org to donate or buy tickets.

6.22.16 – CDA Holds 2016 Annual Meeting in NYC

On the occasion of its 126th year, The Colonial Dames of America held its 2016 Annual Meeting on May 2, 2016 at a well-known private club in Manhattan. President General Sharon Vaino presided. Members of the 1890 Society (donors of more than $1890 during the

March 18th 2016 – 2016 CDA BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Sixty-five years ago, in 1951, The Colonial Dames of America inaugurated its prestigious Book Awards. On March 10, 2016, the Book Award Committee, chaired by Past President General Audrey Svensson, announced the exciting 2016 awards, which will be presented at the CDA Annual Meeting and

February 8th, 2016 – New CDA Chapters Announced

Brantley Knowles, Second Vice President of CDA and chair of the Liaison Committee for Special Initiatives: Chapter Development, Regional Meetings, and Inter-Society Activities, has announced the formation of three new chapters of The Colonial Dames of America. Chapter XXXVII-New Orleans received its charter in mid-2015.  Chapter

OCT 21, 2015 – CDA Fall Benefit Supports MVHMG Education Programs

"Turning Points", the theme of the 2015 fall benefit for The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, celebrated the Colonial Dames of America in the 1960s and 70s, by whose efforts the Society restored the museum, conserved its collection, purchased the adjoining property for offices,

Jan 12, 2016 – Dames Travel to View Gardens in Rye, NY

Bundled against the January cold, thirteen Colonial Dames and candidates, joined MVHMG director Terri Daly to visit the Jay Heritage Center’s exhibit, “Mary Rutherfurd Jay, Garden Architect.“ The Greek Revival mansion in Rye, NY,  was built in 1838, making it a contemporary of CDA’s own Mount Vernon

Fall Museum Benefit Set for October 21, 2015

The CDA fall benefit for the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, is set for October 21, 2015. The annual event will support the education programs of our museum, which is owned and operated by the CDA and accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. All