Toaping Castle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution records

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization and genealogical society for women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution. The NSDAR was founded on October 11, 1890, and currently has 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally and 185,000 members. Members participate in historic preservation projects, educational programs, and acts of patriotism in their local communities. The Toaping Castle Chapter was founded on June 22, 1945, in Hyattsville, Maryland. The name "Toaping Castle" comes from the name of the Isaac Walkers family home on Greenbelt Road. Both Isaac and his son, Nathan, served in the American Revolutionary War. The Toaping Castle Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) records document the society's activities from 1946 to 2018 on a national and local level within the NSDAR organization. This collection includes yearbooks, national magazines, memorabilia from the organization's centennial celebration, membership guides, handbooks, historian's notebooks, meeting minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence to and from the regents of the chapter, individual and chapter awards, and scrapbooks. In addition, this collection contains a brick from the original Toaping Castle building and a silver spoon engraved in remembrance of the centennial of the NSDAR. These materials provide insight into the structure and proceedings of the Toaping Chapter, as well as illuminate the Daughters of the American Revolution as a national organization.