During the American Revolutionary War, soldiers penned heartfelt letters to their wives or tactical missives to troop commanders. Today, some members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)—an organization founded in 1890 to honor those patriots—are writing letters of their own. Only now, they’re written to President Donald Trump in a desperate plea for him to rescue them from a transgender takeover.
“National and State leadership have abandoned the moral obligations of this once stalwart and prestigious institution to embrace the transgender movement,” read the letter sent from the Martha Laird Chapter in Texas. Alongside five supporting chapters, the group branded themselves as the “Daughters Advocating for Restoration,” promoting one clear message: The DAR has “fallen prey to trans ideology.”
The letter, signed by over 150 DAR members,…
