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Our Founding

Four years after the NSDAR organized, the Mary Ball Chapter began in 1894!

Oldest Chapter in Washington State

“This little band of patriotic women, in the far northwest corner of these United States, remembered that the Mother of Washington had once borne another name in the days of her girlhood. So this Chapter of DAR in the State of Washington had the honored privilege of taking the name… “Mary Ball” and the Chapter, like the Mother of Washington of sterling worth, has even been foremost in the good works of patriotism and charity… a worthy model and guide for the chapters following.”                                From the 1924 WSSDAR History & Registrar, p.28.
Charter Members: Clara Jacobs, Martha Griggs, Mary Stallcup, Evelyn Sherman, Fannie Hale,
E.D. Foster, Mrs. John Gowey, Jane Harvey, Julia Hardenbergh, Elizabeth Lehman,
Nallie Allyn, Mrs. Hugh Wallace and Jennie Grimble. 
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Martha Gallup Griggs, Mrs Chauncey W. Griggs, Charter Member and First Regent, Mary Ball Chapter
Today our Mary Ball Chapter is comprised of members of all ages and from many different backgrounds. We have members born and raised in Tacoma and many others who have adopted the Pacific Northwest as their home.  We have members who work outside the home, professionals in many fields, students, homemakers, young mothers, active duty service members, veterans, military family members, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and retirees..
​We preserve historic buildings and artifacts; provide educational contests, awards, and scholarships; support schools, the military, veterans and first responders; and develop good citizens while celebrating the exceptional events in our American history.

Art by Beverley Bills
Art by Mary Ball member Beverley Bills

Mary Ball Washington

  • Mary Ball was born in 1706 in Virginia.  In 1731, at age 23, she married Augustine Washington and became stepmother to his three children.  Her first child, George, was born in 1732.
  • By the age of 33, Mary had relocated twice with her husband and family and had six children under the age of eight.  Widowed at 38, she never remarried.
  • Mary died in 1789, just before her son was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.​
  • The monument marking her grave was the first erected by the infant DAR in 1891. It reads simply:  MARY, MOTHER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.​
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  • Home
  • Our Chapter
    • Activities
    • Meetings
    • Officers
  • Our History
    • Founding
    • Historical Markers >
      • First 4th of July 1841 Monument
      • Captain Wilkes Expedition Monument
      • McCarver Monument
      • Narcissa Whitman Fountain & Statue
      • Star-Spangled Banner Plaque
    • Patriots
    • Real Daughters
  • Links
  • Scholarships
  • Contact Us
  • Members Only
    • Calendar
    • Chapter Donations
    • Chapter Officers
    • Chapter Store
    • Meeting Invitations
    • Meeting Minutes
    • Meeting Slideshows
    • Miscellaneous Files
    • Newsletters
    • Service to America
    • Yearbook Edits