We're Today's DAR with vibrant and active members excited engaged in service work that focus on patriotism, historic preservation, and education of today's youth. The following video highlights today's DAR. While it is just a snapshot of the multitude of efforts of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the video captures an overview of the grassroots service programs and members that make the DAR so special and worthwhile. (Note, you may have to allow ActiveX to view video or you may access it on YouTube.)

Winston was a city built in 1851 and was named in honor of Major Joseph Winston, a local Revolutionary War hero who was later promoted to the rank of Colonel. Colonel Joseph Winston was a North Carolina militia leader during the American Revolution and fought in three of the Carolina's decisive battles: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, The Battle of Kings Mountain, and The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. (The statue of Colonel Joseph Winston pictured right is located at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, NC.)

During the Battle of Kings Mountain, Major Winston had with him militia men that volunteered to fight with him from the Surry County area which includes present day Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin counties.

As a lifetime statesman, Colonel Joseph Winston was a Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, voted a sword by the North Carolina General Assembly for gallantry, elected a State Senator, a Representative in the US Congress, and was twice a Presidential Elector.