Tammie Duncan, who is now a regent for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lone Star Chapter, said she has always wanted to be in the DAR.
"I went to my mother, Merle, in 2006 and asked her to research our family history," Tammie said "I hoped she would find a patriot who was also a member of our ancestors."
Merle did find the one, and a second, and is working on, perhaps, a third patriot family member.
When Tammie goes to official functions, she wears a shoulder full of medals and pins, and she will take the time to tell you about each. She has at least 20.
When she was photographed at the recent Trammel's Trace DAR Chapter's George Washington Tea, here's how she described some the shoulder medals she was wearing:
"One is for being regent of the chapter, another for being a chapter officer and different positions such as being once a state chairman of women issues.
"Then there's a pin for supporting overseas DAR chapters and helping them take care of Americans there.
"If you've encouraged another to join DAR, you get a pin. If your chapter is 100 years old or more you get a centennial pin. These are some of the examples."
On her other shoulder, she wears two very current pins. The president general gets to have a unique pin as does the state DAR regent of Texas. Tammie said she proudly wears them all.