Western Regional Meeting
June 19-207, 2025, California
The Western Region consists of the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. Each year a regional meeting is held for those in the region. The national board members will travel to the various regional meetings to share the national programs for the year. It is a great opportunity to meet other C.A.R. members. I More details will be available in May 2025.
Click here for a video clip from a previous regional meeting.
Regional meetings have been held in the following locations:
- 2006 San Jose, California
- 2007 Olympia, Washington
- 2008 Portland, Oregon
- 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2010 Pocatello, Idaho
- 2011 San Jose, California
- 2012 Bellevue, Washington
- 2013 Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2014 Portland, Oregon
- 2015 San Diego, California
- 2016 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- 2017 Reno, Nevada
- 2018 Vancouver, Washington
- 2019 California
- 2020 Cancelled and later held electronically
- 2021 Nevada (electronically)
- 2022 Reno, Nevada
- 2023 Odgen, Utah (jointly with Rocky Mountain Region)
- 2024 Washington State
- 2025 California
Summer Workshop
TBA 2026
Following the Regional Meetings, the State President often holds a summer workshop for the C.A.R. members in the State, where they review and plan the programs for the year.
Previously the summer workshop was held in conjunction with the Washington State DAR Board of Management meeting in Spokane Valley Washington.
State Christmas Party
December, 2025
More details will be sent to members by their senior society presidents.
117th George Washington Memorial Celebration
February 16, 2026, 11:30, a.m.
Held annually since the erection of the statue over a hundred years ago, this celebration is sponsored by the Greater Seattle DAR Regents' Council. It brings representatives from many civic and patriotic organizations to honor the memory of George Washington.
This year the wreath-laying will not be preceded by in indoors meeting. The wreath-laying ceremony with many wreaths placed at the foot of the statue, will commence at 11:30 a.m. at the Statue, located on the University of Washington Campus. Free, underground parking is available off 15th Ave NE at NE 41st, just north of the statue.. Click here for Google directions to the statue.
The Washington State C.A.R. has had the privilege to participate in this significant event.
Those laying wreaths should notify the GSDARRC by February 1, 2025.
This newspaper phots from the late 1950's represents how the George Washington Memorial Celebration attracted a much larger crowd, together with media coverage.
Here a C.A.R. brother and sister are representing George and Martha Washington to lay the wreath on behalf of the C.A.R. She later served as State President and National Vice President for the Western Region. He later served as State First Vice President, Nation Vice President for the Western Region, and National Chaplain, then as a Senior Society President, Senior State President, and Senior National Recording Secretary.
Annual State Conference
March 2026
The Annual State Conference is typically head in March. Check back in January of 2026 for details on the 2026 Conference.
The 2025 Annual State Conference was held Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Skyline Cabana, 5919 Cabana Ln, Anacortes, Washington.
The meetings commenced at 12:00 p.m., beginning with lunch, followed by the business meeting at 12:45 p.m. The registration fee was $10 per person or $25 per immediate family. An activity was scheduled after the meeting. Registration began at 11:30 a.m.
The meeting was in-person only with no remote streaming. All must have been present to participate and vote.
C.A.R. National Convention
April 17-19, 2026
Hundreds of C.A.R. members from throughout the nation gather outside Washington, DC every April for the annual convention.
Check back for information on the 2026 Convention. There will be both in-person and remote participation options.
Reports are given from state presidents, national chairmen and national officers, and new national officers are elected for the next year. Patriotic tours and ceremonies are included. The formal banquet and dance is always a favorite, and there are activities your the younger members who prefer not to dance.
The highlight is the installation of the new state presidents and national officers on the grounds of Mt. Vernon, Virginia, near the tomb of George and Martha Washington.
