Abbreviation | UDC |
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Motto | "Think, Love, Pray, Dare, Live" |
Established | September 10, 1894 |
Founders |
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Founded at | Nashville, Tennessee |
Type | Nonprofit organization |
54-0631483 | |
Purpose | Historical, benevolent, educational and social |
Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia |
Coordinates | 37°33′26″N 77°28′26″W / 37.5571518°N 77.4738453°W |
Membership (2015)
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19,294 |
Patricia Bryson | |
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Karen Pieroni | |
Linda Edwards | |
General Executive Board | |
Publication | UDC Magazine |
Subsidiaries | Children of the Confederacy |
Website | hqudc |
Formerly called
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National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy |
The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Inc., also known as the UDC, is a hereditary society of Southern women established on September 10, 1894, at Nashville, Tennessee, by Caroline Goodlett and Anna Raines. The name United Daughters of the Confederacy is a registered trademark, registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The organization was incorporated on July 18, 1919. The trustees of the corporation are the President-General, Recording Secretary-General, and Treasurer-General. The UDC is a nonprofit organization and it meets the requirements of the United States Internal Revenue Service Code 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization. The headquarters is located in the Memorial Building to the Women of the Confederacy, 328 North Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia.
The official badge of the UDC is a representation of the First National Flag of the Confederate States of America in scarlet, white, and blue enamel surrounded by a laurel wreath, with the monogram "UDC" under the Flag and "61-65" on the loops of the bow that ties the wreath. It was designed by Theus Bros. of Savannah.