The Conococheague Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was organized on September 27, 1932, with a membership of eighteen. Mrs. John Lillburn, Maryland State Regent, accompanied by members of the Frederick Chapter DAR, attended the initial September 27th organizing meeting at the Women's Club in Hagerstown, Maryland. Together with local founding members, they celebrated the establishment of this new DAR chapter. In her address of welcome, Mrs. Lillburn stated that "... in commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of General George Washington, no group of people could pay greater homage to the memory of this great man than by the organization of a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. As your State Regent, I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to organize a chapter in this progressive and beautiful town."

As first regent of the Conococheague DAR Chapter, Mrs. Frank Hoffmeier received a gavel from Mrs. Edgar S. McCardell of the Frederick Chapter. The gavel was made from a log of apple wood that was part of the original corduroy road laid in Frederick, Maryland, during colonial times.

The Conococheague DAR Chapter is located in Washington County, Maryland. It was located here so that DAR members could attend meetings closer to home. Originally this geographic region, known as "Conococheague," was comprised of parts of western Maryland and what now are southern parts of Pennsylvania. In 1739 early settlement began along the banks of the Conococheague Creek that flows through this region. In accordance, the origin of the Conococheague Chapter's name is a Native American word meaning a "long, long way," "long waters," or "land/country between the mountains."