They certainly are. Unfortunately my mind got distracted when I wrote that and I neglected to get to my point regarding the two. My late grandmother was a member of the “Daughters of the Revolution” and I asked her when I was in my early teens, how often they met and what they did. She elaborated in her succinct way, that she hadn’t gone in years, because the ladies just sat around telling each other how special they were and how much better they were than everyone else. She didn’t want anything to do with that. They were all upper middle and high class ladies, where she was a farmer, one who’s mannerisms could pass for high class, that is, she was classy. But she detested, no, loathed, when people prattled on about how special they were.
So, where the “Daughters of the Revolution” was mainly a group that promoted their special lineage to our countries birth, thus, securing their own birthright. The “Daughters of the Confederacy” did and do the same, but their birthright is that of their presumed superior “race” and the defense of it as such. It shouldn’t be forgotten either, that the latter group wasn’t founded by dirt poor ancestors of Confederate soldiers, but from extremely wealthy ones. What, exactly, was the basis for the origin of the wealth in the South and what is the history of their wealth? Massive brass statues on more massive pedestals aren’t cheap now and they weren’t cheap then.