Dumbledore's Army

Dumbledore's Army, or the D.A., was a secret organization started by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley to teach students proper Defence Against the Dark Arts. This organization was made necessary by the refusal of Dolores Umbridge, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry's fifth year (1995), to teach anything in her classes other than theory. There were 28 members for most of the meetings but Seamus Finnagan went to the last meeting but never signed the lis.

History
D.A. meetings were stopped when Marietta Edgecombe, a member of the organization but also the daughter of Madam Edgecombe of the Floo Regulation Network, tipped off Professor Umbridge about the meetings, thus becoming a traitor. Umbridge and her Inquisitorial Squad hurried to the Room of Requirement, where the meetings were being held. Most of the D.A. members managed to flee the room, but Harry Potter, were caught and interrogated by Umbridge and the Squad. As their meeting room was no longer secret and the risks too great, the D.A. was not reassembled.

In 1996, the D.A. had appeared to disband due to there no longer being a need for the organization, as Dolores Umbridge had been replaced by Severus Snape as the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Some members of the D.A. also participated in the Battle at the Department of Mysteries and the Battle of Hogwarts during the Second War.

Some of the members of the D.A. wanted to have more meetings so they could learn more DADA of higher levels that they were not learning in their current DADA class. Harry Potter though thought that since Umbridge was gone that they did not need to meet any more, as he thought their purpose was to resist her.

Notable Members
Some notable members of the D.A. who have seen action in and out of Hogwarts are:

Other Members
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 * Hannah Abbott
 * Katie Bell
 * Susan Bones
 * Terry Boot
 * Lavender Brown
 * Cho Chang
 * Michael Corner
 * Colin Creevey
 * Dennis Creevey
 * Marietta Edgecombe
 * betrayed the D.A.
 * Justin Finch-Fletchley
 * Seamus Finnigan
 * never signed the list (only went to the last meeting)
 * Anthony Goldstein
 * Angelina Johnson
 * Lee Jordan
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Padma Patil
 * Parvati Patil
 * Zacharias Smith
 * Alicia Spinnet
 * Dean Thomas
 * Fred Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * -}
 * Anthony Goldstein
 * Angelina Johnson
 * Lee Jordan
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Padma Patil
 * Parvati Patil
 * Zacharias Smith
 * Alicia Spinnet
 * Dean Thomas
 * Fred Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * -}
 * Zacharias Smith
 * Alicia Spinnet
 * Dean Thomas
 * Fred Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * -}
 * Fred Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * -}
 * -}