SAR Spring 2024

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Vol . 118, No. 4

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Congress Comes to Amish Country SAR Visits France

Kentucky Secures $5M

Vol. 118, No. 4

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On the cover...

The SAR team celebrates the $5-million allocation clearing the Kentucky House of Representatives during the end of the 2024 Legislative Session. The money will be used to complete the SAR Education Center and Museum in Louisville.

President General John Dodd is ready to sample wines at Domaine de la Croix Senaillet vineyard during the SAR trip to France.

6 Closer to Our Goal 15 Declaration Signings 8 Spring Leadership Meeting 2024 16 Monument to McColloch’s Leap Relocated and Restored 10 Congress to Convene in Lancaster County, Pa. 17 Liberty Tree Planting 12 SAR Foundation News 18 Henry Knox Bookshelf 19 Geneology Corner 14 POW/MIA Reinterment 15 Medal of Honor 20 Selections from the Recipients

SAR Collection

22 SAR Compatriots, DAR

members and guests travel to France

24 State Society & Chapter News

41 In Our Memory 41 New SAR Members 46 When You Are Traveling

THE SAR MAGAZINE (ISSN 0161-0511) is published quarterly (February, May, August, November) and copyrighted by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 809 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202. Periodicals postage paid at Louisville, KY and additional mailing offices. Membership dues include The SAR Magazine. Subscription rate $10 for four consecutive issues. Single copies $3 with checks payable to “Treasurer General, NSSAR” mailed to the HQ in Louisville. Products and services advertised do not carry NSSAR endorsement. The National Society reserves the right to reject content of any copy. Send all news matter to Editor; send the following to NSSAR Headquarters: address changes, election of officers, new members, member deaths. Postmaster: Send address changes to The SAR Magazine, 809 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

Publisher: President General John L. Dodd 17621 Irvine Blvd., Suite 200 Tustin, CA 92780 Ph: (714) 602-2132 Email: johnldodd@twc.com Editor: Stephen M. Vest Associate Editor: Patricia Ranft P.O. Box 559 Frankfort, KY 40602 Ph: (502) 227-0053 Fax: (502) 227-5009 Email: sarmag@sar.org Headquarters Staff Address: National Society Sons of the American Revolution 809 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Ph: (502) 589-1776 Fax: (502) 589-1671 Email: nssar@sar.org Website: www.sar.org 2

Staff Directory As indicated below, staff members have an email address and an extension number of the automated telephone system to simplify reaching them.

Executive Director: Todd Bale, ext. 6128, tbale@sar.org Senior Director of Operations: Michael Scroggins, ext. 6125, mscroggins@sar.org Development Director, SAR Foundation: Phil Bloyd, (502) 315-1777, pbloyd@sar.org Director of Finance: Megan Krebs, ext. 6120, mkrebs@sar.org Administrative Coordinator: Kelly Moore, ext. 6123, kmoore@sar.org Director of Education and Outreach: Rae Ann Sauer, ext. 6130, rsauer@sar.org

Director of Library and Archives: Cheri J. Daniels, cdaniels@sar.org SAR Museum Curator & Director of Collections: Zachary Distel, MA, MPA, ext.

6149, zdistel@sar.org Librarian: Walker Byer, MLS, wbyer@sar.org Librarian Assistant: Robin Christian, ext. 6130, library@sar.org Registrar: Jon Toon, ext. 6142, jtoon@sar.org Marketing and Public Relations Manager: Drew Hight, dhight@sar.org Merchandise: Daniel Brashear (Director) and Jaqueline Olvera (Assistant), merchandise@sar.org SAR MAGAZINE

Our Work Is Paying Dividends collector pieces for yourself or a family member. The First Continental Congress model should be available on the Bass Pro and Cabela’s websites as well as by special order It continues to be an honor and a pleasure to serve as your President General as we enter the decade of the 250th within the next few months. It will be in the very popular .38/.357 caliber section.

Anniversary of the American Revolution. It has been an As for my activities, January took me to the Georgia exciting few months for your SAR and for me. The SAR meeting, where I had the pleasure of watching former important development this quarter is the allocation of $5 state president Ed “the million in the Commonwealth Elder” Rigel Sr. swear in his of Kentucky’s 2023-2024 son, Ed “the Younger” Rigel budget for the SAR Education Jr., as the new Georgia Center and Museum in Society president. Hopefully, Louisville. This not only more state societies can find ensures funding for the next such dedicated and effective phase of the project but also father-son teams! is recognition of the public February was a busy benefits of the ECM. Thank month. I attended a meeting you all again for your support with members of Colorado’s of this important project, official America 250 – SAR’s “Gift to the Nation” for Colorado 150 Commission the 250th Anniversary of the arranged by Wayne Revolution. Now that the Snodgrass. It also was ECM is a definite “GO,” attended by VPG William please consider additional Baran. Wayne developed an support, whether that be a informative presentation on modest monthly contribution the SAR in general and our via the Liberty Tree Campaign educational programs and or a larger gift. Naming activities in particular, which opportunities begin at could be integrated into $10,000. Contact Phil Bloyd at Colorado’s communities and pbloyd@sar.org for details. schools to advance the Our commemoration of the message of the 250th decade of the 250th Anniversary. The commission Anniversary continues. members were receptive and T-shirts, challenge coins and look forward to working with pins are available for the the SAR over the Decade of Boston Tea Party and for the the 250th Anniversary of the First Continental Congress, Revolution. with Lexington and Concord Many other states, coming close behind. These counties and municipalities items make great “giveaways” have similar commissions and at chapter meetings and for committees, sometimes with community leaders and the funding. With a little public at large. Merchandise Participants in the wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of nudging, other communities has a new challenge coin the Marquis de Lafayette in Paris. may be interested in forming display board, specially made commissions. If your state or for the series. Get yours county does not have an active commission, I encourage today! you to approach your local governments to explore the The commemorative Henry Rifle program also possibilities. These commissions provide opportunities to continues. The Boston Tea Party model will be available allow our voice to be heard and to implement our mission for order through the end of October but then will sunset.

There is still time to secure one of these important Continued on page 5 Greetings Compatriots:

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General Officers, National Society Sons of the American Revolution President General John L. Dodd, Esq., 17621 Irvine Blvd., #200, Tustin, CA 92780, (714) 602-2132, johnldodd@twc.com Secretary General Darryl S. Addington, 5038 Ashford Crest Lane, Charlotte, NC 28226, (423) 753-7078, cutterdoc@hotmail.com Treasurer General Michael J. Elston, Esq., P.O. Box 336, Lorton, VA 22199-0336, (703) 680-0866, elston.sar@gmail.com Chancellor General Edmon H. McKinley, P.O. Box 847, Thomasville, AL 36784, (334) 636-4882, edmonhmckinley@bellsouth.net Genealogist General Gary O. Green, 4225 Dutch Cove Court, Castle Hayne, NC 28429-1301, (910) 612-3676, garyogreen@gmail.com Registrar General William Allen Greenly, 34 Tiffany Drive, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, (404) 788-8824, wagreenly@gmail.com Historian General T. Brooks Lyles Jr., 557 Lincoln Quarters Lane, Tega Cay, SC 29708, (913) 680-1602, brooks.lyles@gmail.com Librarian General James Maples, 1501 Elmwood Drive SE, Huntsville, Al 35801, (256) 656-9898, jhmaples@gmail.com Surgeon General David C. Chaffin, 3881 Clairmont Drive NE, Cleveland, TN 37312-5124, (423) 667-8000, davchaffin47@gmail.com Chaplain General John Vernon Welkner, 505 High Court, Leavenworth, KS 66048, (913) 758-0045, sar.vern@yahoo.com

Executive Committee Wm. Lee Popham Sr., 7101 SW 67th Avenue, South Miami, FL 33143, (305) 904-4400, WmLeePopham@outlook.com Paul Callanan, 611 Brookstone Court, Marquette MI 498558887, (906) 273-2424, ltcmrsc@aol.com Kenneth L. Goodson Jr., 1084 Balsam Hill Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, (616) 836-8298, kgoodson1952@gmail.com

Vice Presidents General New England District, Edgar S. Hoak IV, 31 Swing Drive, Berkley, MA 02779, (508) 823-3187, edhoak.sar@comcast.net North Atlantic District, Joseph P. Vermaelen, 389 2nd Avenue, Bayport, NY 11705, (631) 472-2839, jpvermaelen@aol.com Mid-Atlantic District, James F. Engler Sr., 2038 Red River Road, Sykesville, MD 21784, (410) 781-6622, j.f.engler.1@gmail.com South Atlantic District, James L. Wyrosdick, 365 Pike Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115, (803) 534-3388, jcool48@hotmail.com Southern District, Steven A. Gaines, 115 Marseille Drive, Hendersonville, TN 37075, (615) 585-3241, SteveTNSSAR@gmail.com Central District, Larry S. Hinson, 5863 Beech Street, Andover, OH 44003, (440) 293-4314, stevhin@earthlink.net Great Lakes District, David W. VanHoof, 3860 Kiskadee Drivw, East Lansing, MI 48823, (517) 499-7480, david.w.vanhoof@gmail.com North Central District, Christopher W. Moberg, 5514 26th Avenue NW, Rochester, MN 55901-4194, (507) 282-3480, moberg.chris@gmail.com 4

South Central District, Bobbie A. Hulse, 508 E. Kansas Avenue, McPherson, KS 67460, (620) 755-3170, bobbiesar2@att.net Rocky Mountain District, William Baran, 1327 East Briarwood Terrace, Phoenix, AZ 85048-8690, (480) 283-1846, wbaran@cox.net Intermountain District, Ellis Rail, 908 Larch Drive, Rexburg, ID 83440, (909) 238-1787, ecrail42@gmail.com Western District, Robert P. Moore, 975 Valley View Circle, Palm Harbor, FL 34684, robmoore@hula.net Pacific District, Robie W. Greene, 3030 SE Bybee Blvd., Portland OR 97202, (503) 474-7317, rwgreene@icloud.com European District, Patrick M. Mesnard, 14 Rue de la Mairie, La Chapelle, FR 27930, patrickmesnard@yahoo.fr International District, Derek Brown, P.O. Box 326, Clayton, CA 94517, (925) 672-2055, dptydeke@yahoo.com

Presidents General 1995-1996 William C. Gist Jr., DMD, Zachary Taylor House, 5608 Apache Road, Louisville, KY 40207, gistwcg897@aol.com 1997-1998 Carl K. Hoffmann, 5501 Atlantic View, St. Augustine, FL 32080, (904) 679-5882, hoffmaria@yahoo.com 2004-2005 Henry N. McCarl, Ph.D., 28 Old Nugent Farm Road, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 281-5269, hmccarl62@gmail.com 2006-2007 Nathan Emmett White Jr., P.O. Box 808, McKinney, TX 75070, (972) 562-6445, whiten@prodigy.net 2007-2008 Bruce A. Wilcox, 3900 Windsor Hasll Drive, Apt. E-259, Williamsburg, VA 23188, (757) 345-5878, baw58@aol.com 2008-2009 Col. David Nels Appleby, P.O. Box 158, Ozark, MO 65721-0158, (417) 581-2411, applebylaw@aol.com 2009-2010 Hon. Edward Franklyn Butler Sr., 8830 Cross Mountain Trail, San Antonio, TX 78255-2014, (210) 698-8964, sarpg0910@aol.com 2010-2011 J. David Sympson, 5414 Pawnee Trail, Louisville, KY 40207-1260, (502) 893-3517, dsympson@aol.com 2013-2014 Joseph W. Dooley, 3105 Faber Drive, Falls Church, VA 22044-1712, (703) 534-3053, joe.dooley.1776@gmail.com 2014-2015 Lindsey Cook Brock, 2567 Karatas Court, Jacksonville, FL 32246-5538, (904) 504-5305, lindsey.brock@comcast.net 2015-2016 Hon. Thomas E. Lawrence, 840 Eagle Pointe, Montgomery, TX 77316, (936) 558-8405, tomlaw840@gmail.com 2016-2017 J. Michael Tomme Sr., 724 Nicklaus Drive, Melbourne, FL 32940, (321) 425-6797, mtomme71@gmail.com 2017-2018 Larry T. Guzy, 4531 Paper Mill Road, SE, Marietta, GA 30067-4025, (678) 860-4477, LarryGuzy47@gmail.com 2018-2019 Warren McClure Alter, 7739 East Broadway Blvd., #73, Tucson, AZ 85710, (520) 465-4015, warrenalter@gmail.net 2019-2021 John Thomas Manning, M.Ed., 10 Old Colony Way, Scituate, MA 02066-4711, (781) 264-2584, jack@manning.net 2021-2022 Davis Lee Wright, Esq. (Executive Committee), P.O. Box 8096, Wilmington, DE 19803, (302) 584-1686, davis.wright@verison.net 2022-2023 C. Bruce Pickette, 7801 Wynlakes Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36117, (334) 273-4680, pickette@att.net SAR MAGAZINE

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Lafayette, we learned much about contributions of other statement of “promoting patriotism, serving our French advocates of the Patriot cause, including Jacquescommunities, educating and inspiring future generations Donatien Le Rey de Chaumont, General Charles François about the founding principles of our Country.” Working de Buisson and Admiral D’Orvilliers. A commemorative with these committees and commissions also presents ceremony and reception at Sathonay-Camp near Lyon to opportunities for public facing events, such as planting a honor the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment was a highlight of Liberty Tree or unveiling a 250th Anniversary the trip, complete with dignitaries, a military band and commemorative bench at your local park. three exchange students from West Point joining the color Next, I attended the George Washington Birthday guard. All this was interspersed with food, wine, chateaus Meeting hosted by the New Jersey and Empire State and camaraderie. Thanks to all who attended, as well as to societies in Princeton, which featured an informative the members of the France Society who assisted in the presentation given by Gen. Vincent de Kytspotter from the planning and execution of this memorable trip.

French mission to the United Nations concerning Just days after returning from France, I attended my Rochambeau’s Expédition Particulère. Thanks to Rob own California State Meyer and David Powell Society meeting and for making this a fun and Western District meeting entertaining event. Later in Burlingame, just outside in February, I was back in of San Francisco. Then, California for the George the next weekend, it was Washington Birthday off to Ohio for a great banquet at the Green state meeting, highlighted Dragon Tavern hosted by by a five-Patriot grave the San Diego Chapter. If marking ceremony, your chapter or state attended by many SAR society does not host Compatriots, DAR similar events, I members and encourage you to consider representatives of local doing so. They provide government. opportunities for As I travel the country, camaraderie as well as I continue to be impressed possible public with the initiative and engagement.

The SAR France Society organized a ceremony to honor Charlesdedication of our Then it was off to François du Buysson at Château des Aix in Meillard, France. compatriots around our Spring Leadership in nation. You work hard to Louisville. Thank you to produce informative, enriching and public-facing events those who attended. For those who have not attended a that honor our Patriot Ancestors and spread the word of leadership meeting, please consider doing so. In the continuing Zoom era, many of our committees have regular the Decade of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. The publicity generated from these events, as virtual meetings. However, there is no substitute for amplified through social media, will raise your chapter and personal interaction with old friends and meeting new society’s profile, bringing us new members and inspiring ones. Next year, we will be trying the Galt House for a existing compatriots to take that extra step into more larger venue Please join us. active involvement. Welcome these new members. Find After the Leadership meeting, I—along with a group of what interests them. There is a role for everyone in our compatriots and color guardsmen—traveled to Andrew SAR. Jackson’s Hermitage near Nashville for the dedication of a As I wind down my term of office, I take this bronze plaque commemorating President Andrew Jackson’s opportunity to remind you of Karen’s First Lady’s service in the Revolution as a courier, scout and prisoner Project—raising funds for our education programs for of war. Perhaps there are similar opportunities in your students visiting headquarters in Louisville. Donation is community for these public-facing events with plaque simple via the Quick Links tab on the SAR website. dedications. I have encouraged the VPGs and state society Thank you again for allowing me to serve as your presidents to seek out possible venues. There are President General and for all the work you do on behalf of numerous possibilities when considering the early our SAR. presidents, signers of the Declaration of Independence and Pro Patria, the Constitution, and delegates to the Continental Congresses. We have a great opportunity during the next several years to raise awareness of the service of the Founders as well as the SAR’s profile. Please consider arranging one of these inspiring events in your community.

The main event this quarter was the SAR trip to France to honor the French contribution to the success of the John L. Dodd Revolution. Please see the article on page 22 detailing the President General adventure. In addition to honoring Rochambeau and SPRING 2024

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The Kentucky General Assembly’s $5 million allocation to support the construction of the SAR Education Center and Museum

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It is with great pleasure that I inform you of a momentous development in our ongoing efforts to honor and preserve the legacy of our Patriot Ancestors. The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s 2024 budget includes an allocation by the Kentucky General Assembly of $5 million in the upcoming fiscal year to support the construction of the SAR Education Center and Museum in Louisville!

This monumental decision brings us closer to completing your state-of-the-art facility that will enlighten and inspire citizens for decades. This critical funding will keep construction on track, aiming for an opening date in 2026 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of our great nation.

I would like to express our profound gratitude to the members of the Kentucky General Assembly for their support and commitment to this transformative project. In particular, I extend special thanks to State Rep. Jason Nemes of Louisville for his outstanding leadership as he championed this project. Rep. Nemes became aware of the project this past summer and immediately went to work to make this investment a reality. His dedication and passion have been instrumental in securing this vital funding, and we are deeply grateful for his steadfast partnership. I would also like to thank Kentucky State Legislator Kevin Bratcher and Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the Speaker Tommy Druen for their commitment to this project.

In addition to our own Phil Bloyd and Steve Vest, crucial contributors to this effort were Steve McCain, Nate

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early a year ago, Compatriot Tommy Druen arranged a tour of the SAR Education Center and Museum for State Representative Jason Nemes, who, upon seeing it, suggested that the project might qualify for state funding. Within weeks, a visit to the State Capitol was planned. SAR Foundation Chairman Wm. Lee Popham, Board Member Sam Powell, Development Director Phil Bloyd and SAR Magazine Editor Stephen Vest made the rounds, calling on most of the leaders in the House and Senate, who, for the most part, expressed interest and support for the project.

Research was conducted, and a funding request was drafted by Compatriot Jeff Thomas of Virginia. The SAR representatives were told to ask for $5 million and hope for $2 million. They showed that a state investment in the SAR would generate tax income and expand tourism to the Commonwealth.

Morris, Richard Quire, Patrick Wesolosky and Steve Gahafer. Thank you all for your hard work on this important project.

As we approach this historic 250th Anniversary, the importance of fostering a deep appreciation of our heritage and the principles upon which our country was founded cannot be overstated. The SAR Education Center and Museum will honor the sacrifices and ideals of our Patriot Ancestors, inspiring and educating present and future citizens to uphold their values of liberty and selfgovernment.

Even if you have supported the project in the past, as our dream becomes reality, I encourage you to consider an additional contribution. The Liberty Tree Campaign is the easiest way to give. A small, recurring, monthly credit-card contribution is the simplest way to make a difference. For those who are able, naming opportunities begin at $100,000. Please get in touch with Phil Bloyd for details.

Thank you again for your support and important work on the SAR’s behalf.

Yours in patriotism,

John L. Dodd President General, 2023-2024

As the months rolled by, Bloyd and Vest, who lives in Frankfort, roamed the halls of the statehouse, building contacts and learning the ropes as “unofficial lobbyists.”

Reps. Kevin Bratcher and Scott Lewis are Bloyd’s former baseball teammates. Rep. Nemes’ grandfather was Vest’s Little League coach, and his father, Michael J. Nemes, is a Kentucky State Senator.

Soon, the Nemeses, Bratcher, Rep. Ken Upchurch of southern Kentucky, and Rep. Brandon Reed of central Kentucky, vice chair of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee, inquired about joining the SAR. All have applications in the works.

Behind the scenes, the SAR received guidance from Druen, a member of the Lafayette Chapter who is a senior policy adviser to the Speaker of the House; David Fleenor, a new member of Frankfort’s Colonel Daniel Boone Chapter, who is general counsel to the Senate; and Mitchell Lemker, Vest’s son-in-law, who is a Senate policy analyst.

Things seemed to be progressing, but quietly.

With about 72 hours left in the 2024 Regular Session, the group was told that while the funding request had

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Top, new Compatriot David Fleenor (left) joined SAR Foundation Development Director Phil Bloyd (second from left), State Sen. Julie Raque Adams (R-Louisville) and SAR Magazine Editor Stephen Vest outside the Senate chambers. Above, potential SAR member Mitchell Lemker and Compatriot Fleenor were key in instructing the team on the ins and outs of Kentucky politics.

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overwhelming bipartisan support in the House, senators were expressing concern about a lack of public support.

That’s when the work started. Compatriot Nate Morris of Lexington started calling key legislators directly; Bloyd and Vest booked face-to-face meetings with Senate leaders—several asked about joining—and SAR State President Steve McCain, Vice President-Elect Patrick Wesolosky and Genealogist Steve Gahafer reached out to compatriots and friends urging them to write letters and emails to legislators and the governor.

It worked.

“Everyone we asked to do something did it,” Bloyd said. “If one person had dropped the ball, none of this would have happened.”

By chance, the DAR State Meeting was the following night in Lexington, and SAR Vice President Richard Quire, an accomplished orator and color guard member, requested a few minutes to address the delegation. He urged DAR members and their friends to write letters and make phone calls.

When the session reopened following the weekend break, our appropriation was moved to House Bill 1, and we had a new champion: Sen. Julie Raque Adams, the majority caucus chair and a proud DAR member from Louisville.

Upon its 37-1 passage on March 28, Majority Whip Nemes said, “Of all of the bills to come out of this session, this is my favorite. I can’t wait to see the museum completed and to be a part of the organization.”

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and co-edited Public Drinking in the Early Modern World: Voices from the Tavern, 1500-1800.

Among the many reports given, the Nominating Committee, led by President General C. Bruce Pickette (2022-2023), met on March 1 and interviewed all candidates, including those for contested positions. Allen Greenly (GA) and Lee Popham (FL) contested the position of Treasurer General. John Berg (WA), Derek Brown (CA) and Brooks Lyles (NC) contested the position of Registrar General.

The candidates endorsed by the committee are President General, Dr. Darryl S. Addington (NC); Secretary General, Michael J. Elston, Esq. (VA); Treasurer General, W. Lee Popham (FL); Chancellor General, Edmon H. McKinley, Esq. (AL); Genealogist General, Gary O. Green (NC); Registrar General, T. Brooks Lyles Jr. (NC); Historian General, Jeffrey D. Thomas (VA); Librarian General, Dr. Keith A. Weissinger (WA); Surgeon General, John A. Turley (WV); Chaplain General, J. Vernon Welkner (KS); and Foundation Board, James W. Klingler (CA) and Samuel C. Powell (NC).

The appointment of two acting general officers—John Vernon Welkner, serving out the term of late Chaplain General Dwight D. Elam, and James Maples, serving out the term of late Librarian General J. Fred Olive III—was approved.

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he Spring Leadership Meeting was the final one slated for the historic Brown Hotel, SAR’s home since 1985. In the fall, from Oct. 3-5, the NSSAR will gather at the larger Galt House Hotel, which has hosted past Congresses. The reason cited for the move was the need for more space, but the Brown Hotel did have a petition for attendees to sign, requesting the SAR to return in the future.

The Spring Leadership Meeting had 330 attendees, including compatriots and guests.

The Friday and Saturday banquets featured pianist Hilton Martin.

The Friday guest speaker was Professor David J. Hancock of the University of Michigan, a visiting professor at Kings College London and a presenter at the annual SAR Conference. Deeply interested in the “long 18th century,” Hancock has published two monographs: Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic Community, 1735-1785 (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and Oceans of Wine: Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste (Yale University Press, 2009). He is completing a biography of William Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquis of Lansdown, who crafted the peace that ended the American Revolution. Hancock edited the oldest surviving letter-book of an English slave trader, William Freeman (London Record Society, 2002),

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The Minuteman Class for 2024 includes Derek Brown (California), Robert Cohen (Texas), J. Howard Fisk (Missouri), Gregory Lucas (Washington), Larry Stevens (Texas) and Keith Weissinger (Washington).

During the Saturday banquet, President General John L. Dodd discussed the then-upcoming trip to France, the Henry Rifle opportunity, expanded 250th-celebration merchandise and First Lady Karen Dodd’s project.

Saturday’s banquet speaker was Howard J. Kittell, president and CEO of the Andrew Jackson Foundation, which owns and operates Jackson’s Hermitage in Nashville. He has held this position since November 2008. The Hermitage opened as a museum in 1889, making it the second-oldest presidential home museum in the nation and the third most-visited presidential home.

Kittell’s career has been driven by his passion for American history and the preservation of its sites and landscapes. Before the Hermitage, Kittell was executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation in Virginia for a decade. He is married to Jennifer Esler, a museum professional. They have two adult children, two grandchildren, and Judah, an Airedale Terrier.

The following day, a large SAR delegation conducted a grave-making ceremony and the placement of a 250th SAR memorial bench at the Hermitage.

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Clockwise from top left, President General John L. Dodd presented a 250th Anniversary T-shirt to Howard J. Kittell, president and CEO of the Andrew Jackson Foundation; Compatriots Sam Powell, left, and Phil Bloyd, right, welcomed Nate Morris to his first Leadership Meeting; the SAR Color Guard opened the Friday evening banquet; PG Dodd sang the national anthem; and a memorial table was set for First Lady Billie Brock, who passed away in October 2023.

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The 134th Annual National Congress

Destination: Lancaster A close look at your visit to the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country during the 134th Annual Congress in Lancaster, July 10-16, 2024

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he Pennsylvania SAR welcomes our fellow compatriots, families and guests to the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square for our Annual Congress. The hotel—located at 25 South Square Street, Lancaster, PA 17603—is a historic venue in the center of the city within walking distance of entertainment venues and a plethora of dining options. The hotel incorporates diverse architecture— including the historical landmarks of the Watt & Shand Building and the William Montgomery House—along with a preserved section of the Underground Railroad to provide a unique meeting experience. The Lancaster Marriott is fully integrated with the Lancaster County Convention Center and boasts a first-floor restaurant and bar, rooftop lounge, spa, fitness center and an M Club. Newly renovated rooms include free Wi-Fi, coffee makers, tea service, mini-refrigerators and hair dryers. The Pennsylvania Society will provide extensive signage and a staffed information table in the lobby to assist with navigating the hotel meeting spaces.

The room block is now full after two addendums to increase room availability. For those compatriots who have a room reservation but ultimately decide not to attend the Annual Congress, please contact Paul Callanan, National Congress Planning Chairman, before canceling your hotel reservation. He will work with you to transfer your hotel reservation to another compatriot who may need the room. The Holiday Inn Lancaster, only two blocks from the Marriott, is a close alternative for those still needing reservations.

As a reminder to our guests, this year’s Annual Congress days are shifted two days earlier than usual.

Courthouse (where the Second Continental Congress met), the Golden Plough Tavern (built in 1741) and the General Horatio Gates House (built in 1751 by Joseph Chambers and occupied by Gen. Gates).

President General John Dodd will dedicate a 250th Anniversary bench at the York City Hall. On the return to Lancaster, the tour will make a short stop at Camp Security, the last remaining undeveloped prisoner-of-war stockade from the Revolutionary War period.

Two buses will depart from the hotel heading to Valley Forge National Historical Park, the location of the Continental Army’s winter encampment from Dec. 19, 1777-June 19, 1778. From the newly renovated visitor center, guests will re-board the buses for a guided national park tour. The tour will head to the Washington Memorial Chapel for a carillon concert after lunch. PG Dodd will dedicate a 250th Anniversary bench on the chapel grounds.

The host reception will be held in the hotel following the tours. There will be myriad dining options available for dinner following the reception.

Friday, July 12 Friday morning starts with the Color Guard Breakfast and the 2023-24 Board of Trustees Meeting, followed by the New Attendee Orientation.

The Congress Memorial Service will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, located less than a quarter mile from the hotel, and it is anticipated that the National Color Guard (and Congress attendees) can process down King and Duke streets to the church (transportation will be available to those who

Thursday, July 11 Two tours will be offered this day. One bus will depart the hotel for York, the Colonial capital from Sept. 30, 1777-June 27, 1778, to tour the brandnew York County Historical Society museum (which includes an original copy of the Articles of Confederation) along with the York Colonial Complex, which includes the reconstructed Colonial York County

The Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square.

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need it). Holy Trinity began as a worshiping congregation in 1730 and started construction on the church building in 1761. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America, conducted the dedication in 1766. Holy Trinity is the oldest church in Lancaster and one of the oldest in Pennsylvania.

Following the service, the Pennsylvania Society SAR hopes to dedicate a memorial plaque before our compatriots return to the hotel for meetings. Ladies are invited to attend the First Lady’s Tea, held across the street from the church in the Holy Trinity parish house.

The Rumbaugh Orations finals will be held in the Lancaster Marriott in the evening.

The Lancaster area is home to a large Amish community.

Saturday, July 13 The Council of State Presidents will be meeting for breakfast. The Opening Session of Congress, the Youth Awards Luncheon and the Minuteman Recognition and Awards Night will all be held at the Marriott.

Sunday, July 14 Those districts sponsoring a breakfast will meet this morning. The Second Session of Congress and the VPGs/ GWEF Luncheon will be held in the Marriott.

The Ladies’ Luncheon, with a fabulous guest speaker, will be at the Cameron Estate Inn and Restaurant in Mount Joy—about a 30-minute bus ride from the hotel.

Known as “Donegal,” it served as a summer estate for the Cameron family from 1872-1959. Simon Cameron, the 26th secretary of war under President Abraham Lincoln and a United States senator from Pennsylvania for 18 years, purchased the red-brick farmhouse (initially built in 1805) that forms the nucleus of the present inn in 1872. The current mansion is a graceful, three-story, barn-red-brick mansion in the Colonial Revival Federal style. The nearby Donegal Presbyterian Church, of which Cameron was a parishioner, has approximately 30 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in its cemetery.

Balloting and the President General’s Banquet will be held in the hotel.

Monday, July 15 The Donor Recognition Breakfast will be held in the morning, followed by the Closing Session of Congress.

Two lunch tours will be offered after the Annual Congress’ closing business session. Two buses will head to Kitchen Kettle Village to pick up local guides, who will provide a tour of Pennsylvania Dutch country. Upon return to the village, the tour group will sit down to a Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired lunch and have an opportunity to stroll through the village shops, including a spice and olive-oil shop, a local winery boutique, and the village canning kitchen—which offers more than 100 varieties of jams, jellies and relishes (all locally-grown, and many can be sampled for free!).

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The other tour will head to Paradise, Pa., on America’s oldest continuously operated short-line railroad: the Strasburg Railroad (chartered in 1832). All aboard!

Following lunch and a presentation on Strasburg’s rich history, the tour group will split into two groups of 25. It will rotate between local offerings at the railroad and the behind-the-scenes mechanical shop tour. During the shop tour, our guests will learn how to maintain 100-year-old steam engines, still operating daily. Please note that the shop tour is only open to guests aged 5 and older; closedtoe shoes must be worn. The tour group will then take a 45-minute ride behind one of Strasburg Railroad’s three steam engines.

The Installation Banquet will be held at the hotel.

Tuesday, July 16 Pennsylvania has much to offer. Before departing the Keystone State, why not stay an extra day or two and participate in our post-Congress tours? We will send one bus on a tour covering part of the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. This tour group will travel from the hotel to Chadd’s Ford, the site of the Battle of Brandywine, on Sept. 11, 1777. Following lunch, the tour will continue to the sites of the Battle of the Clouds and the Paoli Massacre. Before returning to the hotel, the tour group will stop by Washington’s Headquarters at Valley Forge National Historical Park.

We will also send one bus to visit Independence Hall, Carpenters’ Hall, the Liberty Bell, the National Portrait Gallery at the Second Bank of the United States and the Museum of the American Revolution. As part of the tour, we are working with the Carpenters’ Company to include an appropriate presentation for our NSSAR 250th Anniversary celebrations.

The Pennsylvania SAR is excited for the 2024 Annual Congress. We look forward to entertaining our compatriots, their families and guests in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. As a friendly reminder, if you would like to sound (more) like a local, the annual Congress location is pronounced Lang-kiss-ter. PASSAR is looking forward to greeting all of you with a friendly “Willkumm!” and “Gude Daag!”

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he Commonwealth of Kentucky has stepped up and helped the Sons of the American Revolution with a $5-million allocation, which keeps the momentum of our project moving forward.

With the state allocation came much-needed publicity and opportunities to promote our mission to not just the state but local audiences. The SAR— represented by Foundation Chairman Lee Popham, Foundation member Sam Powell and Compatriot Nate Morris—was included in a press conference with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

More than 50 Louisville entities received $1.186 billion in funding. The SAR was not the state’s main concern—that was downtown revitalization—but it was on par with one of the city’s largest fire districts and the Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Senator Majority Caucus Chair Julie Raque Adams, who joined the DAR in 1997, said, “We were so proud to make some of these transformative investments, and they were deliberate investments.”

The press conference was covered by Louisville’s

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The Liberty Tree Campaign will allow us to build the galleries and exhibits within the SAR Education Center and Museum and endow the project for years to come.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s press conference at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

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From a Republican legislature to a Democratic mayor, the SAR has received nonpartisan support.

“These projects represent improvement, change and opportunity for the families I represent,” said Sen. Gerald Neal from Louisville, the minority floor leader. “It wasn’t my heavy lifting that got this done.”

The SAR will continue to seek local and federal funds, but we need your help to raise the $8.3 million needed to complete the SAR Center and Museum.

Phil Bloyd I have traveled from northern California to south Florida, from the mountains of North Carolina to the fields of rural Kansas. Recently, I visited Dallas, where I spoke to a chapter meeting.

If you would like me or a member of the foundation to address your chapter or state meeting, please call me at (502) 589-1777 or send me an email at pbloyd@sar.org.

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his article is adequate medical care, submitted as part food or clothing. At of the ongoing least 650 Americans effort of the Veterans and 16,500 Filipinos Committee to promote died during the march. its program of Frank died of recognizing and starvation and brutality honoring the POW/ at the hands of his MIA service members, Japanese captors and who—for too long— was buried in a have remained communal grave with unidentified. It should eight others. be remembered that at After the war ended, the time of the U.S. officials made veterans’ initial multiple attempts to burials it was identify the men who impossible to provide had died as prisoners.

A burial detail from the Kentucky National Guard conducted the flag them with the However, they were folding in honor of PFC Brooks. recognition they unable to identify deserved. The Frank, and he reinterment ceremonies allow the SAR to show that these eventually was buried as an unknown among the 17,000 veterans’ service and sacrifices have not been forgotten. graves of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. In How a chapter can show support will vary depending on 2018, the remains were disinterred, and the family was the ceremony’s specifics and the family’s wishes. To date, notified on June 20, 2023, that an identification had been the participation of SAR chapters in reinterment made. ceremonies has varied from providing a color guard to The graveside service with full military honors was simply attending the reinterment ceremony. For more held at Hill Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery information on the program, contact the Veterans near Mammoth Cave. During the service, Brig. Gen. Brian Committee Chairman at stgilt@eartlhink.net or DPAA Sub- Wertzler presented the family with the following awards: Committee Chairman Mike Weyler at meweyler@aol.com . the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, POW Medal, After 81 years, Private First-Class Thomas F. Brooks was Army Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service brought home, having paid the ultimate price in service to Medal, Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory our country. A reinterment ceremony for PFC Brooks was Medal and Philippine Defense Medal. conducted on Oct. 1, 2023, at the Hill Grove Missionary Several hundred community members attended the Baptist Church Cemetery near Mammoth Cave, Ky. Brooks, ceremony. The last few miles of the cemetery route were 23, died as a POW/MIA in the Philippines during World lined with 600 large American flags from The Flagman’s War II on Dec. 10, 1942. The Kentucky SAR Color Guard Mission Continues. was honored to provide services for the reburial ceremony.

Kentucky compatriots were honored to welcome home Brooks joined the U.S. Army on Jan. 20, 1941. He was in a native son. The 13-member Color Guard consisted of the first combat unit to arrive in the Philippines, just a flagbearers and riflemen and was led by the Kentucky few days before the Japanese invaded the islands. He State Color Guard commander. Compatriots from the fought in the Battle of Bataan, a deadly WWII battle that following Kentucky chapters participated: Gov. Isaac lasted nearly four months.

Shelby, Lafayette, Louisville Thruston, Gen. Richard “Frank,” as he was known, was stationed at Fort Knox Butler, Capt. Virgil McCracken, Col. Stephen Trigg, Col. and was a member of the 192nd Tank Battalion, the James Harrod and Lt. Robert Moseley.

“Harrodsburg Tankers,” which arrived in the Philippines The Kentucky SAR thanked the Veterans Committee of on Nov. 20, 1941, 18 days before the attack on Pearl the NSSAR for having developed its DPAA POW/MIA Harbor. His unit defended the islands until April 1942, program. This program, conducted by the Veterans when the U.S. forces surrendered. Frank was wounded Committee, monitors the announcement of reinterments and hospitalized, then imprisoned in the Cabanatuan of POW/MIA service members and provides information POW camp in Northern Luzon, Philippines, in May 1942. on the reinterment to local SAR chapters. Without the More than 1,500 Americans and 26,000 Filipinos died in information provided by the Veterans Committee, the the prison camp.

Kentucky SAR would not have been aware of PFC Brooks’ Many of Frank’s comrades were forced to walk in the return and, hence, could not have honored his service and Bataan Death March to the POW camp. An estimated sacrifice.

60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war marched approximately 65 miles through tropical conditions, enduring heat, humidity and rain without — Scott G. Giltner, Veterans Committee Chairman

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n March 25, the Missouri Society presented “Above and Beyond,” a tribute recognizing six World War II soldiers who received the Medal of Honor (MOH). The event coincided with the national Congressional Medal of Honor Day, which always falls on March 25.

This is the first annual event organized by Ivan Stull of the Harry S Truman (HST) Chapter and hosted at the Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence. A 27-member SAR Color Guard, DAR members and a half-dozen others participated. South Central District VPG Bobbie Hulse, in uniform, was one of six presenters who read the biography of one of the MOH recipients, and another was read by the SAR PG’s designee/representative Chaplain General Vern Welkner.

The remaining biographies of recipients were read by W. Eugene Henry (EVP-MOSSAR), Brian Smarker (HST Chapter), Patricia Stewart (Regent-DAR Independence Pioneers Chapter) and Ivan Stull, president, HST Chapter.

Participating Color Guard members represented Missouri, Kansas and South Dakota. Army JROTC members from Truman High School carried the flags of the six branches of the military.

MOH recipients and their SAR societies were Douglas

McArthur, U.S. Army, Empire State Society; Theodore Roosevelt Jr., U.S. Army, Empire State Society; Joseph Jacob “Joe” Foss, USMC, South Dakota Society; Robert Hugo Dunlap, USMC, Illinois Society; John Druse “Bud” Hawk, U.S. Army, Washington Society; and Hershel Woodrow Williams, USMC, West Virginia Society.

The ceremony began with a procession of flags under Missouri Northwest District Commander Mark Parks, then a beautiful national anthem was sung by Candace Fowler, lead pastor at First United Methodist Church of Sedalia. A wreath was placed at the grave of 33rd President Harry S Truman, an SAR compatriot.

A triple volley commanded by State Color Guard Commander Steven Perkins was a fitting tribute to the aforementioned honors, and Taps by Gene Henry followed.

We appreciate the terrific support of Museum Director Kurt Graham.

This initial event was unique because the MOH winners were all SAR members. What an honor to their character, to have served and sacrificed as did their Patriot Ancestors, and to now be honored for their bravery and courage during WWII! Color Guard members and commanders with Truman graves in the foreground, pictured above.

Declaration Signings Great Lakes District VPG David Van Hoof: “Earlier this month, I was fortunate to visit several Michigan Congressmen [Shri Thanedar, John James and Jack Bergman], who were glad to support the NSSAR Declaration of Independence project.

“This project was started by Gregory Lucas of the Washington State Society, who provided each state with a replica of the Declaration of Independence and challenged them to get as many notable citizens as possible from their state to sign the back of the document before our sesquicentennial to show the world that we [the United States of America] still stand by the values established by our Founding Fathers.

“For MISSAR, I have accomplished the signatures of Michigan’s U.S. Senators and five of our 13 congressional representatives. I highly encourage all State Societies to do the same. We need to let them know who we are and the ideals we practice. They are very approachable and eager to support us.”

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Great Lakes District VPG David Van Hoof, left, with U.S. Rep. John James.

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aj. Samuel McColloch’s “leap” is one of the most famous acts of pioneer heroism in the Upper Ohio Valley. On Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, a brief dedication ceremony was held to commemorate the completion of the relocation and restoration of the monument to McColloch’s daring escape down the east side of Wheeling Hill during the 1777 siege of Fort Henry.

The ceremony culminated three years of planning and fundraising by the Fort Henry Chapter in Wheeling, W.Va. The ribbon was cut by Compatriot Robert A. McColloch, a great-great-great-great-nephew of Maj. McColloch. The monument initiative is the chapter’s signature project to mark the forthcoming 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026.

The First Siege of Fort Henry In September 1777, a warrior force of about 200 Wyandot and Mingo, along with the Shawnee and the Delaware, launched a surprise attack on Fort Henry under the leadership of Wyandot Chief Dunquat, also known as Half King, who was allied with the British during the Revolutionary War. Four men left Fort Henry to reconnoiter early that 16

morning and were ambushed, and one was slain. The other three escaped, including two who returned to the fort to raise the alarm for reinforcements. Militia from Fort Shepherd in Elm Grove and Fort Holliday in Weirton rushed to join the defenders.

McColloch answered the call, leading a small militia force traveling eight miles on horseback from Fort Van Meter at Short Creek. McColloch was separated from his men at the besieged fort’s gate and was pursued by the attackers. He charged up Wheeling Hill on horseback only to encounter a second war party approaching him from the opposite direction. He then made what is known as “McColloch’s Leap,” spurring his horse 150 feet down the steep eastern hillside to the creek bed below. The warriors expected to see the major lying injured or dead at the bottom of the hill. To their great surprise, McCulloch was still mounted on his white horse and galloped away. He reached the safety of Fort Van Meter unharmed.

The war party remained overnight outside the fort, dancing and demonstrating, but never attacked. They left the following day, having suffered nine wounded and one killed, while the defenders lost 15, with five wounded.

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The Original Monument The McColloch’s Leap Monument was placed at 122 National Road near the crest of Wheeling Hill in 1917 by the West Virginia Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution of 1775 (DOR). The installation commemorated the 140th anniversary year of McColloch’s daring escape.

The DOR was organized in 1890, with membership requirements and goals similar to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

DOR disbanded in 1983. With its demise, no organization took responsibility for the monument’s maintenance or accessibility. The City of Wheeling became the monument’s default owner.

Restoration and Relocation Inspection of the monument revealed cracks in the limestone and gaps in the mortar. The bronze tablet needed cleaning and weatherproofing. It appeared the monument had received little maintenance in more than a century.

Since the monument’s 1917 installation, the National Road has been widened to accommodate larger vehicles, primarily commercial carriers that used the highway before the completion of Interstate 70 in 1966. The widened roadway eliminated parking for passing motorists wishing

to visit the monument.

Portions of the eastbound and westbound sidewalks, which afforded pedestrian access, were closed due to their deteriorated condition. The City of Wheeling and West Virginia Department of Highways are scheduled to construct a new sidewalk on the north side of the roadway, creating a direct pedestrian path to the monument’s new location.

In his remarks at the dedication, Chapter President Jay Frey acknowledged generous support of $92,656 from more than 70 donors. Among the most significant contributors are the City of Wheeling, Ray and Dina Carney, the Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation, the Rotary Club of Wheeling and the SAR’s George Washington Endowment. The Carneys were presented with the Silver Citizenship Medal in recognition of their gift of the property for the monument’s new location. Frey commended Savage Construction Co. for donating the flagpole and Top-Notch Landscaping’s labor costs. Donors of at least $1,000 are incised on the monument’s reverse.

Color Guardsmen Larry Perkins (Ebenezer Zane Chapter, OHSSAR), Gary Timmons and Ron Malmgren (George Washington Chapter, PASSAR) closed the event with a musket salute.

Liberty Tree Planting On Feb. 17, at the Roswell, Ga., home of “Mittie” Bulloch Roosevelt, the mother of Compatriot and 26th President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Jr., a Liberty Tree was planted, honoring Mittie’s ancestors who fought in the American Revolution.

Leading the Bulloch Hall ceremony were NSSAR Liberty Tree Chairman Ron Redner; Piedmont Chapter President Stacey McCarver; SAR Compatriot Rick Reese Jr.; Linda Reese; SAR Compatriot Rick Reese III; Bob Hagan, the president of Friends of Bulloch Hall; and Roswell City Council members Sarah Beeson, William Morthland, 17Lee Hills, Christine Hall and David Johnson.

View the tree-planting ceremony at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=wGR7B5ZW3Fs. The 250th SAR Liberty Tree Program was rolled out at the Spring 2023 Leadership Meeting by the NSSAR History 250 Committee to plant 250 Liberty Trees for the 250th Anniversary (July 4, 2026), with at least one tree in each state. “We feel that planting a Liberty Tree will help educate the public about the importance of the American Revolution and the sacrifices that were made to become our nation,” Redner said. “It is recommended that the Liberty Trees be planted in counties or cities named after a Patriot or in a location that will serve as a tribute to veterans!”

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The committee needs 190 more trees to reach its goal. For a list of the 60 Liberty Tree locations and dates planted, visit piedmontchapter.org.

Pictured are NSSAR Liberty Tree Chairman Ron Redner, SAR Piedmont Chapter President Stacey McCarver, SAR Rick Reeve Jr., Linda Reese, SAR Rick Reese III, President of Friends of Bulloch Hall Bob Hagan, and Roswell City Council members, Sarah Beeson, William Morthland, Lee Hills, Christine Hall, Allen Sells.

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Henry Knox Bookshelf Recommended new-release titles for your consideration, selected by members of the SAR History Committee.

No Longer Subjects of the British King: The Political Transformation of Royal Subjects to Republican Citizens, 1774-1776 by Shawn David McGhee (Westholme Publishing) ISBN 978-1594164262, 232 pages (April 18, 2024) $34.95.

When news reached Parliament of the Boston radicals’ destruction of the Royal East India Company’s tea, it passed the Coercive Acts, a collection of punitive measures designed to rein in that insubordinate seaport town. The Coercive Acts unleashed a political firestorm, as communities from Massachusetts to Georgia drafted resistance resolutions condemning perceived encroachment upon American liberty. Local activists next convened at the Continental Congress to coordinate a pan-Colonial resistance movement to pressure Parliament to refrain. Once convened, Congress deftly drafted the Articles of Association. McGhee offers a fresh perspective on the origins of American political identity.

George Washington’s Momentous Year: Twelve Months That Transformed the Revolution—Vol. 1: The Philadelphia Campaign, July to December 1777

by Gary Ecelbarger (Westholme Publishing) ISBN 978-1594164224, 288 pages (June 14, 2024) $34.95.

On Aug. 25, 1777, Crown troops landed at Head of Elk in Maryland. Over the next several months, British and American forces clashed at Brandywine, Paoli, White Horse Tavern and Whitemarsh. By mid-September, the British captured Philadelphia, but the fighting continued through November at Germantown and Forts Mifflin and Mercer. In December, a defeated Washington and his troops entered their legendary winter encampment at Valley Forge, while William Howe and the British occupied Philadelphia. Ecelbarger narrates the events, personalities, decisions and battles during the critical period that ended with a July 4, 1778, celebration.

Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution

by Richard Brookhiser (Yale University Press) ISBN 978-0300259704, 276 pages (May 28, 2024) $30.

John Trumbull experienced the American Revolution firsthand—he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was “to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man.” Although Trumbull’s contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian.

This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South by Alan Pell Crawford (Knopf) ISBN 978-0593318508, 400 pages (July 2, 2024) $32.50.

A significant recovery of history, the overlooked story of the critical aspect of the Revolutionary War that was fought in the South shows that the British surrender at Yorktown was the direct result of the Southern campaign and that the battles that emerged south of the Mason-Dixon line between loyalists to the Crown and Patriots who fought for independence were, in fact, America’s first civil war.

While crucial, the famous battles in the Northern Theater that form the backbone of the story of American independence did not lead to the surrender at Yorktown.

Books available at your library or wherever books are sold.

Book descriptions are marketing copy.

Henry Knox was a bookseller prior to joining the Continental Army and was known for recommending books to his fellow officers. For more information, go to https://education.sar.org.

Genealogy Corner

By Denise F. Hall, Senior Genealogist, NSSAR Status Reports

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he Application Status Report can be found on the SAR website, but to view it, a user must be an active SAR member and enter his login data on the website to gain access. These reports provide the date of receipt for each application, as well as the date it has been approved/ registered by our Registrar, and if pended, the date it was pended will appear. This report is pulled from the SAR database, so if you notice a misspelling of an applicant’s or Patriot’s name, please get in touch with National so that we can make any necessary corrections. The list is in state-society order.

The Pended Report may also be accessed on sar.org; by selecting the Pended Report option from the same page, one would choose the Application Status Report option.

The Pended Report is the second option on the Status Report page. The Pended Report is updated on the first of each month. It contains a list (also in state-society order) of applications that have been pended since the last report was run and those on the previous Pended Report that remain pended. Pended applications only fall off the Pended Report when they have either been approved or withdrawn.

At Spring Leadership, the Genealogy Committee voted on and approved two changes to our current policy; applications received after March 29, 2024, that are subsequently pended will now be automatically withdrawn after they have been pended for two years, rather than three years as previously allowed. It is also important to note that one replacement application may be submitted for either a new member or a supplemental application. In contrast, previously up to two replacement applications were allowed for new-member applications.

Supplementals remain the same in that only one replacement application is permitted.

consider setting standards to avoid the issues that happen when one officer takes over after a previous one transitions elsewhere. Succession planning is very beneficial for all officer positions so that the transfer of duties is as seamless as possible. For registrars, keeping copies (either paper or electronic) of all applications submitted and any pended emails he receives should then easily allow him to train his successor more adequately on that part of the job. New registrars also should be instructed on how to use the status reports discussed above, where they can access that state’s list of applications submitted, pended and registered. Lastly, let us at Headquarters know immediately when a new registrar or state point of contact is put in place so that we can ensure our emails are directed to the correct contact. Note that the state registrar is not automatically the state point of contact for genealogy issues. Therefore, the officer changes submitted for updates to the officer database do not include the point of contact for Genealogy.

Common Administrative Errors Several preventable administrative errors result in applications being pended or delayed for processing at Headquarters. These errors can be easily avoided by ensuring that all applications: n Are printed two-sided, facing the same direction, on

SAR-watermarked paper. n Are printed with ink/toner that isn’t smudged or flaking

on the paper. n Contain all the necessary signatures. n Are accompanied by the correct amounts of fees and

dues. n Are completed using the correct date and location

formats. n Include a birth certificate for each applicant that states

gender.

Succession Planning In our efforts to help state societies and local chapters to understand the application process more fully, and how to best prepare applications so that they are approval-ready before submitting, we have realized that some state societies and chapters have frequent turnovers in registrars. The new registrars often are placed in their positions without training and without knowledge of the applications that were submitted before they took office and of the ones that were pended prior to their taking office. Consequently, a new registrar often lacks the records to tackle the issues of that society’s or chapter’s pended applications that are still on the books. The Genealogy Department is frequently asked to provide the emails we generated about such pended applications and scans of those applications. State societies may want to SPRING 2024

n That include a DAR application as proof have the DAR

app checked to ensure that it is a record copy (not a chapter copy), and that it is printed correctly, including all four pages in their entirety, with no pages cut off.

Your SAR staff genealogists are dedicated to training, which we believe has improved applications for many state societies. If you would like to present training to your chapter or state society, please get in touch with me (dhall@sar.org) for any assistance you need. Most training files are on the SAR website under Genealogy/Genealogy Resources. We wholeheartedly invite and encourage you to take advantage of these training opportunities and to share them with your fellow compatriots. We would also like to express our gratitude to those chapters and state societies diligently working toward zero pended applications!

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From the SAR Museum Collection

f f f f f Text and Photos by Zachery Distel, SAR Museum Curator & Director of Collections

“They have for the most part crowded into the Towns to work at Trades, and help to supply the inhabitant with Necessarys, which should be imported from the Mother Country …

— Gen. Thomas Gage to Lord Shelburne, Secretary of State January 23, 1768

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eneral Gage was right to be apprehensive about the growth of American trades prior to the Revolution.

The class of people known in the 18th century as “mechanic,” “artisan,” “craftsman” and “tradesman” disrupted the British Empire’s mercantilist system. The goods they produced in the Colonies undermined Colonists’ reliance on imported British goods, the only legal source of imports under mercantilism. These economic tensions were at the heart of the American Revolution, as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence: “For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world.” Tradesmen were an essential aspect of the Revolutionary movement and served vital roles during the ensuing conflict. Goods made by three American craftsmen now housed in the SAR Collection highlight the experience and service of tradesmen during the Revolutionary War.

The development of Nathaniel Austin’s touchmark traces his journey from a loyal British subject to a patriotic American.

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Nathaniel Austin (1741-1816) worked in Charlestown, Mass., from about 1763 to 1800 and is considered one of the finest early American pewterers. Before the Revolution, his touchmark featured a lion representing the British monarchy (A). Surviving examples of this mark are scarce, and the SAR has yet to locate one at the time of this article. In his shop, Austin sold his wares and British pewter to customers who demanded imported goods.

When Royal Navy vessels bombarded Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill, Austin’s home and workshop were destroyed. Whether this broke his allegiance to the King or if Austin was a Revolutionary is unknown, but the lion disappeared from his touchmark. Austin’s second touchmark (B) appeared on the pewter he likely made during the war while staying in Lunenburg, Mass. This example of his wartime touchmark on a pewter plate was generously donated to the SAR by Steve and Venie Hinson, Ohio Society. While he continued producing pewter during the war, records indicate Austin served as a private in the Massachusetts militia in 1778. Around 1780, he returned to Charlestown and rebuilt his home and workshop. Ed Hoak, Massachusetts Society, donated a pewter plate with Austin’s third mark (C), which features a federal eagle, paying homage to the young United States.

The development of Austin’s touchmark traces his journey from a loyal British subject to a patriotic American.

Jeremiah Snow (1735-1803) of Springfield, Mass., was a silversmith and goldsmith. At his workshop, he made spoons, jewelry and clocks, which he stamped with his “I.SNOW” touchmark (I and J were not yet distinct letters in the 18th century). Near the onset of the Revolutionary War, Snow began using his skills to make horseman’s sabers.

Initially, he did not stamp his touchmark on the sabers, perhaps to avoid potential consequences of supplying arms to a rebellion. His sabers were a unique pattern that mounted a Spanish blade on a hilt of his own design.

As American victory in the Revolution became certain, Snow appears to have gained enough confidence to begin marking his sabers. The handful of examples marked “I.SNOW” that SAR MAGAZINE

A Jeremiah Snow horseman’s saber.

survived allowed modern researchers to attribute this distinct pattern of saber to Snow. Thanks to Jim and Teri Lindley, Washington Society, the SAR Collection has one of Snow’s unmarked horseman’s sabers. Along with supplying weapons to Revolutionary forces, it also appears that Snow served in the Massachusetts militia in 1778, but further research is needed to confirm his service.

John Lindenberger (1754-1816) grew up in the German community centered in southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland. On July 12, 1776, the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety recommended Lindenberger to the Continental Congress for a company of Germans to serve in the Continental Army. He was commissioned an ensign in the German Battalion and participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. In April 1777, Lindenberger was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery and fought at Brandywine and Germantown, where he was injured.

Perhaps due to his injury, he resigned from his commission in February 1778, and between then and 1785, he moved to Providence, R.I. There, he worked as a toolmaker, blacksmith and tradesman. If he learned these

skills among his native German community, it may explain his move, as it was typical for tradesmen to move away so as to not compete with their mentors. In 1787, Lindenberger advertised in a Providence newspaper that he “Begs Leave to inform the Public … at the Sign of the JOINTER, he makes and repairs Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Tools, &c. with Dispatch.” Jim Maples, Alabama Society, donated a plow plane Lindenberger made and marked in Providence circa 1790. This tool was used to create parallel grooves and was commonly used in making windows, doors and floorboards.

American tradesmen produced goods like pewter plates, central to Revolutionary debates about the Colonial economy; weapons such as horsemen’s sabers used to fight for independence; and tools such as plow planes that would help build a new nation. They also served in the Revolutionary War with all classes of Americans. If you have examples of early American craftsmanship in your collection, please consider donating them to the SAR. Donations of goods made by 18th-century American tradesmen enhance the SAR’s capacity to promote education and research of American history.

A Lindenberger plow plane. .

The Artifact Donor Program was created to meet the goal of expanding the SAR Museum Collection. A Link to Wish List curated wish list of artifacts that interpret the story of the American Revolution, from wig dusters to muskets, are sought and secured by reputable dealers and made available for purchase and donation to the SAR. When an artifact goes on public display, the exhibit text will credit the donor(s). To participate or request a “Collection Highlights” presentation for your chapter or group, don’t hesitate to get in touch with SAR Curator Zachary Distel at zdistel@sar.org or Museum Board Chairman M. Kent Gregory, Ed. D., at drkentgregory@earthlink.net.

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Garden Inn, where we shared stories of our day’s adventures.

On Tuesday, April 9, we drove to Villandry, where we delegation of compatriots, DAR members and guests were given a tour of the Château de Villandry, built in the traveled to France in April to recognize French 16th century. The château was confiscated in the French contributions to the cause of American Revolution, and Emperor Napoleon purchased it for his independence. brother, Jérôme Bonaparte. After the tour, we roamed the On Saturday, April 6, 2024, the nationwide delegation magnificent formal gardens. We completed our experience rendezvoused at the Oceania Roissy hotel in Paris. We met with lunch at Dolce for the first time at a Terrace on the grounds. champagne reception in We visited La Ferme the hotel lobby and du Cabri au Lait goat capped off the evening cheese farm in Sainte with a buffet dinner in Maure de Touraine in the hotel mezzanine. the afternoon. The On Sunday, April 7, owner gave us a private we departed Paris for tour and a sampling of the long drive to goat cheese and local Normandy. At the wines.

Normandy American On Wednesday, Cemetery and April 10, we drove to Memorial in CollevilleSaumur and visited sur-Mer, President Saumur Castle, built in General John Dodd laid the 10th century by a wreath at the statue Count Theobald I of “Spirit of American Blois. Napoleon Youth Rising from the converted the castle Waves.” We walked to into a state prison. In the observation point 1906, the city of Saumur overlooking Omaha PG John Dodd, third from right, conducted a wreath-laying ceremony acquired the castle and Beach—where the at the gravesite of Jacques-Donatien Le Rey de Chaumont. transformed it into a Americans landed on museum. We had lunch in Saumur at the Domaine de June 6, 1944—visited the Memorial Museum of Omaha Presle restaurant.

Beach, and toured the museum.

In the afternoon, we drove to Fontevraud Royal Abbey We traveled to Bayeux, where we had lunch and wine at near Chinon, which was was founded in 1101 with separate the Lion d’Or restaurant. We walked to the Bayeux communities of men and women. King Henry II and his Museum, which houses the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot embroidered cloth depicting the Battle of Hastings queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, were buried at the royal abbey with their eldest son, King Richard the Lionheart, and and the Norman conquest of England. We drove to Caen, daughter-in-law, Isabelle d’Angoulême (wife of King John). where we stayed at the Novotel Caen Côte de Nacre.

The monastery was dissolved during the French On Monday, April 8, we left for Vendôme. At the Thoré Revolution. As he had with Saumur Castle, Napoleon Cemetery in Loir-et-Cher, we met SAR France Society converted the abbey into a state prison. In 1963, the abbey compatriots to honor Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, was restored as a museum.

Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807). SAR France President On Thursday, April 11, we drove to Amboise. We visited Patrick Mesnard and PG Dodd laid wreaths at General the Château du Clos Lucé, built in the 15th century as a Rochambeau’s tomb and spoke of his command of all royal residence. Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three French forces in the siege of Yorktown. We lunched at Le years of his life at the château working on projects for the Plessis restaurant in Sasnières, which specializes in the King of France. In 1854, the Saint Bris family acquired it. local cuisine of the Loir Valley.

The SAR France Society arranged for the owner, François We then drove to Thoré-la-Rochette and met Countess Saint Bris, to give us a guided tour. We saw Leonardo’s Nathalie de Gouberville, the owner of Château de workshop and some of his notebooks and drawings. We Rochambeau. The Countess, a descendant of Gen. Rochambeau, gave us a tour of the château, which has been had lunch in the Amboise at Terrasse restaurant.

In the afternoon, we drove to Chaumont-sur-Loire to owned by the family since 1516. We then bid farewell to visit the Château de Chaumont, built in the 10th century. our SAR France compatriots and drove to Tours, where we In 1750, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont purchased took a guide-led walking tour of the city. We had an SAR the château. Le Ray helped to fund and equip the group dinner at Babette Restaurant in our hotel, Hilton

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We walked to the Chaumont Cemetery, where we met the SAR France Society and local and regional politicians, including Chaumont’s mayor and deputy mayor. PG Dodd laid a wreath at the grave of Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1726-1803), and the local politicians spoke of the importance of Le Ray to the American Revolution.

Following the ceremony, we drove to the country home of Martin Boyer, a past president of the SAR France Society.

We had a wine-and-cheese reception on the grounds with the SAR France Society members, and Compatriot Boyer invited us to tour his home. We returned to Tours for dinner.

On Friday, April 12, we left for Lyons. We stopped at Bourges, where we toured the awe-inspiring Gothic Cathedral of St. Etienne of Bourges, completed in the 13th century. We had lunch at Les Petit Plats du Bourbon, in the choir of the former Abbey of Saint Ambroix in Bourges.

We drove to Meillard in the afternoon and visited the 17th-century fortress, Château des Aix. The SAR France Society organized a ceremony to honor Charles-François du Buysson, who accompanied Lafayette to America. He was seriously wounded at Camden and captured by the British.

Dignitaries present for the ceremonies included Françoise Gorce (the château owner), Senator Rojouan of Allier and François Devoucoux du Buisson (a descendant of General du Buysson). PG Dodd laid a wreath and participated in unveiling a plaque stating, “Here was born the chevalier Charles-François du Buysson, companion in arms of Lafayette in America (1752-1786).” There was a wine reception and an opportunity for a self-guided tour of the Château des Aix. We drove to Vichy and were received by Mayor Frédéric Aguilera in the Hôtel de Ville. PG Dodd thanked the French for their support during the American Revolution, and we had a champagne reception. We checked into the Mercure Vichy Thermalia hotel.

On Saturday, April 13, we left Vichy and drove to Vollore-Ville, where we visited the Château de Vollore. The owner, a descendant of the Marquis de Lafayette and General Rochambeau, met us. The château has a room dedicated to the Marquis de Lafayette, where we saw Lafayette’s National Guard sword and other memorabilia.

We drove to Légny and had lunch at Auberge La Ferme des Granges.

From there, we traveled to Bagnols and visited the Domaine Riviere vineyard. We toured the vineyard and tasted its Beaujolais wines. We then drove to Lyon, where we stayed at the Sofitel Lyon Bellecour hotel. The SAR group walked to the Chabert et Fils restaurant in the evening for a Lyonnais dinner.

On Sunday, April 14, we drove to Jardin de l’Hôtel de la Chappelle in Sathonay-Camp, where the SAR France Society arranged a wreath-laying ceremony. Upon our arrival, we were welcomed by Daniel Méjean, president of the Royal Amicale Deux-Ponts/99th and 299th RI, and the U.S. consul in Lyon. There were speeches by local dignitaries, and PG Dodd placed a wreath at the Royal Deux-Ponts War Memorial. The military regiment band played “The Star Spangled Banner” and “La Marseillaise.”

We drove to Fourvière for lunch at La Salle a Manger restaurant.

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We walked over to the Basilique of Notre Dame of Fourvière and took a self-guided tour. In the afternoon, we returned to Lyon for a walking tour. In the evening, the SAR group had dinner at Brasserie, where we had traditional Lyonnais cuisine.

On Monday, April 15, we drove to Sathonay Camp to visit the Royal Deux-Ponts Museum. We saw a video presentation on the Royal Amicale Deux-Ponts/99th and 299th RI, and a history of the Deux-Ponts Regiment in the Revolutionary War. We had lunch at the museum restaurant.

In the afternoon, we visited the Domaine de Corps de Loup vineyard. In 1991, the Daubrée family purchased and restored the abandoned vineyard. We viewed the hillside vineyard, where the vines are grown on inverted “v” stakes.

We visited the tasting room to sample the Côte-Rôtie wines. We returned to Lyon for dinner.

On Tuesday, April 16, we departed for Dijon. We drove to Berzé-le-Châtel and visited the Fortress of Berzé, built between the 11th and 15th centuries. It is one of the bestpreserved fortresses in Burgundy and was the site of the filming for The Last Duel. We had a guided tour of the fortress, with a panoramic view of the Solutré Valley. We also visited the Domaine de la Croix Senaillet vineyard, where we tasted the Saint-Veran Chardonnay wines.

We drove to Vonnas and had lunch at Auberge de Georges Blanc, where we had traditional Burgundian food.

We visited the home of an SAR France Society compatriot en route to Dijon. Once in Dijon, we stayed at the trendy Mama Shelter. We had dinner at local restaurants.

On Wednesday, April 17, we took a walking tour of Dijon, including the Palace of the Dukes of Bourgogne. We drove to Beaune and visited the Hospices de Beaune, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy, as an indigent hospital. It served as such from 1452-1971. We walked to Brasserie le Carnot for a traditional Burgundian lunch. We then walked to Maison Champy, the oldest wine company in Burgundy, dating to 1720. We toured the underground caves and tasted the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits wines. We returned to Mama Shelter in Dijon in the afternoon and had dinner.

On Thursday, April 18, we left Dijon for Paris. We visited the Fontenay Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery near Montbard built by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118. We drove to Chablis and had lunch at Bistrot des Grands Crus.

We arrived in Paris, where we checked into the MGallery Hotel. In the evening, we drove to the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette beside the Seine River, where PG Dodd laid a wreath to honor General Lafayette. We drove to the pier and boarded a Seine River boat for a dinner cruise.

On Friday, April 19, we had a free day to explore Paris.

In the evening, our SAR group dressed up for our Gala Farewell to France at the Cercle de l’Union Interallié private club in Paris. The Interallié was created in 1917 as a site for officers and political leaders of the Allies to meet.

After the Armistice in 1918, it was established for the elite of France and friendly nations to gather and hold discussions. General Charles de Gaulle described the Interallié as the “French Embassy in Paris.” It was the perfect site to complete our French adventure.

We had a great time building friendships with the SAR France Society and honoring the contributions of the French to the American Revolution.

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News stories about state and chapter events appearing here and elsewhere in the magazine are prepared from materials submitted through a variety of means, including press releases and newsletters (which should be directed to

the Editor at the address shown on page 2). Please note the deadlines below. Compatriots are encouraged to submit ideas for historical feature articles they would like to write. Each will be given careful consideration.

Deadlines: Winter (February) Dec. 15; Spring (May) March 15; Summer (August) June 15; Fall (November) Sept. 15.

ALABAMA SOCIETY Cheaha Chapter Chapter Vice President Ron Burson delivered a special presentation on the National Society’s Revolutionary War Rarities podcast in January. President Jim Griffith and Past President Jim Maples of the Alabama State Society host the podcast series.

President Eric Sloughfy installed Compatriot Daniel Thomas of Lineville, who is the newest member of his family to join.

President Eric Sloughfy presented her with the NSSAR Challenge Coin.

Installed during the meeting was Rev. Dr. Steve West, pastor of the First United Church in Jacksonville. His father, Rev. Pete West, was present.

From left, Vice President Ron Burson, Daniel Thomas and President Eric Sloughfy.

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The March chapter meeting was held in the Anniston Room of the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County.

The guest speaker was local educator Joan Frazier, a member of the Bienville Chapter of the DAR. She presented a program on the curriculum used in Alabama’s primaryand secondary-education systems, after which Chapter

General Galvez Chapter The General Galvez Chapter contributed $17,000 in gifts to veterans at the William F. Greene State Veterans Home in Bay Minette, Ala., above. The gifts included board games, snack treats and clothing. This has been a chapter project for several years. Compatriots Tommy Rhodes (left, middle) and chapter Veteran’s Committee Chairman Edmon McKinley (right, middle) delivered the gifts.

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From left, Joan Frazier, Revs. Pete and Steve West and President Eric Sloughfy.

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local fifth-grade classrooms by the 250th Anniversary of our country’s founding. Sacramento is partnering with area teachers to provide classrooms with sets of books written for fifthgrade students that will inspire patriotism.

In all, 54 teachers will receive classroom sets of 33 books. Each teacher selects the books they want to use in their classroom.

Over the lifespan of the books, more than 10,000 students will have the opportunity to learn about their American heritage.

The first book donation was made to four teachers at Deterding Elementary School in Carmichael.

CALIFORNIA SOCIETY Redlands Chapter Never have so many United States Navy Seals gathered to receive SAR awards.

The U.S. Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Fla., and the U.S. Navy SEAL Museum SD Reserve in Indian Wells, Calif., hosted the event and awards ceremony organized by NSSAR’s Branding, Engagement, Communications, PR, History and Flag committees’ Ben Hobbins of the Redlands Chapter.

From left, (SEAL) Jeff Bramstedt (USN, Ret.), Capt.

(SEAL) Robert Schoulz (USN, Ret.), Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (USN, Ret.), CEO U.S. Navy UDT-SEAL Museum Fort Pierce FL (SEAL) Todd Perry (USN, Ret.), Executive Director Navy SEAL Museum SD 40-year SEAL spouse Jackie Perry and Reserve CEO Mike Kelly.

COLORADO SOCIETY Mount Evans Chapter Marty Richardson was awarded for his outstanding work with the Dawg Nation Foundation, which raises money to support male and female hockey players who have suffered a catastrophic injury or currently suffer from a severe illness, or to help a family that has recently lost a loved one. The charity started with the passing of a hat at a beer-league hockey game, raising $300 for a teammate. The charity now has surpassed the $5 million mark in funds raised. On the night the award was given, another $50,000 was raised for the charity during a fundraising event.

Sacramento Chapter As part of the SAR America 250th Anniversary Campaign, the Sacramento Chapter kicked off its 1776 Book Challenge. The goal is to donate 1,776 books to

From left, Chip Dawes, Marty Richardson and Curt Ledall.

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Sacramento Compatriots Craig Anderson and Carl Ahlberg with Deterding Elementary teachers Bethany Ellis, Amber Baily, Cory Bridges and Gretchen Johnson.

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In February, the Historic Sites and Celebrations Committee met at Gov. Jonathan Trumbull’s War Office to discuss plans to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.

The War Office in Lebanon was the Connecticut Council of Safety headquarters during the American Revolution 1775-1783. Gov. Trumbull, referred to as “The Rebel Governor” by the British, was the only Patriot governor to serve before, during and after the American Revolution.

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Committee members outside the War Office with the 13-star Trumbull flag and the SAR 250th Anniversary flag.

DCSAR President Bill Ritchie and UUnited States Capitol Police Chief P J. Thomas Manger.

Since 1891, the CTSSAR has owned and maintained its War Office as a museum. This year, the society plans to organize and commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Intolerable Acts of 1774, focusing on the town of Lebanon’s response to the Boston Port Act on June 1, 1774. The society also will conduct 250th Anniversary ceremonies for Roger Sherman and Eliphalet Dyer, Connecticut’s delegates to the First Continental Congress held at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Sept. 5-Oct. 26, 1774.

the 2019 Major Cities Chiefs Leadership Award and the 2022 William H. Webster Profiles in Leadership Award for Federal Law Enforcement. Manger was inducted into the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2012, and he was one of the Washingtonians of the Year in 2018.

DAKOTA SOCIETY Don Kellogg of the Dakota Society Color Guard participated in Above and Beyond, a tribute to six Medal of Honor recipients from World War II, on March 25 at the Harry S Truman Library and Museum.

During the Independence, Mo., event, sponsored by the Harry S Truman Chapter, Compatriot Kellogg carried the South Dakota state flag, honoring Joseph Jacob “Joe” Foss, USMC.

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The District of Columbia’s SAR, DAR and C.A.R. jointly held the George Washington Birthday Luncheon on Feb. 17 at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. Guest speaker William Jamieson “Jay” Bosanko was appointed deputy archivist of the United States on Dec. 1, 2023. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) since 2008. Since January 2013, he has served as NARA’s chief operating officer, overseeing its

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY On April 1, United States Capitol Police (USCP) Chief J. Thomas Manger received the SAR Law Enforcement Commendation and Medal, presented to him by DCSAR President William O. Ritchie during a brief ceremony at the USCP Headquarters. Manger was appointed to his position in July 2021.

Manger has served 45 years in the policing profession, including more than two decades as chief of police for three of the largest police agencies in the National Capital Region. He was police chief in Montgomery County, Md., from 2004-2019 and previously served as the police chief in Fairfax County, Va., from 1998-2004. His leadership in regional law-enforcement initiatives is extensive.

He has received numerous awards in Fairfax County, including the Silver Medal of Valor.

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archival mission. He is responsible for efforts nationwide to serve federal agencies’ ongoing records-management needs and to represent the public’s interest in government records through accountability and transparency.

Bosanko spoke about the vital role of the National Archives, specifically of the importance of records in our unique form of democracy, in which the people hold the government accountable. He also discussed the compiled military-service records and pension files that document the service and sacrifices made by the Patriots and their families. Bosanko gave an overview of the struggle to transfer these records to the National Archives and the SAR’s critical role in that transfer. In the summer of 1892, President General Horace Porter played a leading role in the passage of a law signed by President William Henry Harrison that brought about the preservation and organization of the records at the Department of Defense.

Bosanko encouraged members to dive into the National Archives and research their Patriot Ancestors, particularly as the nation approaches its 250th Anniversary. Bosanko was presented with the DCSAR Honor in Service Medal.

DCDAR Regent Beth Hicks conducted the induction of four new DAR members, including Destiny M. Joiner, DCSAR President Bill Ritchie’s granddaughter.

FLORIDA SOCIETY Clearwater Chapter At the Dec. 20, 2023, meeting, the officers for 2024 were sworn in by Regional Vice President Parks Honeywell, who wore a Revolutionary War officer uniform.

Compatriot Honeywell was awarded the Liberty Medal and the 30-Year Membership Award. George Youstra was awarded the 50-Year Membership Award. Robert Moore was awarded the Sam Adams Congress Regional Vice President Parks Honeywell, Appreciation left, and Clearwater Chapter President Award.

Tim Shaner In January, we met at a new location, the Countryside Country Club. The guest speaker was Andrew Lumish, founder of The Good Cemeterian project. Lumish has restored numerous grave markers in cemeteries for more than a decade. He was inspired after seeing neglected grave markers of veterans in a Tampa cemetery. For information about his projects, visit www. thegoodcemeterian.org.

Attending the February meeting were the St. Petersburg College SAR Scholarship recipient Michelle Wilson and Deborah Swink, St. Petersburg College executive director of development, who gave us an overview of our scholarship.

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Jacksonville Chapter The 247th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War Battle of Thomas Creek, the southernmost battle of the American Revolutionary War, was held on March 23. This ceremony usually takes place at the Seaton Creek Historic Park battle location in Jacksonville, but due to a forecast of heavy rains at the park, the venue was changed to a large airport hotel meeting room.

Though we thought the turnout would be low due to bad weather, we again had more than 100 in attendance.

For this National Color Guard event, we were honored to have National Color Guard Commander Scott Collins, who organized a large color guard of compatriots and C.A.R. members to present the colors. Greetings were given by the City of Jacksonville, South Atlantic District Vice President General James Wyrosdick, Florida Society President Steve Fields and Georgia Society President Ed Rigel Jr. FSSDAR Vice Regent Kim Zeman, N.E. Regents Council President Betty Reed and FSSC.A.R. State President Sydney Wagnstrom also presented greetings. Compatriot Dr. Roger Smith again gave an enthusiastic presentation on why Gen. George Washington wanted to make northeast Florida the 14th Colony. Attendees enjoyed the ceremony honoring our Patriots who fought and died in this second of three failed attempts ordered by Washington to conquer northeast Florida.

We look forward to next year’s Thomas Creek Ceremony, held at Seaton Creek Historic Preservation Park on Saturday, March 29, 2025, as we march toward our nation’s 250th Anniversary.

Saint Petersburg Chapter On Jan. 13, the chapter held a joint meeting with the Caravel Chapter NSDAR at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

The guest speaker was Benjamin Bell, a former guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a member of the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He spoke about being a member of the prestigious group that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

From left, Caravel Chapter Regent Maggi Chapman, Chapter President Doug Maddox and Benjamin Bell.

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At the February meeting, Lori Coffey, the guest speaker, talked about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The chapter received the Partners in Patriotism Award from the Florida Society.

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to commemorate the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 Flag Day Proclamation and to honor the Father of Flag Day, Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand, who was a resident of Batavia and worked as a dentist in Aurora when the proclamation was issued.

The Flag Day Monument is dedicated to educating viewers From left, Chapter Past President David Hitchcock, Randolph Mazourek II, Blake Bell, about the American flag and Ralph Bell and President Stephen Hohman. promoting Flag Day. The Fox Valley Chapter served as the Withlacoochee Chapter Color Guard during the dedication ceremony and will be The chapter, which has 23 George Washington involved in conducting educational programs and a Liberty Endowment Fund Fellows, inducted the first threeTree planting for America 250 on June 15. generation family into GWEF at its February meeting.

Randolph Mazourek II, the youngest family member, was presented with a Revolutionary War replica musket and was joined by Blake and Ralph Bell.

Former Historian General William Stone’s encouragement was instrumental in the chapter having so many GW Fellows.

IDAHO SOCIETY On Jan. 20, Compatriots Jack Currier (Fort Boise Chapter president) and Idaho SAR President Ronald Kern, along with their wives, attended the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps Awards Banquet (Black Sheep Division) at Gowen Field in Boise.

Representatives of the DAR also attended, presenting a medal to another cadet.

Petty Officer Second Class Julian Yauman, above, was presented the SAR Good Citizenship Medal, a first for Idaho.

ILLINOIS SOCIETY Fox Valley Chapter On Oct. 1, 2023, a Flag Day Monument was dedicated in Batavia, Ill., below. The monument was created

INDIANA SOCIETY Members of the Indiana SAR Color Guard were photographed beside an Indiana historical marker in southern Indiana near the Wabash River. Above, from left, James McNabb Sr., Indiana State Color Guard Commander Randy Helderman, Colin McNabb, Mark Kreps and Thomas S. Whiteman.

The Carlisle, Ind., marker commemorates the defeat of the British on the Wabash on March 2. It describes an American Revolution battle that occurred near there 245 years ago to the day. Mastering skills displayed by the designated leadership of Gen. George Rogers Clark, the soldiers navigated against the tide of the Wabash River, stealthily capturing British-aligned soldiers and seven boats containing primarily Native American trade goods on March 2, 1779.

KANSAS SOCIETY Gunnar Naughton remembers that he accompanied his father, Mark, last year as he drove around Manhattan to deliver SAR membership packages. “He liked to deliver membership certificates personally,” Gunnar said of his father, who passed away at 61 on Aug. 21, 2023, after a sudden illness.

The personal gesture was typical of Mark Naughton, who served as president of the Konza Prairie Chapter for nearly a decade.

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was passionate about the SAR and a driving force in the chapter. Mark was a Bronze Star Valor recipient for his actions as a Marine Scout Sniper during the 1983 invasion of Grenada. “He loved telling stories of heroism, and he loved freedom and everything that the SAR stood for,” Gunnar said.

Mark joined the SAR in 2001, sponsored by his father, Gary Naughton, a longtime chapter secretary. He served as vice president and became president in 2014 when chapter president Gary Groh passed away.

LOUISIANA SOCIETY Members of the Louisiana and Texas societies participated in a grave-marking ceremony on Oct. 28, 2023, for five American Patriots—Donato Bello, Michel Brignac, Michel Cormier, François Lemelle and Maturin Tesson—at the historic Yellow Fever Cemetery in rural Washington, La. All five were members of the local Opelousas Militia.

When Spain declared war on the British on June 21, 1779, Spanish Louisiana Gov. Bernardo de Gálvez amassed an army of 1,427 troops marching from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. These soldiers included several militia units from across Louisiana. Gálvez and his troops captured Fort Bute at Bayou Manchac on Sept. 7. They subsequently captured the British fort at Baton Rouge on Sept. 21. Upon surrender, Gálvez convinced Col. Alexander Dickson to relinquish Fort Panmure at Natchez, Miss. These victories spoiled British plans to capture New Orleans and control the lower Mississippi River.

Many Louisiana citizens are descended from these Revolutionary War Patriots. Almost 25 percent of the current members of the Louisiana SAR are proven to descend from at least one Gálvez Patriot.

MARYLAND SOCIETY Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter The chapter sponsored a meet-and-greet holiday social at the White Swan Tavern in Chestertown, Md., on Dec. 14, 2023. Nearly 40 current and prospective members attended, and four plan to submit applications to join.

Chapter President Conway Gregory, right, welcomed guests as they arrived at the tavern. All attendees had a good time.

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY The Massachusetts Society held its annual business meeting and a luncheon for all members. President Jim Holmes presided. The gathering took place at the Hopkinton Country Club in Hopkinton, Mass.

Following the luncheon, the agenda moved to awards and recognition, a guest speaker and the installation of state officers for 2024-2025, including President James Holmes and National Trustee Edgar Hoak IV. VPG Hoak delivered the National Trustee Report. The state chapter presidents presented their chapter activity reports; Commander Chris Tourtellot delivered the annual activity summary for the Col. Henry Knox Regimental Color Guard. The Color Guard was assigned the honor of leading the Dec. 16, 2023, 250th Anniversary Boston Tea Party rolling rally from Boston’s Old South Meeting House (Congregational Church) to the Boston Harbor. Joining the MASSAR Col. Henry Knox Color Guard were National SAR officers President General John Dodd, Treasurer General Mike Elston, National Color Guard Commander Scott Collins and Historian General Brooks Lyles. The reenactment at the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum was televised locally on ABC. The rolling rally to the harbor had several thousand participants. At Boston Harbor, more than 10,000 people attended the re-enactment by the Sons of Liberty, who emptied British tea from two merchant ship holds over the side and into the water.

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Attakapas Chapter President Ed Chapman and Compatriot Tom Angers presented an official LASSAR coffee mug to noted author Trent Angers in appreciation for his February presentation in Lafayette, La. Angers spoke about three contemporary and nationally recognized Louisiana heroes. He has written three historical books based on the heroic actions of each of those heroes. Angers has been twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the publisher of Acadiana Profile. Founded in 1968 by Angers’ parents, Acadiana Profile is one of the longest-running regional magazines in the United States.

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From left, DAR State Vice Regent Mary Tedesco; Wendy Renda, senior state president of C.A.R.; Dan Kraft, MASSAR alternate national trustee; and Connor Gragg, state president of C.A.R.

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Special guest speaker Brig. Gen. John J. Driscoll of the Massachusetts National Guard spoke on leadership and patriotism.

Col. Henry Knox Regimental Color Guard members were recognized for their contribution to the historic Sons of Liberty Boston Tea Party re-enactment. Commander Chris Toutellot awarded the Color Guard members the National SAR Medal that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

Boston Chapter The chapter held its luncheon meeting at The Bell in Hand Tavern, which was established in 1795 in Boston and is considered to be America’s oldest tavern.

Two new members, Nathaniel Norcross and Thomas Childs, were inducted into the SAR. Nathaniel is the son of Boston Chapter Compatriot Murray Norcross.

The guest speaker was Historian Brooke Barbier, Ph.D., from Boston College. She spoke from her recently published book titled King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father. “King Hancock” was a nickname given to American Patriot John Hancock during his time in Boston and reflected his influence and lifestyle.

The chapter commemorated the 248th anniversary of the evacuation of the British military from Boston, thus ending British rule in Massachusetts.

The National Park Service of Boston began a more than $30 million restoration of the Dorchester Heights Monument in Boston National Historical Park, where cannons faced Boston Harbor in 1776. Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the rehabilitation work will be completed before March 17, 2026, Evacuation Day, during the nation’s 250th birthday year. The monument and its surrounding area will remain closed during the restoration.

The MASSAR Col. Henry Knox Regimental Color Guard followed with an ecumenical service at nearby St. Augustine’s Church. The Junior ROTC Color Guard and Col. Henry Knox Regimental Color Guard, under the command of Christopher Toutellot, led the ceremony entourage from the church to the historic park’s streetlevel entrance.

An abbreviated commemorative wreath-laying ceremony was held at the construction perimeter fence. Among the attendees were the Lexington Minutemen Militia, the Junior ROTC Cadets from South Boston Excel High School, elected Boston City Council members and Mayor Michelle Wu. After the wreath-laying ceremony, the Col. Henry Knox Regimental Color Guard delivered two musket volleys.

The Story Behind Boston’s Evacuation Day After George Washington took command of the army outside Boston in July 1775, Col. Henry Knox proposed bringing the cannons from Ticonderoga to the siege.

Knox eventually was given the assignment to transport weapons from Ticonderoga to Cambridge. He traveled to Ticonderoga in November 1775 and, over three winter months, moved 60 tons of cannons and other armaments by boat, horse- and ox-drawn sleds, and manpower along poor-quality roads, across two semi-frozen rivers, and through the forests and swamps of the sparsely inhabited Berkshires to the Boston area.

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MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY Dr. Joseph Warren Chapter Members of the Dr. Joseph Warren Chapter, Vicksburg, held their first New Year’s meeting on Jan. 4 with an informative program by area historian Charles Tucker, who dressed as an 1812 militia soldier, above. Several Warren Chapter members also comprise the Society of the War of 1812, including Chapter President Charlie Carlisle.

MISSOURI SOCIETY Independence Patriots Chapter At the February chapter meeting, Denise and Jared Fears were awarded the Bronze Good Citizenship Award for their outstanding contributions to the city of Independence, Mo. President Michael Hahn and Compatriot Stephen Sullins made the presentation.

Denise was a business owner and currently serves on the Independence School Board. Jared, a retired minister, serves on the Independence City Council. “It’s rare that a husband and wife share a compassion for serving in their community,” Hahn said. “They are a great example of the American patriotic spirit.”

Ozark Mountain Chapter During its February meeting, the chapter called forward Dee Dosch to receive the Compatriot’s Memorial Certificate for her late husband, John Hume. Hume was a faithful chapter member briefly, but his dementia prevented his participation. Dee has been a rock-solid supporter of the chapter through her involvement in the DAR and Daughters of Union Veterans.

The chapter Color Guard served as the honor guard at John’s interment on Nov. 24, 2023. The Ozark Mountain Chapter uses this memorial certificate when treasured members pass away and has found it well received and treasured by the recipients.

NEBRASKA SOCIETY Omaha Chapter Vice President Mark Byars has been busy giving Patriot Chest presentations to Bennington and Beatrice, Nebr., students. More presentations were scheduled for April at the Bennington, Millard, West Omaha and Elkhorn public schools.

On Feb. 23, the Lincoln Chapter hosted the 11th annual SAR Patriotic Luncheon at the Havelock Social Hall. The luncheon drew members of 29 patriotic organizations from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Many members displayed memorabilia and information about their respective organizations and were available to answer questions about membership. Of note was Compatriot SAR MAGAZINE

John Braisted’s display of his considerable collection of Revolutionary War memorabilia.

The luncheon program speaker was Joan Wells, presenting on the “Cattle Trails and Songs of the West.”

Wells came to us through Humanities Nebraska, which provides speakers for cultural events. The SAR Color Guard posted the colors. For more information, contact Compatriot James Hoke at chaphoke@hotmail.com.

On March 1, SAR members and the Nebraska Color Guard participated in the first Nebraska Heritage Alliance Conference, created and hosted by the Nebraska DAR. This event brought together numerous lineage and heritage societies from around Nebraska to give presentations about their respective organizations and answer questions. The Nebraska SAR Color Guard posted the colors to begin the event, and Omaha Chapter President Jim Sly spoke about the SAR. Omaha Chapter Compatriot Chuck Real spoke on the General Society War of 1812, of which he is also a member. Next year’s event is planned for the fall of 2025.

On March 9, the Nebraska SAR Color Guard participated in the Omaha St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The weather was beautiful for early March, and the guard had a great time marching in the first parade of the year.

Omaha Chapter Mark Byars and his wife, Nikki, a DAR member, during one of the Patriot Chest presentations.

NEVADA SOCIETY On March 2, the Signers Chapter celebrated with a group photo, cake and door prizes. Fifteen compatriots and two applicants gathered for the photo, while another 10 family members and friends watched.

The meeting included an in-depth historical presentation about the Las Vegas Old Mormon Fort and Ranch by speaker Lisa Leavitt Messenger, vice president of Friends of the Fort and author of the book, The Old Ranch: A Brief History of the Las Vegas Ranch after 1902.

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NEW JERSEY SOCIETY On Dec. 10, 2023, a solemn, ceremonial wreath laying took place at the Trenton Battle Monument (above) where, as State Historian Roger Williams explained, “our liberty began.” Attending were Secretary General Darryl S. Addington; his wife, Mary; and the combined Color Guards of the NJSSAR and Sons of the Revolution of New Jersey led by SR-NJ President Ben Strong.

The Addingtons came from North Carolina to be part of the day’s events. They began their visit to New Jersey, accompanied by NJSSAR President Robert Meyer, with a tour of the sites of the Ten Crucial Days hosted

by Williams through his nonprofit, TenCrucialDays.org.

They visited the parks at Washington’s Crossing, the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, and the Princeton Battlefield.

In the afternoon, SG Addington and Mary attended the First Crossing re-enactment of Washington’s iconic crossing of the Delaware River at Washington Crossing Historical Park in Pennsylvania. The Addingtons were joined by the combined Color Guards from New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as officers of the Pennsylvania DAR, SAR and New Jersey C.A.R. United States Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Jason Q. Bohm served as the narrator for the crossing re-enactment.

The re-enactment of the Battle of Princeton occurred on the cold, wet Princeton Battlefield State Park on Jan. 7. The weather may have kept some away, but there were 400-plus hearty citizens, 200 dedicated re-enactors, and support staff to lend justice to the day’s historic significance. After the re-enactment, the NJSSAR presented a commemorative wreath-laying event with multiple lineage and service organizations, including the DAR, the C.A.R., the Society of the Cincinnati, the General Society Sons of the Revolution, the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution, the Order of Founders and Patriots, the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association, the Masons and the Mayflower Society. Also attending were 27 United States and British soldiers from the legacy units, who trace their heritage to the Battles of Trenton and Princeton.

For more information and photos of these re-enactments and ceremonies of all NJSSAR events, go to www.njssar. org/past-events.

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Medal by the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the NCSDAR. The Hannah White Arnett Medal is awarded to compatriots for unselfish devotion, tireless efforts and assistance to the DAR and who have dedicated time, energy, talents and/or resources to the organization in support and furtherance of the DAR mission of historic preservation, education and patriotism.

Compatriots who received the award were Garret Frick, Boyd Morgan, Steven Arey, Chapter President Franklin Merrell and David Stanton.

EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY (New York) The Battle of Brooklyn Chapter hosted a significant event, above, including a color guard that drew participants from as far away as Kentucky. The Color Guard and Musket Squad were composed mainly of compatriots from the chapter but also from New Jersey, Connecticut, New York and the Nansemond Indian Chapter of Virginia as well as local re-enactors.

National Color Guard Adjutant Patrick Wesolosky and Chapter President David Nelson commanded the Color Guard detail. Additional participants were from the Brooklyn DAR, Maryland SAR and DAR, and the Society of the Cincinnati.

OKLAHOMA SOCIETY On March 2, the Norman Chapter celebrated the 110th anniversary of the Black Beaver Chapter, DAR. Compatriots Mark Atterson, Tony Eastmond, Terry McCain, Mark Reichardt and Joe Sieber comprised the honor guard, below.

Saratoga Battle Chapter Compatriot Richard Russell, a historical re-enactor with the 2nd Albany County Militia, depicted the raising of the Liberty Flag over the Schenectady Stockade. The re-enactment, held in conjunction with the Schenectady County Historical Society, commemorated the event on Jan. 12, 1774, as the first act of rebellion in that area of New York.

NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY Salisbury Chapter At its February meeting, five members of the Salisbury Chapter were presented with the Hannah White Arnett

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From left, Garret Frick, Boyd Morgan, Steven Arey, Regent Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, Sandy Czuba, Salisbury President Franklin Merrell and David Stanton.

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The Bronze Good Citizenship Medal recipient was Revolutionary War author and historical interpreter Larry Kidder, who was the guest speaker at Washington’s Birthday Dinner at the Continental Tavern in Yardley, Pa. Kidder is the author of nine books about Colonial life, five of which focus on the American Revolution in the Mercer and Bucks County area. His talk was titled “Washington’s Crossings in December 1776.”

The presentation was based on his book, Ten Crucial Days: Washington’s Vision for Victory Unfolds, and new research on the almost daily crossings in December 1776. Those stories will bring new light to the famous crossing on Christmas night that led to the Battle of Trenton.

Many believe the events during the Ten Crucial Days were the turning point in setting the Patriots on a course to victory over the British. As a founding member of the nonprofit TenCrucialDays.org, Kidder helps narrate fullday bus tours of Ten Crucial Days sites. Kidder has more than 35 years of volunteer service to the Howell Living History Farm. He has been president of two local historical SAR MAGAZINE

This will provide a focal point to honor the United States flag at events there. The 2W4 Senior Executive Council member and class sponsor, Todd Zachary, accepted the check and visited with the chapter.

SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY State President Ted Walker attended the District III NSDAR meeting in Edgefield, S.C., on March 5 and presented Julie Hardaway and Kelly Hagens-Swart with the SAR Award of Appreciation for their outstanding support of the SAR. Compatriot Walker received the Hannah White Arnett Bronze Medal of Distinction for extraordinary cooperation and exceptional service to the NSDAR. Chapter President Bob Reiser and Vice President Steve Ware presented Larry Kidder with the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal and Certificate. (Photo by Chapter Veteran Committee Chairman Bill Hampton)

societies and is a consultant at four local historical sites, a contributor to projects for Crossroads of the American Revolution, and a tour guide at the Princeton Battlefield.

Philadelphia Continental Chapter The chapter honored Patriot Gen. George Washington on his birthday for the 102nd consecutive year with wreath layings and services at the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary Soldier, Washington Square and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, below.

As part of our mission to preserve American institutions and respect our national symbols, the chapter presented the senior class at Williamson College of the Trades with a $9,180 check to install a flagpole array at its football field.

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Col. Hezekiah Maham Chapter On Feb. 27, the annual Francis Marion Memorial Service was held at Marion’s Tomb, Belle Isle Plantation, Berkeley County. This was the 229th anniversary of Marion’s death.

The program was sponsored by the Gen. Marion’s Brigade Chapter, NSDAR; the Col. Hezekiah Maham Chapter, SCSSAR; the South Carolina Air National Guard; and the South Carolina Department of Parks and Recreation.

More than 100 attended. Ten NSDAR chapters and five SCSSAR chapters were represented and presented wreaths at the ceremony. Other historical and civic organizations also participated. An 18-man detachment from the Washington Light Infantry presented the colors.

The speaker was Col. Sean Renbarger, deputy commander of the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard. The 169th Fighter Wing’s flyover, known as the Swamp Fox Wing, was most impressive.

After the service, the ladies of Bell Isle Presbyterian Church hosted a barbecue lunch.

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Daniel Morgan Chapter The 243rd-anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Cowpens took place at the Cowpens National Battlefield Park on Jan. 17, above. After a welcome from Park Superintendent Dianna Bramble, National Color Guard Commander K. Scott Collins opened the ceremony by leading the posting of the colors. The program consisted of greetings and comments from NSSAR Secretary General Darryl Addington, NSSAR Historian General T. Brooks Lyles, South Atlantic District Vice President James Wyrosdick, SCSSAR State President Ted Walker, Georgia Society SAR President Dr. David Ludley, Chapter President Grantham Wood, Ginny Fowler on behalf of DAR President General Pamela Wright, South Carolina DAR State Chaplain Carolyn Nations, and Washington Light Infantry B Company Commander Capt. Charlie Hall. The Washington Light Infantry Color Guard conducted an honor wreath ceremony at the Washington Light Infantry Monument on the battleground after the program.

wreath-laying ceremony at his gravesite in honor of his militia service to the Colonies and the fledgling United States.

Compatriot Mills thought Veterans Day would be a perfect time.

It had been 15 years since the plantation owners had allowed compatriots to view the grave.

On Nov. 11, 2023, 21 individuals made the trip on a cool, rainy day, including 11 chapter members and five members of the Beaufort Thomas Heyward Jr. DAR Chapter: Dian Brownstein, Nancy Greene, Anita Henson, Julia Mills and Kay Wilson.

Following Chaplain Tom Burnett’s excellent and detailed historical presentation on Paul Hamilton’s life, Mills and DAR member Anita Henson laid the live magnolia wreath she had made, which was to remain on display for the Cox family during the Thanksgiving holiday season.

Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter Chapter Award Chairman Col. Harold Mills planned with the Cox Communications family, owners of Clarendon Plantation in Beaufort County, to schedule a day for the chapter to honor its namesake, Paul Hamilton, with a

From left, top row: Kate Paxton Oliver, Lydia McKinley Quinn, Savannah Patrick Tomlin, Richmond Savannah Joyce, Lily Rowan Ford; second row: August Eliza Horton, Annabelle Blinne Monahan, Suzanna Kayleigh Monahan, Catherine Bingham Fontanetta; third row: Grace Elizabeth Barbier, Emily Baker Sargeant, Porter McCaskey Herritage, Sarah Wheeler Haselden; front row: Meredith Jane Wallinger, Meredith Elisabeth Paul, Heriot Elizabeth Davis Sadler. (Photo by Jimmy McDonald, JMac Photography of Rockingham, N.C.)

South Carolina Colonial Ball From left, chapter members Harold Mills, Carl Howk, Chaplain Tom Burnett, Ken Brownfield, Hastings Greene, Claude Dinkins, Paul Griffin, Bill Ten Eyck, Tom Wilson, Past President Jody Henson and Past SC Society President Carroll Crowther.

(Photo by Dian Brownfield)

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The South Carolina SAR held its 25th Colonial Ball with debutante presentation on Dec. 17, 2023, in the Carolina Ballroom of the historic Francis Marion Hotel in downtown Charleston. More than 100 family members, friends and guests attended.

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The ball opened with an invocation from Col. T. “Rex” Legler II, a presentation of colors by Citadel Cadets, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the singing of the national anthem, followed by the retiring of the national colors.

Dr. Greg Ohanesian, chairman, introduced the master of ceremonies, Sir Julian V. Brandt III, who waded the flooded Ashley River to attend the event.

Each debutante is a direct descendant of a Patriot who supported the American Revolution. The debutantes presented were 12 daughters, three granddaughters and a niece of SAR members as the South Carolina SAR Debutante Class of 2023.

annual event, marking its 80th anniversary, is a testament to Washington’s enduring legacy and values, which continue to inspire and shape today’s leaders.

The George Washington Distinguished Service Award, established to recognize outstanding service and commitment to the principles of patriotism, national heritage and civic responsibility, found a deserving recipient in Bert Smith. His contributions, characterized by a profound dedication to promoting the history and ideals of the American Revolution, have left an indelible mark on the community. Smith’s work, echoing the virtues of leadership, integrity and service, embodies the spirit of Washington and the SAR’s foundational values.

A significant historical presentation further highlighted the evening. Texas SAR President Sam Massey Jr., in a gesture that underscored the organization’s deep roots and continuity, presented the original chapter charter to President Dan Robinson. This charter, a symbol of the SAR’s long-standing commitment to preserving American heritage, serves as a reminder of the organization’s origins and its ongoing mission to honor the memory of Revolutionary War Patriots.

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TENNESSEE SOCIETY Stones River Chapter The partnership between the SAR and the DAR in Middle Tennessee grew as the Col. Hardy Murfree DAR Chapter presented Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pins to Stones River Chapter members at the March 14 DAR meeting, above. As part of the Congressionally authorized national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the DAR is a partner in bringing life to the commemoration in local areas.

March 29 has been designated as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. A unique lapel pin was created as “a lasting memento of the Nation’s thanks.” Above, Honorary Regent Andrea Calfee, at right, spearheaded the effort for the Col. Hardy Murfree Chapter as members presented pins to Jack McElwain (not pictured), James Murff (center) and Col. Tom Hickerson (left) at the dinner meeting. Regent Elaine Alexander was proud to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and to pay tribute to the wartime contributions made at home by American citizens. Hickerson, vice president of the Stones River Chapter, noted that the words “A Grateful Nation Thanks and Honors You” on the back of the lapel pin were appreciated by those who served during the period.

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On Feb. 17, the Utah Society hosted its annual George Washington’s Birthday Celebration Banquet. The guest speaker was Dr. Anthony Peacock, a professor of political science and director of Utah State University’s Center for the Study of American Constitutionalism. Peacock has published numerous books, including Vindicating the Commercial Republic: The Federalist on Union, Enterprise, and War (Lexington Books, 2018) and How to Read The Federalist Papers (The Heritage Foundation, 2010).

Peacock is one of the nation’s leading authorities on The Federalist Papers. His scholarly work and research have produced invaluable insights for those who would better understand the Constitution, federalism and what is essential for preserving our union in freedom and liberty.

Peacock contends that the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution and The Federalist Papers are America’s three most important documents. He shared how each document complements the others and why their importance should be considered. He said the most essential address or message ever given to the American people was George Washington’s Farewell Address, which exceeded even Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Peacock shared 10 critical points from Washington’s Farewell Address and tied them to The Federalist Papers: the importance of the union, American natural rights and the necessity of virtue for the preservation of freedom. He explained that virtue and morality were defined by the founders in the context of Judeo/Christian religion.

Peacock autographed his books. Having been awarded the SAR Bronze Good Citizenship Medal in the past, he was presented a collector’s “Conquer or Die” SAR Challenge Coin (the motto of the commander-in-chief’s life guard) for being the banquet’s keynote speaker.

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educational platforms, learning destinations and patriotic celebrations focused on the history and core principles of our nation’s founding documents. The banquet and auction were a fundraiser for the “Liberty Bus,” designed and built by United We Pledge to provide hands-on educational opportunities for elementary schools focusing on the Revolutionary War, its people and events, as well as to provide funds for chapter activities. The event featured a silent auction, dinner, entertainment and a live auction. There were more than 300 attendees, and the auction garnered more than $40,000, which was split among the participating organizations.

The Liberty Bus educational program represents a new approach to learning. It is designed to make a meaningful impact by directly engaging with the community to promote patriotism and educate youth on the principles of constitutional republicanism and the legacy of our Founding Fathers.

Compatriots spent endless hours calling on area businesses to seek donations for the live and silent auctions and providing volunteer support before, during and after the event, making it an outstanding success.

Col. James Wood II Chapter On Dec. 9, 2023, the chapter joined with the Fort Loudoun and Ketoctin DAR chapters to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, above.

Compatriots from the Fairfax Resolves and Williamsburg SAR chapters joined, along with Lawrence Augustus Washington C.A.R. members, at North Hill Farm in Clarke County, Va.

VERMONT SOCIETY Members of the Vermont Society honored Trooper Michelle Archer with the society’s Heroism Medal and Certificate. Pictured above, from left, are Past President John Lucius Buttolph III, Secretary Andrew R. Whipple, Trooper Michelle Archer, Past President Kevin Mullen and President Randy Roberts.

VIRGINIA SOCIETY Col. William Grayson Chapter On March 9, three compatriots—William Collier, John Patterson and Ross Schwalm—received the DAR Hannah White Arnett Bronze Medal from the Santa Margarita Chapter, California DAR, for their efforts in cleaning up the District of Columbia DAR Penny Pines Memorial Plaza, located in the Conway Robinson State Park, Gainesville, Va. The Hannah White Arnett Bronze Medal, a new DAR medal, is presented to members of the SAR or Sons of the Revolution acknowledging support and assistance in community-centered events. These presentations were the first Hannah White Arnett Bronze Medals by the California DAR. The Penny Pines cleanup effort was organized and led

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On Jan. 13, the chapter conducted a commemoration ceremony. The compatriots paid homage to the Battle of Cowpens, which led to the American victory in the Revolutionary War. The battle was fought on Jan. 17, 1781, at a South Carolina field known as the Cowpens. Gen. Daniel Morgan led the Colonial forces against Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton and his elite regiment of the British Army. This American victory set the stage for the British eventually to move to Yorktown, where the forces of Lord Cornwallis were defeated by Gen. George Washington, the Continental Army and the French troops led by Lt. Gen. Rochambeau.

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Patrick Henry Jolly, a descendant of Patrick Henry, joined the Dan River Chapter at C.H. Friend School in March. Visitors honored poster and essay contest winners at the Crossing of the Dan. The school provided poster winners in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades as well as the eighth- through 11th-grade essay winners.

On Feb. 9, the chapter conducted a grave-marking ceremony honoring Capt. Philip Slaughter and Sgt. James Vaughn in a pre-event of the Virginia SAR Annual Meeting.

The event was attended by travelers from across the state representing 17 SAR chapters, five DAR chapters, one C.A.R. society, the Virginia Order of Founders and Patriots of America and the Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge.

Virginia SAR President Ernie Coggins brought greetings and presented the Virginia SAR wreath. The Virginia SAR Color Guard, commanded by Kenneth Bonner Jr., rendered honors with a musket salute and the posting of sentries at the SAR Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial, initially erected for the 2020 SAR National Congress.

Kay and French Slaughter and Zachary McNett, descendants of Philip Slaughter, shared insight into their ancestor’s life and Revolutionary experience. Richmond Compatriots Mark Brennan Sr., Bill Haskins, Dana Law, Chris Ackiss, Bob Lusk, Steve Norris and Richard Brooks helped lead the ceremony, while Richmond SAR President Chris Yohn emceed the event and led the singing of “God Bless America.”

Norfolk and Great Bridge Chapters The Norfolk Chapter SAR and the Great Bridge Chapter DAR co-hosted the 248th Commemoration of the Battle of Great Bridge. This national-level SAR event took place on the battlefield on Dec. 2, 2023, with more than 200 individuals attending. Wreaths were presented by 50 patriotic organizations from multiple states.

The guest speaker for this year’s event was Jason Miyares, Virginia’s attorney general. His well-received and profoundly thoughtful message included comments about his mother’s escape from communist Cuba and how that experience influenced his perspective on the Patriots’ contributions to the freedoms we now enjoy. He also mentioned several Patriot soldiers who served during the Dec. 9, 1775, battle.

Miyares highlighted the service of a young lieutenant, John Marshall of the Culpeper District Minute Battalion, who would continue his Revolutionary War service before serving the new nation as Virginia’s attorney general and later as the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Miyares also addressed the service of a young free Black Patriot, William “Billy” Flora of the Princess Anne District Minute Battalion. After the formal ceremony, Miyares spoke with family members descended from Flora who attended the commemoration. Recent research uncovered that for several months in the fall of 1778, during the restructure of the Virginia Line, Capt. John Marshall served as the acting company commander of Flora, reuniting these two Great Bridge veterans after three difficult years of war.

Upon completion of the commemoration, VASSAR President Ernie Coggins issued the charter to the new Great Bridge SAR Chapter. This chapter will serve those who reside in the city of Chesapeake, formerly part of the Norfolk Chapter.

Williamsburg Chapter Williamsburg Chapter Color Guard Commander Gary Dunaway, Chapter President John Lynch, Past President Bruce Laubach and First Vice President Ron Adolphi, above, attended the grave marking of Revolutionary War Patriots Capt. Philip Slaughter and Sgt. James Vaughn on Feb. 9, above. The event was held at the Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond, Va.

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Members of the Flora family with Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, second from left.

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The 115th annual DAR George Washington WreathLaying Ceremony occurred at the University of Washington campus on Feb. 19. Compatriots who participated in the event included Grant Rauzi, Rob Nofsinger and his daughters, and Neil Vernon. The Color Guard included representatives from the George Rogers Clark, Seattle and George Washington chapters along with the Fife and Drum 37

Corps, Alexander Hamilton President John Herr and Color Guard Captain Jeff Harlan. The event was well attended.

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Things are certainly better when they come in threes!

Such is the case for WASSAR youth awards programs, including the SAR Arthur & Berdena King Eagle Scout Scholarship. In previous years, we’ve made society history.

In 2021, we were one of the first state societies to send a female Eagle Scout to the national level of the competition.

Daisy Roberts was part of the first class of female Eagle Scouts in Washington State after Scouting BSA opened its doors for girls to participate in this amazing program.

In 2022, WASSAR again made SAR history as siblings, for the first time, competed against each other. Daisy Roberts still was able to compete and submitted a new package as the standing state winner, and she was joined in the state level of the competition by her younger sister, Emily, as the chapter-level winner for the Alexander Hamilton Chapter in Tacoma, Wash.

For the 2023-2024 youth award cycle, we believe the WASSAR Eagle Scout Scholarship again makes society history, as this may be the first time siblings of three previous state winners have competed against each other at the state society level of the scholarship competition.

Emily is returning, again as the nominee from the Alexander Hamilton Chapter, while Cole Sevier is the nominee from the society’s Cascade Centennial Chapter. Cole is the younger brother of Leland Sevier, Washington’s 2017 state winner in the national scholarship competition.

Additionally, Bodie Strom is the nominee for the John Paul Jones Chapter, and he is the younger brother of Cruz Strom, the society’s 2019 state winner. It will be interesting to see if one of them will follow in the footsteps of their older

How to Submit Items to SAR Magazine The SAR Magazine welcomes submissions from compatriots, who often ask, “How do I get my story in The SAR Magazine?” Here are some tips:

1. Keep your piece as short as you can while still telling the story. Send stories in Microsoft Word format to sarmag@sar.org.

2. Send digital photographs as attachments and not embedded into the Word document. They also should be sent to sarmag@sar.org.

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4. Limit the number of photographs to those you’d most like to see. Please don’t send a dozen and then question why the photo you liked least was the one selected.

5. Meet the deadlines published on the first page of “State & Chapter News” in each issue.

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siblings, in pursuit of national recognition through the King Eagle Scout Scholarship—or better yet, become the SAR National Champion for this youth program scholarship.

Alexander Hamilton Chapter On Feb. 23, Jerry Bordelon and Michael Moore visited the Wabash Church School in Auburn, Wash. They presented to two groups: kindergarten through third grade, and then grades four through eight. Both groups had 34 students with many questions.

Cascade Centennial Chapter Cascade Centennial continues to focus on quality monthly meetings, chapter growth, member recognition and, these past few months, the SAR youth award programs. Our meeting attendance continues to grow.

We’ve consistently had 25-30 attendees at the past few meetings and are stretching the limits of our meeting room.

We’ve inducted new members at several meetings in the past, thanks to the diligent efforts of Genealogist Rob Sexton and Compatriot Norm Eberly, who are assisting our members with supplemental applications. Members of the Cascade Chapter of the DAR in Bellevue continue to attend our meetings, where we enjoy a blend of camaraderie (and great food!), excellent programs and abbreviated business each month.

Of particular importance, we strive to have relevant programs directly related to the American Revolution presented by experts in the field, many of whom have had peer-reviewed articles published in the prestigious Journal of the American Revolution. At our March meeting, our King Eagle Scout Scholarship winner attended with his parents and Scoutmaster, shared his essay, and was presented a $300 check by chapter Coordinator Greg Emerson. In addition to our Eagle Scout Scholarship, we have received nomination packages for the Youth Video Contest and the Enhanced JROTC Award; both students are, or soon will be, competing at the state level. Compatriot Bob Doughty lined up judging panels of our newer members to get them involved and help expose them to the youth programs.

Fort Vancouver Chapter On Feb. 4, the Fort Vancouver and George Rogers Clark chapters from Washington, and the Lewis & Clark Chapter from Portland, Ore., joined forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the DAR’s Mary Richardson Walker Chapter.

After a brief ceremony at Longview Library, the group marched to the town park, where the MRW DAR dedicated a Liberty Tree that had been planted two days earlier.

Washington members attending were Mike Fitzpatrick, Jeff Lightburn, Eric Olsen, Paul Winter, Larry Heckethorne, Greg Stewart, Rick Cline and George Vernon. Oregon members present were Jole Simmons, Matt Rosenberg and Dave Witter.

George Rogers Clark Chapter On March 9, members from the Alexander Hamilton, George Rogers Clark, Seattle and John Paul Jones chapters, with the Fife and Drum Corps, participated in the Washington State Patriotic Day (Massing of the Colors) at Pioneer Middle School. Color bearers were Acki Muller, Perry Taylor, Fred Gilbert, Tim Smith, Michael Moore, Dick Moody, Eric Olsen, John Herr, Art Dolan and Neil Vernon.

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Jan Lemmer, Michael Bendickson, Stephanie Conroy, Skip Stephen, Charlie Fisk and Terry Barker.

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George Rogers Clark Chapter President Lew Maudsley, founding President Art Dolan and Awards Chairman Dick Moody visited Compatriot Warner Gibson Taylor III at his home in Puyallup. “Gib,” 93, is a direct descendent of Benjamin Harrison, one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Harrison, a delegate from Virginia, also presided over the Continental Congress during its final consideration, described by the National Archives as a meeting that “continued through all of July 3 and into the later morning of July 4. The Declaration had been officially adopted.”

President Maudsley presented Gib with a framed Silver Good Citizenship Medal. The mounting was adorned with a small plaque of the SAR logo and the SAR’s 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence logo. The mounting included a small plaque reading: “George Rogers Clark Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Presents the Silver Good Citizenship Medal to Warner Gibson Taylor III honoring his ancestor Benjamin Harrison signer of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.”

George Washington Chapter On Feb. 9, Chapter Compatriot Jeffrey Spencer gave the invocation before the Washington State Senate in Olympia, by invitation from the lieutenant governor’s office via State Sen. Ron Muzzall. Proudly wearing his SAR rosette for the occasion and in honor of President’s Day, Compatriot Spencer offered a prayer written by George Washington: “May we unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the Great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties, properly and punctually; to render our [national] government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws. Amen.”

John Paul Jones Chapter The John Paul Jones Education Team gave historical and educational presentations to 71 students from the fourth through eighth grades at the West Hills Elementary STEM School in Bremerton, Wash., on March 13. The team presented what led up to the Revolutionary War and the beginning of the war at Valley Forge (1765-1783). This was followed by a discussion of the Western frontier and

A National SAR 250th Event

250th Anniversary of the Planned Venues:  Mount Vernon  Gunston Hall  Pohick Church  Tall Ship Providence  Historic Tours  Mt. Vernon Inn  Gadsby’s Tavern  Settle Down Easy Brewing Co.

Fairfax Resolves July 18-20, 2024

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the challenges faced by the Colonists. The presentation concluded with a chat on what life was like living in the Colonies in 1776. The SAR presenters were Fred Gilbert, Bob Smalser and Doug Nelson. The photo shows Fred and Doug demonstrating the use of flint and steel in fire starting and Bob talking about the frontier families. Annjanette Morris, Jocelyn Esguerra and Tom Hornburg each were presented with a a JPJ Chapter Challenge Coin for supporting the SAR in the classroom.

Fred Gilbert, John Paul Jones education coordinator, spoke to 27 students at the Baker Creek Community School in Bremerton, Wash., on the historical events that influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This environment brings together fourth- through ninth-grade homeschool students to learn about and discuss various subjects. This is the second presentation sponsored by Janice Jacobson, teacher and coordinator at the Baker Creek Community School.

Mid-Columbia Chapter Kaitlyn Cleveland’s fifth-grade class at Desert Sky Elementary School in West Richland, Wash., was the scene on Feb. 15 of a beautiful classroom presentation conducted by several compatriots: President Richard Roddy, Randall Roach, Larry Flint and Kelly Schultz. SAR Auxiliary Member and DAR Member Karen Schultz also attended and assisted with photographs.

Seattle Chapter This year, the chapter picked up four new schools in four school districts—making nine schools in seven districts!

On Jan. 19 and Feb. 8, 9 and 16, members of the Seattle Color Guard gave a presentation to 225 students at the

Madrona School in Edmonds. The presentation to fourth through sixth graders was comprised of the “History of the American Flags,” “A Soldier’s Life” and “A Day in Colonial Life.” Members of the team were Stan Granberg, Grant Rauzi and Neil Vernon. For the calendar year of 2023-2024, we have reached 79 students through livinghistory presentations. After the presentation, Neil Vernon presented a Certificate of Appreciation to our host instructor, Judi MacRae, along with a Washington State SAR Challenge Coin for promoting history, education and patriotism during the 250th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War events.

The school displayed the certificate in a place of honor— in the front showcase of the school! Each of the students to whom Seattle compatriots presents receives a hand-painted Colonial figure as a memento of their experience.

On March 14, the chapter presented to 48 students at Whittier Elementary, a new school in Everett. We presented the “History of the American Flag” and “A Day in Colonial Life.” After the presentation, Neil Vernon gave the instructors a Certificate of Appreciation, a Washington State Challenge Coin and a set of hand-crafted soldiers. SAR compatriots who participated were Neil Vernon (SE), Stephen Clayton (SE), Acki Mueller (SE) and Bill Bentler (GW).

On March 18, the team presented to 69 students at the West Mercer Elementary School on Mercer Island in three separate class sessions. West Mercer is one of the Seattle Chapter’s charter schools for presenting “A Day in Colonial Life.” Before we left for the day, the first class had completed the challenge of writing a feedback response to what they learned. After the presentation, Compatriot Vernon presented to the first instructor, Julie Langley, a Certificate of Appreciation and a 250th Anniversary T-shirt designed by the Seattle Chapter. She was genuinely overwhelmed by the gift.

SAR members who participated were Neil Vernon (SE), Grant Rauzi (SE) and Jim Lindley (CC).

T-shirts may be purchased at www.bonfire.com/store/250thanniversary-2026.

Spokane Chapter

Since 1895, C.A.R. members and senior leaders have provided a bridge between the present and the past.

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On Feb. 12, Doug Jonas and Stan Wills presented a living-history program to 42 Cub Scouts and 21 parents at the Ramsey Elementary School in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

On Feb. 16, Jonas and Wills presented a program for the George Farragut DAR Chapter in Coeur d’Alene. The program was “The Washington Family Arrives in Washington State and Its Impact.”

It was attended by 38 DAR members and 18 husbands of DAR members (HODARs).

On March 7, Jonas and Wills presented a living-history program for Odyssey Elementary School in Spokane. Three first-grade classes attended—42 kids and three teachers.

After the program, the kids sang a cute song about George Washington.

SAR MAGAZINE

NSSAR membership as of April 30, 2024, is 35,276. Numbers indicate total new members since last issue. Patriot Ancestor is identified after new member’s name.

Alabama (17) Thomas Leo Brantley, 229376, David Mims Kevin James Bridges, 229049, John Morrison Wesley James Bridges, 229050, John Morrison William James Bridges, 229051, John Morrison

Christopher Alan Bridges, 229499, John Morrison Lawson Troup Bridges, 229500, John Morrison Randall Lee Cox, 229125, Thomas Price

Richard Edwin Britton ................AL.......... 164527 John Douglas Goss ......................AL...........113984 J. Fred Olive III, Ed.D. . ...............AL........... 111607 John Robert Walker . ...................AL.......... 163920 Edward Leroy Clark Sr. . ............ CA.......... 226975 Harry Rayburn Copeland ........... CA...........185436 Gregg Scott Garrison .................. CA.......... 189490 Daniel Lee Johnson . ................... CA.......... 224545 John Franklin Mallory ................ CA.......... 154932 Ronald Duane Proffer ................. CA........... 157188 Eddie Duane Smith .................... CA...........191667 John Heath Bloodgood ................CT...........145310 Stephen Robert Ferriss ................CT...........161296 Grady Edmonds Jensen ...............CT............67047 Benjamin Lester Jones .................CT.......... 119402 Daniel Boyd Shank ..................... DA.......... 125630 William Byrd Richardson ............DE.......... 189286 Endwell Ellerson Buell ................FL.......... 148507 Donald Levin Burch Jr. ................FL........... 171918 Larry Ray Clere ...........................FL.......... 169068 Leonard McKay Crawford ...........FL.......... 162085 Reynolds Prince Cushing . ...........FL...........170487 Robert Charles Dalley . ................FL.......... 223583 Norman Joy Greene Jr. ................FL...........159126 James Caldwell Handly Jr. . .........FL..........200898 SPRING 2024

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John Clay Jones ...........................FL..........180005 Raymond Joseph Judd .................FL...........173202 Wesley Edwin Stillwaggon . ........FL..........204293 David Curry Weatherby ..............FL.......... 184947 Carey Leer Brock ........................ GA...........168739 Phillip Eugene Burton ................ GA.......... 169354 Charles Findlay Cox ................... GA........... 187427 Charles William Foley ................ GA.......... 205916 James Ansley Granade Jr............. GA.......... 192908 Eugene Albert Grasser Jr. ........... GA.......... 184826 William Eugene Grimes ............. GA.......... 193790 David Donaldson Harvey Jr. ....... GA.............83161 Robert Donald Hilliard . ............. GA...........191442 Steven Meers Hudgins . .............. GA............161115 William David Landrum ............ GA...........153975 John Donald Morgan Jr. ............. GA.......... 169450 Ralph Puckett Jr. ........................ GA...........152828 William Hughes Raper ............... GA...........147382 Chase Winston Redner .............. GA.......... 210339 Walter Byron Reed Sr. . .............. GA........... 159737 Richard Herbert Smith ............... GA...........192218 Robert Warren Weathersby II..... GA.......... 169096 Kenneth Wayne Gillpatrick ......... IA.......... 220551 Daniel Gail Chadwick ................. ID...........211943 Samuel Dale Akeman ................... IL........... 182284 Thomas Michael Graham . ........... IL............196213 Alan Young Harrison ................... IL........... 147542 Thomas Norman Luce ................. IL............178079 Wayne H. Nehring ...................... IL.............82266 Earnest Ray Parker ...................... IL........... 210448 Daniel H. Petty Jr. ....................... IL.............64896 Loren Jay Rakich ......................... IL............127528 Adrian McCown Tubbs ............... IL............ 163971 Larry Mack Benner . .................... IN...........195573 Dow Junior Cooksey . .................. IN...........123106 Continued on next page

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Ray Lawrence Drook ................... IN.......... 157605 Charles Raymond Stiver .............. IN..........200914 Richard Allen Gardner ................KS...........185685 Elmer Lee Musil ..........................KS........... 154813 Sheldon Earl Baugh .....................KY...........207831 Robert Allen Brent ......................KY........... 161633 Billy Edward Courts . ..................KY........... 136312 Scott Lee Ray McCloud . .............KY.......... 208271 Larry Flem Powell .......................KY.......... 203343 Richard Ace Spencer ...................KY........... 189139 Theogene “T.J.” Joseph Blanchard . LA.......... 213904 Howard Joseph Derouen Jr. .........LA........... 221751 Robert Greenleaf Hess . ...............LA...........130323 Clay Bradford Jackson Jr. ............LA...........215575 Burnice Levi Jones Jr. ..................LA...........213726 Ralph Alexander McKenzie .........LA...........159369 Braxton Isham Moody III..............LA........... 174051 David Lynn Thurston ..................LA...........217876 Peter Vance Crone ...................... MA......... 179284 John H. Welch II......................... MA..........107359 John C. Gladhill ......................... MD......... 100164 Charles Elwood Howard Sr. ....... MD......... 168059 Richard Eugene Wilson . ............ MD..........162916 John William Furlo .....................MI.......... 203354 Robert Ivan Hildebrand . .............MI.......... 124682 David Loudy . ..............................MI.......... 228895 Kenneth A. Reeves . .....................MI...........113426 David Vernon Beem .................... MO......... 224172 David Spencer Christian . ........... MO......... 172502 Glen W. Osborn ......................... MO..........150328 Pletcher Edward Rogers ............. MO.........204989 Jesse Donald Ross........................ MO.......... 163071 David Louis Studyvin ................. MO.......... 197183 Ranson Charles Johnson Sr. . ...... NC.......... 129844 Robert Michael Keeney .............. NC.......... 195920 Wendell Chandler Kirkham . ...... NC........... 141374 Charles Andrew Rush II.............. NC.......... 159629 Robert Reynold Shuck . .............. NC.......... 202271 Charles George Carl ....................NJ.......... 104416 Clarence G. Clark ........................NJ.......... 105935 Melvin D. Jewett ........................NM..........118240 Gerald L. Cluff, USA................... NV.......... 190496 Henry Darlington Jr. . ................. NY............65055 William Thomas Klapper ........... NY............ 70261 James F. Morrison ...................... NY........... 116194 Robert John Applegate Jr. . ......... OH........... 192715 Philip Peters Bolton . .................. OH........... 90550 Robert Howard Bradt ................. OH...........155770 David Bruce Christian ................ OH.......... 213934 Randall Lee Groff ....................... OH.......... 182700 Leslie Alfred Kaser ..................... OH..........200728 Mark W. Mahan ......................... OH............ 98765 Kenneth Robert Mosher Sr. ........ OH.......... 125988 Michael Eugene Ralston ............. OH........... 131901 42

Milton Dan Sumption . ............... OH...........184276 Fred L. Dunlap............................ OK.......... 213465 Robert William Peter.................. OK.......... 150803 Joseph Nelson Sieber................... OK.......... 208415 Thomas Dean Eskridge................ OR.......... 196240 Douglas Stuart Willison.............. OR.......... 224615 Lewis William Berkley.................PA...........165555 William Paul Fitzgerald III...........PA.............81123 John George Foight IV..................PA........... 113601 Isaac W. Horst..............................PA.......... 104230 John Edward James Jr. ................PA...........168528 Charles James Keener ..................PA...........143265 Richard Russel Long ...................PA...........124767 Peter L. Peretti.............................PA........... 211597 Richard Craig Rushmore .............PA..........202927 Stewart Dale Sheets . ...................PA..........100003 Darrel Alvy Stoops ......................PA.......... 178056 Blair Edward Younkin Jr. . ...........PA...........155961 John Crocker Eastman II............... RI........... 163135 Edward Leonell Pender Jr. ..........SC........... 138871 Abner Pierce Stockman Jr. ...........SC.......... 163080 Jan Darwin Black II..................... TN.......... 227214 James Edward Briddell . ............. TN............ 87377 Eldie Lynn Dickey ...................... TN..........224495 William Glenn Gaskins Jr. . ........ TN.......... 219938 Edward Townsend Ladd Sr......... TN........... 171360 Van Elmore Manning Jr............... TN........... 191474 John Kendrick Behrens ................TX.......... 122069 Harold Gene Evetts .....................TX...........141526 Nolan William Fansler ................TX........... 197123 Sidney Joseph Francis II...............TX........... 177721 Raymond Edward Hargis ............TX......... 200646 Fred Olin Hargis Jr. .....................TX.......... 228696 Terry Lee Holden.........................TX........... 178314 John Edwin Hunt Sr. ...................TX...........188233 Robert Lee Lyon ..........................TX...........184473 Jerry Eugene Marshall, USAF (Ret.)..TX.......... 106857 Loyd Dean Morris .......................TX...........201743 Mervin Dansby Peters .................TX........... 181925 Claude Raymond Wilson Jr. ........TX.......... 160447 Benjamin Hamilton Harris Jr. ......VA........... 177307 Duncan E. McIver Jr.....................VA...........191630 Robert B. Murdock . ....................VA.......... 102802 Albert Nelson Nunn.....................VA.......... 190056 Jay Homer Smith..........................VA...........186798 Robert Wilson Tatum Jr...............VA........... 191195 Ritchie Tucker Thomas . ..............VA...........214541 Warren Owen Wells . ..................VA........... 175797 Robert Howard Rodgers . ............VT.......... 165496 George Debonham Boice . ........... WA..........216795 Gilbert Owen Casto ...................WV...........177731 Roy Harold Casto Jr....................WV.......... 197783 David Allen Eads ........................WV.........226065 Perry Kenneth Proffitt ................WV......... 192549 Emerson Ralph Stewart ..............WV......... 163860 SAR MAGAZINE

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Alaska (2) Justin Titus Dabill, 229185, Peter Todd Eric Eugene Kraus, 229186, Asa Farrar Arizona (8) Thomas Michael Carpenter, 229320, Ezra Twitchell George Morton Gates III, 229189, George Gates Richard Fletcher Rich Jr., 229321, Ebenezer Rich Ethan Michael Scanlan, 229187, Michael Awalt Michael Kevin Scanlan, 229188, Michael Awalt Brian Patrick Scanlan, 229190, Michael Awalt Alan Earl White, 229128, William Petty Jr. Francis Earle Williams III, 229127, Joseph Williams Arkansas (2) Jeffrey Lance Bennings, 229191, Francis Stribling Patrick Brian McFadden, 229643, Nathan Smart California (48) Graham Howard Auchterlonie, 229391, Nathaniel Wentworth Bryan James Auchterlonie, 229390, Nathaniel Wentworth Benjamin Paul Auchterlonie, 229389, Nathaniel Wentworth Paul William Auchterlonie, 229388, Nathaniel Wentworth Jonathan David Auchterlonie, 229387, Nathaniel Wentworth David Lawrence Auchterlonie, 229386, Nathaniel Wentworth Nathan James Auchterlonie, 229392, Nathaniel Wentworth David Allen Berry, 229444, Samuel Poole Michael T. Black, 229382, Seth Vinton Andrew Benjamin Bohan, 229702, Samuel Bonnett Daniel LeRoy Cabe, 229325, William Cabe Thomas Elden Carpenter, 229053, Auke Wikoff Philip Dean Cooper, 229699, Reuben Kemp Stephen Allen Crane, 229384, Aaron Crane Caleb Davis Demharter, 229561, Caleb Davis Robert Louis Gagnon, 229443, John Chase Philip Jay Gouran, 229760, John Robertson Michael Eugene Hair Sr., 229558, James Quisenberry Michael Eugene Hair Jr., 229559, James Quisenberry Richard James Hansing IV, 229129, Joseph Bancroft Matthew Edward Hansing, 229130, Joseph Bancroft Michael Henry Harris, 229704, James Saunders

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Kenneth Wendell Harris, 229703, James Saunders Charles Ashby Rutherford Hiatt, 229759, John Gaar Hugh Alan Hygelund, 229324, Jonathan Webster John Christian Hygelund, 229322, Jonathan Webster Hans Lucas Hygelund, 229323, Jonathan Webster Zachary Sean Hylton, 229133, John Mullins Dale Archer Mackall, 229560, Benjamin Mackall Robert E. Maples, 229131, Josiah Maples Timothy Brennan Noone, 229556, William Kinnick Jonathan Kristian Noone, 229557, William Kinnick Peter Martin Pardini, 229377, Nehemiah Letts Thomas Reid Rentz, 229383, Charles Forsie Christopher Allen Roth, 229701, Daniel Dillon Edward Guenther Scheibler, 229562, Israel Harris Christopher Critchfield Slocum, 229385, William Kern Kelly Stuart Stone, 229132, Jacob Weese/Wees/Wease Sr. Blaine Benigno Sutliff, 229380, Gad Sutliff Scott Douglas Sutliff, 229381, Gad Sutliff Blaine Joseph Sutliff Jr., 229379, Gad Sutliff Allen David Sypherd, 229056, William Bugg Robert Fred Sypherd, 229055, William Bugg Joshua Cole Thorndike, 229378, Benjamin Stites Jeffrey Price Trower, 229700, Solomon Trower Frederick Vail, 229698, Isaac Vail Gary Lee Vetter, 229803, James Huntsman Jackie La Verle Vetter, 229804, James Huntsman Colorado (2) Sam Baldwin, 229697, Jonathan Strickland Loyd Henry Shindelbower, 229054, George Shindelbower Connecticut (7) James R. Lewellyn, 229058, Joseph Dow George Lowther V, 229057, Bartholomew French Matthew Alan Morrill, 229705, Samuel Morrill Thomas Joseph Soudier, 229326, Timothy Ray G. Michael Taraskewich Sr., 229706, Ripley Copeland Alexander Lee Taylor, 229445, Benoni Burrill John Leslie Williams II, 229805, Joseph Cilley District of Columbia (1) Kendall Evan Peterson, 229275, Thomas Vail Florida (79) Connor J. Abrams, 229062, Gerret G. Van Hoesen

Robert Louis Allen, 229712, Stephen Redden Christopher Robert Allen, 229713, Stephen Redden Robin Christian Anthony, 229573, Joseph Anthony Jr. Ira Ray Armsbury, 229714, John Armsbury John Stuart Bauman, 229815, Nathaniel Marden John T. Bladel, 229060, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Ryan J. Bladel, 229064, Gerret G. Van Hoesen James B. Bladel, 229063, Gerret G. Van Hoesen John F. Bladel, 229061, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Abraham Mathews Blocker, 229135, Robert McCready Louis Alan Bonnell, 229071, Thomas Posey H.S. Jack Bovee, 229570, Robert Parker Sr. Braiden Karl Bradford, 229203, Jabez Wilder Mark Edward Bradford, 229202, Jabez Wilder Jason Theodore Brass, 229574, Seth Huddleston Cameron Daniel Burks, 229456, Nehemiah Doane Charles Daniel Burks, 229455, Nehemiah Doane David Eng Byer, 229644, John Hudson Sr. Richard Scott Calvert, 229572, John Frierson Luke Rennick Cardinal, 229450, Thomas Parsons Lane Alexander Cardinal, 229449, Thomas Parsons Mark Carlos Christopher, 229070, David Baird Jack Randall Cook, 229816, Jeremiah Cady David Aaron Cooke, 229817, Jeremiah Cady Andrew Walter Dennis, 229813, Jean Francois Allain Sr. James M. Dorman, 229453, David Trumbull/Trimble Mark R. Dorman, 229454, David Trumbull/Trimble Ryan Montgomery Elder, 229563, Guy Elder Nicholas James Fehervari, 229569, Jeremiah Lord Alexander Kristof Fehervari, 229568, Jeremiah Lord Richard J. Garon, Ph.D., 229065, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Timothy M. Garon, 229066, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Evan Willard Gibbens, 229564, Jacob Gibbons Peter Michael Golding, 229448, Benjamin Moulton Alden L. Graves, 229210, Ezekiel Whaley Nile Leland Harter, 229074, Samson Eagon Christopher Lord Hermann III, 229566, Jeremiah Lord Christopher Lord Hermann II, 229565, Jeremiah Lord William Davis Hermann, 229567, Jeremiah Lord James Burrell Hewette III, 229571, Jonas Spangler David Paul Holder, 229710, Daniel Holder John Daniel Holder, 229711, Daniel Holder Daniel Paul Holder IV, 229709, Daniel Holder

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Gregory Paul Holder, Col. USAF (Ret.), 229708, Daniel Holder Chase Jefferson Johnson, 229647, William Turnage Charles Reed Johnson, 229646, William Turnage Frank Francis Kenney, 229502, John Glascock Mark Allen Kenney, 229504, John Glascock Seth David Kenney, 229503, John Glascock Robert Lew Allen Lossius, 229075, Elisha Pratt John Albert Lowe III, 229505, John Glascock Elijah Travis Maddox, 229139, Abraham Etter Grant Frederick Meier, 229648, William Turnage Matthew William Meier, 229649, William Turnage Paul R. Moore, 229138, William Ward William Lee Moore, 229508, Nehemiah Davis William S. Morgan V, 229205, John Cox Philip Wayne Murphey, 229206, Andrew Franks John Edwin Nichols, 229507, Peter Wiles Geoffrey Hilton Leon Pittman, 229327, Samuel McGehee Harold Fredrick Roberts, 229645, William Turnage Matthew Krist Rosales, 229818, Francis Wyman Jerry Glenn Rose, 229069, George Alcorn Ethan Aaron Russell, 229136, William Fleming William Jason Sanford, 229207, John Pierce Jordan Jay Sanford, 229209, John Pierce Matthew Joshua Sanford, 229208, John Pierce Matthew David Scott, 229814, Elias Palmer Ryan Michael Swinford, 229451, William Suttles Houston James Swinford, 229452, William Suttles Richard Lee Vance, 229204, Samuel Vance Keith Alan White, 229819, Stephen White Otto G. Williams, 229067, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Cooper G. Williams, 229068, Gerret G. Van Hoesen Konnor Wayne Williams, 229073, William Lawson Kenneth Gerald Williams II, 229072, William Lawson James Allen Williford II, 229137, David Lee Zachary Detric Zumwalt, 229506, John Godfrey France (8) Leopold de Buretel de Chassey, 229076, Jean Bruno Assier de Montrose Leopold de Buretel de Chassey, 229364, Jean Bruno Assier de Montrose Gilles Guillotin de Corson, 229365, Jean Bruno Guillotin Alain Guillotin de Corson, 229078, Jean Marie Damien Guillotin Thierry de la Barre de Nanteuil, 229077, Guillaume Jacques de Liberge de Granchain

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Clinton Michael Perrot-Schwartz, 229079, Jonathan Reed Esteban Noblet Ragonit, 229366, Jean Ragonit Emmanuel Rougier, 229363, Jean Bruno Assier de Montrose Georgia (45) Oren Calvin Barclay, 229211, Hugh Barclay Albert Emery Bishop, 229081, Samuel Perry Michael Francis Blair, 229276, James Redfield Stephen Anthony Bulwinkle, 229278, Wilson Glover Charles Adams Calhoun III, 229084, Joseph Pennock Joshua Barry Childers, 229576, Job Sosebee Matthew Alexander Cohen, 229277, John Jacob Pirkle Bruce Dean Craig, 229328, Jacob Bailey Sr. Daniel Stephen Czarniak, 229082, Jeremiah Frazier Gary Lee Fleck, 229584, Joseph Moore Michael Damian Gardner, 229717, Henry Holliday Rhys Carlisle Gardner, 229718, Henry Holliday George Gilson, 229582, Nathaniel Gilson Steve Lansing Glenn, 229367, James Screven Clifford Alton Howard, 229212, Edward Mobley Samuel Hamilton Jaeger, 229716, Benjamin Parker Thomas Anderson Jenkins, 229820, Christopher Cramer/Kramer Julius Dallas Johnson, 229213, Andrew Hughes Randall Sam Jones, 229575, Thomas Townsend Ronnie Lambert, 229282, Zoeth Spooner Terry Lee Lambert, 229083, Zoeth Spooner Thomas Edward Lewis, 229872, John Tyson Richard Edgar Lewis, 229871, John Tyson Cortland Rice Lowe Jr., 229585, Sarah Booth Overstreet Andrew Nanninga, 229330, Jonathan Spencer Hunter William Newton, 229085, Joshua Wade Edward C. O’Brien Jr., 229580, Moses Dodd Ronald D. Patton, 229080, Jacob Brubeck Peter Ray J. Paulsen, 229457, William Trego John William Phillips Jr., 229214, Jacob Braselton Stanley Edward Quinn, 229763, Moses Liddell Lewis David Ray Jr., 229329, Joseph Harvey Alec Benjamin Ray, 229279, Joseph Harvey William Wayne Sanders, 229583, William Fears John Earl Senn, 229655, Joel Perkerson James Frank Skelton, 229581, Robert Skelton David Layne Smith, 229578, George Uptian/Upton John Christopher Stunda, 229280, West Harris Jr. Ethan Brooks Tankersley, 229333, John Tankersley Reggie Earl Vallotton, 229577, David Moses Vallotton Joshua Steven White, 229332, John White Steven Douglas White, 229331, John White

Everett Womack, 229715, Nathaniel Austin Jr. Norman Ernest Wood IV, 229281, Matthew Singleton Mark William York, 229579, William Garrard Germany (1) Vincent A. Gilkey, 229215, James Gilkey Illinois (23) Aaron Abraham Barlow, 229588, William Makepeace Sr. Scott Alan Bernholdt, 229393, James Perley Gerald B. Booz, 229458, Aaron Matthews Louis Lantz Brewer, 229596, Nathaniel Brewer Jeffrey Robert Clements, 229395, Roger Clements Michael Anthony Geier, 229821, Luther Colvin Dustin Ashley Geier, 229141, Luther Colvin Charles Arthur Gray Jr., 229594, Thomas Wyman Robert LeRoy Harshbarger, 229589, Samuel Strain Kevin Dale Keller, 229216, John Mitchell Dennis Wayne Kern, 229274, Nicholas Gibbs Philip Lauf, 229394, Abraham Savage Calvin Keli Lunny, 229822, Jacobus Van Etten Thomas Mathew Miller, 229593, Elias Hasbrouck Anthony Kirk Norman, 229587, Peter Lobach Alexander Maurice O’Brien, 229719, William Wilson Sr. Randy Joe Rhodes, 229590, Thomas Sawyer Joshua Adam Rhodes, 229591, Thomas Sawyer Joseph Andrews Rhodes, 229592, Thomas Sawyer Steven Glenn Shipley, 229586, Solomon Tuttle Timothy Virgil Taylor, 229142, John George Henry Truitt V, 229595, Zeally Morse/Moss Hadley Peter Welsch, 229140, Aaron Freeman Indiana (18) Dale Eugene Beamon, 229334, Jean Louis de Noyan Ronald Dean Beesley, 229086, John Doyle John Edward Blazier, 229511, Abraham Reese Erik Christopher Chelius, 229825, Ephraim Towne/Town Thomas Howard Grindstaff, 229823, Richard Kinney Nathan Richard Halberstadt, 229826, James Trusler William Barr Johnson, 229510, Henry Hurst Garrett Ray Kern, 229338, John Dougherty Sr. Timothy Jackson Little, 229283, Andrew Little Jason Allen Myers, 229459, Joseph Fox D. Stephen Parker, 229336, Stephen Ashby John Benjamin Porter, 229087, Jacob Lewis Robert Alan Scott, 229509, Joseph Noyes David F. Shafer, 229335, George Sinclair/St. Clair Tim A. Speedy, 229824, Abel Triplett Richard Barkman Trask, 229337, Samuel Fletcher

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Jack William Vink, 229512, Asa Pattee Matthew Lyle Weeks, 229284, Nathaniel Hazen Iowa (10) Craig Edwin Harwood, 229285, Zachariah Harwood James Byron Kullbom, 229656, William Dusenbury Nicholas Scott Martin, 229720, William Lamme Sr. Steven Earl Reid, 229339, Zadoc Clark Russell Morgan Roby, 229319, Philip Roush/Rouse Glenn Matthew Schlesser Jr., 229597, John Bovard Kenneth D. Smith, 229513, William Darling Justin Rocky Vitiritto, 229219, William Randall Rocky Pete Vitiritto, 229217, William Randall Jason Lee Vitiritto, 229218, William Randall Kansas (18) Matthew Stephen Campbell, 229143, Moses Campbell John B. Cobb, 229088, John Connelly Todd Douglas Fleischer, 229598, James Dawson Brett Leslie Giese, 229828, Jeruel West Brit McKenna Giese, 229829, Jeruel West Sean Matthew Wright Hammell, 229222, William Ferguson Mark Joseph Hammell, 229221, William Ferguson Clayton Wright Hammell, 229220, William Ferguson Jacob Nathan Heffner, 229223, William Ferguson Zachary Matthew Heffner, 229224, William Ferguson Benjamin Michael Heffner, 229225, William Ferguson David James Lynch, 229599, John Maull Hudson James McMillan, 229089, Adam Calhoun Scott Terry Lee Smith, 229514, Robert Warren Luke Alexander Stanford, 229830, Ellis Adkisson Donald Ray Unruh, 229827, Benjamin Beeson Jeffrey Alan Wheat, 229091, Stephen Dustin Jack Connor Wojtalewicz, 229090, David Stockton Kentucky (18) Blaine Benjamin Adams, 229228, Joseph Hatfield Kevin Dale Bratcher, 229362, Henry Bale Lonnie Wayne Brooks, 229227, Paul Ferguson David Earl Fleenor, 229286, John Jesse Timothy Eugene Fletcher, 229515, Henry Sanders Roger Dean Ford, 229396, Nathaniel/Nathan Preston Steven Paul Gillespie, 229721, George Monroe

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Sean Lawrence Gillespie, 229758, George Monroe Michael Steven Gillespie, 229722, George Monroe Christopher Paul Gillespie, 229723, George Monroe Scott Allan Hazelrigg, 229604, Simon Bridwell Jacob Ryan Hazelrigg, 229603, Simon Bridwell Joshua Tyler Hazelrigg, 229602, Simon Bridwell Allen Neal Hazelrigg, 229601, Simon Bridwell Tracy Eugene Lucas, 229600, Francis Hackley Patrick John McClure, 229226, Adam Kalbach William David Sarpas, 229764, Wheeler Haile/Hale Timothy Edward Taylor, 229397, Archelous/Achilles Craft Louisiana (15) Scott James Acosta, 229229, Jean Baptiste Champagne Joseph Scott Cantrell, 229831, Thomas Cantrell Jackson Elliott Cantrell, 229832, Thomas Cantrell Gregory Patrick Gonzales II, 229230, Jose Gonzales Cabo Stephen Matthew Gonzales, 229231, Jose Gonzales Cabo Abner M. Hammond Jr., 229144, Raleigh Hammond Walter Wynne Lawrence, 229517, Daniel Lawrence Michael Joseph Terrance LeJeune, 229092, Blaise LeJeune Dylan Michell Perkins, 229047, James Perkins William Perkins, 229045, James Perkins Mitchell Francis Perkins, 229046, James Perkins Wyatt Logan Perkins, 229048, James Perkins Michael Anthony Schiro, 229516, Francois Joseph Pascalis De La Barre Thomas Ray Spruill, 229460, James Bates Sr. Scott Cameron Webb, 229398, Antonio Gil Ybarbo Maine (4) Peter Billow Evans, 229605, John Wunderlich Sr. John Bishop Wahlig III, 229399, Joel Bishop Wade Francis Wahlig, 229400, Joel Bishop Patrick Michael Wahlig, 229401, Joel Bishop Maryland (16) Gary David Anderson, 229606, Henry Woody Amir Samson Bahreini, 229520, Henry Pendleton Ryan Mitchell Belcher, 229233, Jared Botsford Edward Mitchell Belcher Jr., 229234, Jared Botsford Thomas Roy Biery, 229724, Johann/John Henrich/Henry Jungst/Yingst Dennis Lee Donegan, 229726, George Maus Donald G. Formby, 229725, Nathan Formby

Christopher Thomas Kohl, 229232, Solomon Dodge Jerry Michael Lafferty, 229404, Elizabeth Austin Arron Ashley Loudin, 229403, John Cartwright Colin Patrick McCarty, 229833, William Allender Timothy David Parrack, 229093, John Hartman Gregory Thomas Peters, 229518, Nicholas Schmall/Schmehl Christopher Michael Peters, 229519, Nicholas Schmall/Schmehl Kenneth Wayne Pridemore, 229402, Jonathan Pridmore Christopher George Shaffer, 229657, Otho Holland Massachusetts (18) Luke Giovanni Celi, 229523, Daniel Dickinson John Samuel Celi, 229522, Daniel Dickinson Thomas Brent Childs, 229094, Exekiah/Hezekiah Childs/Chiles Gavin Charles Cottrell, 229607, Samuel Blake Joshua Collinson Dorval, 229529, Timothy Stetson Douglas John Ellis, 229834, John Hall Francis Gilbert Gleason Jr., 229524, Gideon Tower Elias John Gleason, 229525, Gideon Tower David Julian Andrew Grim, 229659, Asa Story Mark Robert Ide, 229765, Nehemiah Ide Ronald Peter Monroe, 229521, Amos Phelps Robert James Murrin, 229096, John Quimby James Philip Murrin, 229095, John Quimby Timothy Richard Murrin, 229097, John Quimby Fred William Rodenhiser, 229658, David Parsons Taylor MacKenzie Wasson, 229528, Benjamin De La Vergna Myles Fletcher Wasson, 229527, Benjamin De La Vergna Hugh Jack Wasson, 229526, Benjamin De La Vergna Michigan (16) Alexander Domit Agbay III, 229237, George Dashiell Joseph Paul Braun, 229147, Daniel Bray Eric Cole Braun, 229146, Daniel Bray Dale Joseph Chapman, 229660, Frederick Sowers David Lloyd Dare, 229236, Christian Wenner Shane Michael Drury, 229148, Alexander Waddell Joel Freamon Gugnitz, 229149, Warren Walker Jr. Wayne Allen Harrington Jr., 229238, Ahab Harrington Edward Neal Howell, 229767, Thomas Duckett

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Alfred Eugene Hubbard, 229235, Samuel Hubbard Jacob Gilberto Islas, 229766, Amos Green Jerome Carl McGraw, 229239, Jeremiah Culver James John Pabst, 229608, John Sevier Jeffrey Clark Pardee, 229405, John Pardee Samuel Stanley Porter, 229145, Jonathan Hill Dennis Jeffrey Schlemmer, 229461, Eleazer Whipple Minnesota (12) Christopher Wakefield Allen, 229609, Hezekiah Allen Arnold DeWeerd Jr., 229769, Moses Taylor Keith Lowell Gillette, 229771, Rufus Gillette Ryan Lowell Gillette, 229772, Rufus Gillette Steven Robert Gillette, 229773, Rufus Gillette William Lowell Gillette, 229774, Rufus Gillette Joseph Samuel Kalla, 229662, Joseph Nash Roger Kent Martin, 229462, William Martin Matthew Cary Minnis, 229770, Daniel Harker James Howard Pensyl, 229727, Henry Pensel Edwin Grinnell Rice, 229610, Roger Sterry Joel D. Van Nurden, 229768, Jacob Brower Mississippi (7) Michael Perry Schenk III, 229412, John Putnam Charles Porter Schenk, 229411, John Putnam Michael Perry Schenk Jr., 229409, John Putnam Benjamin Kearney Schenk, 229408, John Putnam Matthew Webster Schenk, 229407, John Putnam John Benjamin Schenk, 229406, John Putnam Thomas Garrett Schenk, 229410, John Putnam Missouri (14) Steven Wayne Adams, 229240, Joseph Frakes Tristan Lee Dale Adkins, 229152, John Goode Joshua Lee Adkins, 229151, John Goode Donald E. Cook, 229242, Absalom Haworth Raymond Dale Creason, 229775, Moses Renfrew Jimmie Ray Dace, 229287, Samuel Willett Timothy Christian Nielsen, 229463, Theophilus Wilson John Albert Sickmeier, 229150, Zebediah Barker Collin Wiley Thomas, 229776, George Thornton Andrew Joseph Toeniskoetter, 229341, Benjamin Harrison Michael Philip Toeniskoetter, 229340, Benjamin Harrison James Dale Tucker, 229413, Nathaniel Tucker Burley Weldon Turner, 229368, Henry Burton Dean Allen Van Schoiack, 229241, Elias Veatch Montana (3) Terry Lynn Atwood, 229728, Hezekiah Atwood Dean Thomas Fiedler, 229153, Gabriel Cornish

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Michael Gregory Naylor, 229464, Shubael Wilmarth Nebraska (11) Brian Lee Austin, 229664, Jacob Walker Gary Lee Austin, 229663, Jacob Walker Brody Lee Austin, 229665, Jacob Walker Thomas O’Connor Creigh, 229099, John Creigh James Cue Creigh, 229100, John Creigh James Carey Creigh, 229098, John Creigh Levi Douglas Heithold, 229612, Josiah Gardner Matthew Alan Maxon, 229611, Josiah Gardner Austyn Richard Ruoff, 229343, Isaac Sadler William Baker Ruoff, 229342, Isaac Sadler Sean David Whitler, 229530, George Davidson Nevada (3) Glenn Robert Bracegirdle, 229777, Casper Markell Francis Cedric Monastero, Ph.D., 229243, George Friederick Beitenman/Baiteman Courtney Daniel Smith, 229835, Anthony Bowsher New Hampshire (2) Daniel Michael Barden, 229244, Oliver Thurston Gregory Dean Lusted, 229531, Samuel Sutliff Sr. New Jersey (24) Ellis Holt Bailey, 229288, Richard Bailey Scott Steven Bauman, 229289, Isaac Bauman Brian O. Brennan, 229415, Nicholas Rightor Gregory Allen Crisp, 229292, Nipper Adams Sr. Noah J. Gibbs, 229778, Jonathan Eddy Iain Darrell James, 229667, John Bodine Charles H. Manley, 229666, Stephen Brownell Paul W. Marcontell, 229782, Francois Nicolas Marcantel Maximus Krikorian Marrin, 229670, James Wilson Cooper Sarkis Krikorian Marrin, 229669, James Wilson Cooper Richard Burke Marrin Jr., 229668, James Wilson Cooper David Owen Middlebrook, 229291, Ephriam Middlebrook Russell David Moore, 229102, Samuel Moore Jonathan David Pease, 229465, Ambrose Strong Stephen L. Pease, 229466, Ambrose Strong Kenneth Richard Schulte, 229781, Conrad Fox/Fuchs Jackson Robert Schulte, 229780, Conrad Fox/Fuchs Robert Nelson Schulte, 229779, Conrad Fox/Fuchs Henry Andrew Spencer, 229672, James Wilson Cooper William Cooper Spencer, 229671, James Wilson Cooper William Peter Terry, 229290, Jonathan Terry

Kenneth Arlie Tyler, 229836, Joseph Thomas William Michael Wallace, 229101, Zephaniah Steelman Ryan C. Wares, 229414, John Botsford New Mexico (1) Coty D’Wayne Wheeler, 229103, John Medearis New York (29) Eric E. Anderson, 229201, William Mardis Robert Papworth Best, 229761, Abraham Poor John Joseph Bishop, 229446, Malachi Loveland Seth Vincent Casey, 229059, Elias Hasbrouck Evan Bernard Cummings, 229650, Henry Knerr Miles Hayden Demarest, 229198, John Newkirk Henry Alexander Demarest, 229197, John Newkirk Russell Seversen Demarest III, 229196, John Newkirk Peter F. Di Silvio, 229651, Abel Medbury Dutch Van Rees Eldridge, 229195, Jotham Wright Richard Paul English, 229653, Benjamin Kent Christopher K. Glynn, 229200, William Williams Thomas D. Haddock, 229809, John Hilton Scott T. Haddock, 229810, John Hilton Christopher J. Haddock, 229811, John Hilton Steven W. Haddock, 229812, John Hilton Daniel C. Henderson, 229707, Daniel Hill Phurriott Edward Henry, 229654, Reuben Bramlette Ronald F. LaPorte, 229447, Abraham/Abram Harrington Liam Patrick McGuire, 229807, Joseph Richardson Andrew James Naklick, 229806, Stephen Hicks Jason W. Short, 229193, Jeremiah Wood Jr. Donald D. Short, 229194, Jeremiah Wood Jr. Michael J. Smith, 229134, Henry Eckler Christopher Grant Stone, 229652, Oliver Atherton Carl James Thurnau, 229762, Thomas Little Michael L. Wash, 229808, Jacob Souder/Sowder John Charles Williams, 229199, Jedediah Stephens/Stevens Christopher John Winters, 229192, David Youngs North Carolina (58) Alexander Noe Amezquita, 229417, Martin Maney Mark Grey Bostic, 229297, David Quinn David Andrew Boyce, 229675, Philip Wolfe Robert Wayne Brinson Jr., 229845, Michael Hyman Robert Wayne Brinson, 229844, Michael Hyman Gregory Sebastian Brinson, 229847, Michael Hyman

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Robert Wayne Brinson III, 229846, Michael Hyman William Harrison Edwards, 229838, Daniel Schoonmaker Lynn Watson Evans II, 229614, Benjamin May James Lanier Evans, 229616, Benjamin May Robert Harriss Evans, 229615, Benjamin May Donyphn Ryan Foster, 229468, Moses Woodruff John Hutchenson Garrett, 229673, John Bryant Jeffrey Andre Hall Sr., 229416, Absolom Hooper Allan E. Hesters, 229786, Levi Harrod Michael Franklin Hill, 229467, John Cox Steven Jake Hill, 229784, Joseph Register Kaleb Gregory Hill, 229296, Theophilus Coleman Herbert Charles Kaler, 229470, Peleg Hopkins Paul Devin Klein, 229617, William Fletcher David Einar Klein, 229619, William Fletcher Max William Klein, 229618, William Fletcher Frank Coble Leonard Jr., 229783, Valentine Leonard David Clifford Lyle, 229620, Nathan Gann James Andrew Neill, 229419, W. Samuel Farley Michael Anthony Payson, 229842, Ephriam Payson Jr. Nicholas Daniel Payson, 229841, Ephriam Payson Jr. Dominic Anthony Payson, 229840, Ephriam Payson Jr. Russell Ogburn Pratt Jr., 229839, John Douthet Sr. David Patrick Richardson, 229475, John Roper Matthew Jeremy Robbins, 229157, Martin Martin Daniel Alan Robbins, 229158, Martin Martin Richard Robert Russo, 229843, Samuel Noyes Eugene Cashion Rygg Sr., 229729, William Fletcher Eugene Cashion Rygg Jr., 229730, William Fletcher James Travis Rygg, 229731, William Fletcher Caleb Wallace Rygg, 229733, William Fletcher James Thomas Rygg, 229732, William Fletcher John Lynn Schwartz, 229156, William Fairfax Kenneth Austin Scott, 229474, Charles Scott Matthew Alfred Scott, 229472, Charles Scott Collin Alexander Semrad, 229476, Jabez Condit David Joseph Semrad, 229477, Jabez Condit Jack Lynn Sides, 229787, Jacob Wells Steven Chad Smith, 229154, James Shipman Steven Hunter Smith, 229155, James Shipman K. Carver Spangle, 229469, David Flory Jack Logan Spiceland, 229473, Michael Watson Bryan David Stanton, 229471, James McBride Ritchie Lee Stiller, 229674, John Barringer Louis Frank Trainer, 229418, Thomas Cutler John Steven Tyson, 229478, James Outlaw

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Lawrence David Pacifico Vellani, 229295, Moses Maynard Kylan Lane Walters, 229837, John Lane Robert Lee Wilgus, 229613, Robert Willgus/Willgoos John Edward Wirges, 229785, Thomas Cromwell Robert Burks Wood III, 229293, Samuel Oxford Robert Burks Wood IV, 229294, Samuel Oxford Ohio (21) Timothy Harold Barr, 229161, Peter Coe Bryan David Collins, 229347, David Kilgore Daniel David Cufr, 229348, Ephraim Skiles Jr. John Peter Ducro IV, 229533, Jonathan Warner Paul J. George II, 229247, James Tapscott Patrick Aaron Harris, 229246, Joseph Mackey Douglas Anthony Holly, 229162, Charles King Barry Dean McCarty, 229245, Lawson Beall Vincent John McGeehan, 229848, Benoni Dawson Noah Steven Miller, 229535, Alexander Bushnell Matthew Stephen Moskowitz, 229345, Jean Dube Timothy Allan Oberschlake, 229849, Benjamin Gardner Jr. Edward Ernest Ogden, 229788, John Ogden William James Price, 229159, David Belknap James LeRoy Record, 229532, John Wall Steven Kelsey Reynolds Jr., 229344, John Flanagan Scott Gregory Sacay, 229534, Joseph Henry Ronald Theodore Sampson, 229160, William McDonald Keith Douglas Tong, 229346, William Tong/Tongue James Barry Washington, 229479, Charles Washington Daniel James Washington, 229480, Charles Washington Oklahoma (14) Kevin Clinton Artherholt, 229300, Frederick William Aderhold Kamdon Tré Hardin Artherholt-Davis, 229299, Frederick William Aderhold Owen Louis Broyles, 229250, Daniel Bagwell Shawn Christian Broyles, 229251, Daniel Bagwell Aaron Bradley Crow, 229734, Simeon Fuller Barrett Taylor Diel, 229298, William Camp Creed Nathanael Hite, 229249, William Hite Gregory Dean Hite, 229248, William Hite Jeremy Thomas Reber, 229301, Valentine Reber Jeremiah Truett Ross, 229166, William Neely Joseph Parker Ross, 229164, William Neely Paul Morgan Ross, 229165, William Neely Jerry Paul Ross, 229163, William Neely Stephen Albert Blakely Smith, 229104, Frederick William Aderhold

Oregon (14) Jesse M. Alsup, 229420, Zebulon Whipple Alexander Douglas Baxter, 229421, Daniel Robertson James Morgan Bixler, 229422, James Morgan Thomas Russell Gillpatrick, 229481, Benjamin Thurston James A. James Jr,, 229106, Daniel Nims David Paul Marvin, 229108, Bazil Prather Daniel Charles Marvin, 229107, Bazil Prather Bran-Michael Spencer Patton Mclan, 229537, Reuben Vaughan Michael Bruce Mclan, 229536, Reuben Vaughan Edward Burnham Meece, 229105, John Holbert/Hulburt Samuel Leon Ordonez, 229483, Daniel Adams Gabriel Francis Ordonez, 229484, Daniel Adams Roger Allen Porter, 229621, William Porter Duncan Carl Potts, 229482, John Vivian Pennsylvania (37) Craig William Bartholomew, 229114, John Henry Butz Eric L. Bowman, 229622, Jacob Miller William A. Etsweiler, 229538, Dewalt Novinger Hal Morton Gobin, 229623, Charles Gobin Robert Joseph Hallman, 229115, John Rahn/Rawn Michael Patrick Hallman, 229117, John Rahn/Rawn Robert Joseph Hallman Jr., 229116, John Rahn/Rawn Brady Clark Huckel, 229541, Wilhelm/William Huckel/Huckle/Hockel Casey Thomas Huckel, 229540, Wilhelm/William Huckel/Huckle/Hockel Mark John Huckel, 229539, Wilhelm/William Huckel/Huckle/Hockel Stephen Carlton Laubach, 229303, Daniel McHenry Matthew Barry Lauver, 229305, Zachariah Rice Grayson McKelvey Leming, 229167, John Fowler Hunter James Leming, 229168, John Fowler Brian Kent Long, 229851, John Barndt/Barnhart Steven Pearson Messner, 229677, Nathan Livezey/Liverey Larry William Miller Jr., 229112, Zachariah Shoe Ray Albert Morganti, M.D., 229676, Peter Dreher Casey W. Morton Jr., 229113, John Gerhart Michael K. O’Brien, 229111, Thomas Wright Gregory T. O’Brien, 229109, Thomas Wright Jonathon T. O’Brien, 229110, Thomas Wright Terry O’Connor, 229853, Marcus Shee Jackson Scott Patton, 229351, Matthew Patton Jeffery S. Patton, 229350, Matthew Patton

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Donald Garner Patton, 229349, Matthew Patton Stephen Peters, 229304, Jacob Stambach Ronald C. Rife, 229852, Andrew Hoerner Donald Dean Saxton Jr., 229252, Matthew McConnell Sr. Scott Michael Simon, 229735, Thomas Pugh Jonathan Louden Taylor, 229306, Robert Creighton Trevor Jon Taylor, 229307, Robert Creighton Robert Louis Vigue Jr., 229253, William Peach Charles L. Wehr, 229854, Lorenz Wehr Eric Franz Weir, 229855, Peter Saurman George P. Wolfe, 229302, Samuel Scripture Jr. Robert Eugene Young, 229850, George Sprinkle Rhode Island (4) Theodore Henry Aschman II, 229424, Samuel Holden Parsons Charles Mencke, 229118, John Crumlow Daniel Paul Smith, 229856, Christopher Crouch Sr. Joseph Norman Waller Jr., 229423, John Maull South Carolina (27) Michael Edwin Bedenbaugh, 229308, Henry Dominick Sr. Benjamin Lee Bird III, 229430, Benjamin Ogle Alexander Lee Bird, 229431, Benjamin Ogle Eldon Kenneth Brownfield, 229624, Moses Mann Robert Evan Carl, 229309, Richard Price Frederick Ray Cota, 229741, Gilbert Ray Robert Benjamin Fong Jr., 229486, John Snoddy Derek Fronabarger, 229352, John Fronabarger Sabastien Louis Fronabarger, 229353, John Fronabarger Ryan Michael Henrickson, 229119, William Teague Robert Arthur Kittrell III, 229311, John Haltiwanger Anderson Lowry McNees, 229737, Zephaniah Bryan Jamison Lee McNees, 229736, Zephaniah Bryan Robinson McMullen McNees, 229738, Zephaniah Bryan Charles Cothran Morgan III, 229312, John Barnes Jason Thomas Myers, 229485, Jesse Staton John Randolph Riddle, 229740, Chisholm Holland Griffith Robert Corwin Rolf, 229310, Jesse Corwin Thomas Allen Shumpert, 229427, Phillip Strickland Eric Ward Shumpert, 229426, Phillip Strickland Maxie Donald Shumpert, 229425, Phillip Strickland Joshua Thomas Shumpert, 229428, Phillip Strickland Walter Columbus Smith III, 229678, Thomas Heath Walter Harvey Spencer, 229789, Charles Collie/Colley

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Harold Cushman Ward, 229739, Evan Shelby Douglas Herring Westbrook Jr., 229429, Samuel Irwin Carl James Widell, 229625, Cornelius Dubois

Christian Michael Durham, 229256, George Hovis Delfino Patrick Hernandez, 229793, John Buck Matthew Douglas Horine, 229360, John Rucker Sr. Tennessee (27) Harvey W. Hubbard, 229175, David Duncklee Richard Gray Bassette, 229865, Nicholas Shrum Lawrence A. Kollie, 229361, Joseph Bierce/Bearse Billy Joe Burnette, 229742, Jacob Lowdermilk Robert M. Kruger, 229489, Elisha Corbin Andrew John Bussard, 229862, David Motley Lee Martin Lurie, 229798, Moses Nichols Michael John Bussard, 229861, David Motley Walter Scott Manning III, 229866, Ryan Kevin Conley, 229860, Phineas Sargent John Manning Edward Alan Crawford, 229863, Jason Maxwell Mauldin, 229260, John Harper William Crawford Myles Maurice Mauldin, 229262, John Harper James Jack Denton, 229169, William Brimer Maxwell Maurice Mauldin, 229261, George William Dodd, 229432, John Harper Daniel Parkman Mark Metcalf Miller, 229488, Daniel Babcock Christopher William Dodd, 229433, Thad Steven Miner, 229745, Zachery Cole Daniel Parkman Marco Roman Nichols, 229797, Moses Nichols Lloyd J. Donnelly, 229858, John Wood Martin Tomas Nichols, 229796, Moses Nichols John Coy Isbell, 229171, William Isbell Daniel Lee Nichols, 229795, Moses Nichols Jayson Kyle Jones, 229857, Curtis Larry Oliver, 229790, John Adam Wuertemberger Jr. Thomas Springfield Jeffrey Glen Jones, 229354, John Crowder Durwood Barber Ray, 229490, Daniel Harmon James Wesley Langley, 229254, Charles Cook Richter Jr., 229547, David Harris Nicholas Gentry Jacob Lenon Sailors, 229176, Matthew Brown Titus A. Lucius, 229172, Edward Moody Randle Bingham Seymour, 229436, William Howard Lyons, 229356, Elijah Bingham William Cocke/Cox Leon George Shaffer, 229870, John Foster John Gregory Martin, 229859, Peter Gruber Mark Standley, 229549, Edward Boone Harold Alkire Mitchell Jr., 229355, John Primm Ronald Lee Stevens, 229744, Nicholas Cassell Walker Edward Morris Jr., 229864, Charles David Towery, 229174, Henry Buford Robert Goodloe Henry Andrew Trochesset, 229177, Clark Allen Rose II, 229313, Andrew Goff Nicholas Carceaux George Frederick Schwarz, 229679, Michael J. Tull, 229359, Solomon Stansbury Jonathan Latimer Sr. Courtlandt Brush Van Sickler, 229548, Michael Dudley Slaybaugh, 229544, John Carter Henry Slaybaugh Robert Donvin Vernon Jr., 229694, Green Rives Brogan Cruz Slaybaugh, 229545, Donvin Lowell Vernon, 229695, Green Rives Henry Slaybaugh Todd Matthew Wilber, 229743, John Mory Ronald Jeffrey Taylor, 229170, John Cochran Walter Joe Wilhoit, 229358, Solomon Wilhoit Isaak Vitale Viola, 229543, Joseph Loomer Sr. Kenneth Dale Williams, 229435, Frank Victor Viola, 229542, Joseph Loomer Sr. Thomas Rankin Wesley Kent Wood, 229487, Robert Craig Donald Edward Wilson, 229434, James Douglas Texas (48) Jack Donald Abbott II, 229792, Joel Crane Joshua Isaac Barry, 229794, Henry Hurst Daniel Simmons Bee, 229747, Samuel Fitz Randolph/Fitzrandolph Scott House Billingsley, 229173, Samuel Billingsley Wyatt Alexander Clerkley, 229258, Silas Bates Curtis Wilford Clerkley III, 229257, Silas Bates Brandon James Clerkley, 229259, Silas Bates Rayford Ewing Copelin Jr., 229680, James Cameron Cameron Alan Copelin, 229681, James Cameron Raymond Mozart Courtemanche, 229357, Josiah Chaffee Samuel Rudolf Dagley, 229746, John Kimbrough Nicolas DeVincentis, 229791, Jerome Lincoln Daniel Wayne Dittrich, 229546, Daniel Taylor Stuart James Durham, 229255, George Hovis

Utah (9) Christopher Duvall Bell, 229178, Jeremiah Duval James Franklin Bratt, 229626, Thomas Tindall Henry George Faulkner Jr., 229682, Joseph Albright Edwin Lawrence Frederick III, 229799, Judah Ferry Keith Anthony Johnson, 229867, Aaron Depue Connor William Nielsen, 229748, Thomas Stickney Monte James Palmer, 229263, Enos Ferrin Robert Francis Scacco, 229868, John Cooper Joseph M. Smith, 229749, Samuel Smith Sr. Vermont (2) Andrew David Gradziel, 229750, William Slade J. Thayer Raines, 229437, Edward Thayer

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Virginia (36) Daniel L. Abbott, 229686, Jacob MacCoy Fox Aaron Matthew Allen, 229687, Amos Johnston Logan Thomas Allen, 229690, Amos Johnston Christopher Gene Allen, 229688, Amos Johnston Luke Landry Allen, 229689, Amos Johnston John Christopher Allen, 229691, Amos Johnston Mason Lee Billstein, 229630, Charles Hutcheson Jason Lee Billstein, 229629, Charles Hutcheson James Edward Blevins, 229264, Robert Howson Hooe Phillip Allen Cantrell II, 229314, David Hughes Josiah Jabari Cantrell, 229315, David Hughes Jacob Landon Cantrell, 229316, David Hughes William Clinton Lloyd Collins, 229120, Daniel Knauss Sr. Terry Robert Evans, 229628, John Lopp Thomas Eugene Fain, 229179, Elijah Hatcher Walter Todd Farris, 229684, Elisha Dungan Dennis Eugene Farris, 229683, Elisha Dungan Richard Kent Fay, 229685, William George Zachary Filis, 229800, Christian Showalter Joseph F. Freeman IV, 229553, Samuel Briggs Willard Morgan Freeman, 229552, Samuel Briggs Joseph F. Freeman III, 229551, Samuel Briggs William Blair Goss, 229266, Abraham Goss Marshall Scott Goss, 229269, Abraham Goss Victor Scott Goss, 229268, Abraham Goss Russell Craig Goss, 229267, Abraham Goss Garland Hyde Hamlett Jr., 229492, John Booth Michael A. Holincheck, 229265, Joshua Webster Garry Conrad Howard, 229180, Thomas Logwood Norman Audry Hughey, 229121, Samuel McGehee Walker Lamond, 229802, Richard Goff Martin F. Leamy, 229491, James Stiff Mark Terrell Phillips, 229627, Burwell Davis Joseph Segar III, 229550, David Waterman Donn Phillip Shumate Jr., 229751, Elijah Joyce Michael Brandon Smith, 229801, Henry Branch Washington (21) Walker Armstrong, 229634, Nathaniel Emerson David Scott Berryhill, 229493, William Crumley David John Cahail, 229271, Thomas Copenhaver/Coppenheffer Joseph Roderick Cilley, 229631, Elisha Smith Hollis Arvin Edinger, 229498, Lebbeus Bates Michael Justin Garcia, 229439, Ebenezer Howard Gerald Grant Gwin, 229438, Henry Miller Royal Garf Ivory, 229318, Samuel Flint

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Michael Allen Jackson, 229272, Thomas Copenhaver/Coppenheffer Bruce R. McCaw, 229440, Job Camp Brys K.S. McCaw, 229442, Job Camp Wynn B.E. McCaw, 229441, Job Camp Kurt Lawrence Meister, 229317, Andrew Ellicott Harold Lee Newton, 229696, John Snyder John Frederick Nowels, 229633, Elisha Story Lee G. Schuirman, 229270, Abraham Davis Thomas Maxwell Schultz, 229752, Naphtali Byram Richard Harry Smiley, Ph.D., 229495, Samuel Smiley Sr. Ronald Steven Thompson, 229869, John Bolt Alan Loudon Williams, M.D., 229632, Andrew McClaughry Christopher David Winslow, 229494, Jabez Delano West Virginia (9) Miles Bradley Wainscott Barrett, 229181, Samuel Barrett Morgan Samuel Wesley Barrett, 229183, Samuel Barrett John Andrew Beall, 229635, Jeremiah Beall Robert Howard Carlton, 229496, Luke Jennings Matthew Scott Duvall, 229184, Samuel Duvall Benjamin Morris Hiller, 229182, John Grimm/Grim Michael Conrad Lobert, 229554, Thomas Thomas Sawyer Benson Pearsall, 229693, Southy Cope Larry W. Veach, 229692, Benjamin Strother Wisconsin (7) Keith Robert Ammerman, 229637, Peter Babb Daniel Robert Ammerman, 229636, Peter Babb Patrick James Benson, 229555, John Putnam Christopher Gilbert Brown, 229273, Levi Lawrence Gary Allen McCully, 229754, Samuel Pettengill Gary Lee Ovans, 229753, Solomon Lombard Jr. Bruce Allen Roberts, 229497, William Irish Wyoming (11) Mark Leonard Keiser, 229755, George Schall John Earl Keiser, 229756, George Schall Michael Brody Maughan, 229757, Nathaniel Christian Dee J. Rammell, 229122, Sedate Wadsworth Elias Combs Rammell, 229123, Sedate Wadsworth Wesley James Stafford, 229642, James Stafford Evan Parker Stafford, 229641, James Stafford Elliot Charles Stafford, 229640, James Stafford William James Stafford, 229639, James Stafford James Eli Stafford, 229638, James Stafford Harold Adam Troutman III, 229124, George Mayer

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FLORIDA P Brevard Chapter, 11:30 lunch ($20), generally 3rd Saturday except March, July and August. Tides Collocated Club, Rte. A1A, Patrick SFB. RSVP to Joel Etherton at (571) 265-5299. Website: www.brevardsar.org.

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P Lake-Sumter Chapter, luncheon meeting, 11 a.m., first Saturday, October-June. Call (352) 589-5565.

P Lakeland Chapter, 11 a.m. lunch, third Saturday, except June, July and August, 1916 Irish Pub, Cleveland Heights GC, 2900 Buckingham Avenue, Lakeland, Fla. Contact John Snapp, (863) 860-3696.

P Miami Chapter catered monthly hot luncheon ($20) meetings at noon–1:30 p.m. the last Saturday.

Coral Gables American Legion Post 98, 303 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables.

Complimentary parking and building entrance are both located in rear of building. Special observances on Washington’s Birthday, 4th of July and Constitution Week. Visiting SARs, spouses, family members and guests welcome. Call Lee Popham (305) 9044400 or WmLeePopham@outlook.com.

P Villages Chapter meets at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of every month at the Captiva Recreation Center, 658 Pinellas Place, The Villages, Fla. 32162. For information, contact Jim Simpson at (772) 475-8925 or jim.simpson.sar@gmail.com.

P Withlacoochee Chapter meets at the Historical Chinsegut Hill Conference Center, 22495 Chinsegut Hill Roadd, Brooksville, FL at 10:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month except June through August.

Guests are welcome. Contact Steven Hohman, (352) 815-8099, or Richard Bailey, (813) 469-2341, or visit www.withsar.org.

GEORGIA P Piedmont Chapter, 8 a.m. breakfast meeting on the third Saturday at the Roswell Rec Center, Roswell Park, 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell. Call Bob Sapp, (770) 971-0189 or visit www.PiedmontChapter.org.

P Naples Chapter meets at 11:30 the second Thursday October-May at the Tiburon Golf Club, AirportPulling Road and Vanderbilt Beach Road. Guests and prospective members welcome. Call Tom Woodruff, (239) 732-0602 or visit www.NaplesSAR.org.

P Robert Forsyth Chapter, Cumming, Ga., 2nd Thursday (except January/July). Golden Corral, 2025 Marketplace Blvd.

Dinner 6 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Or see www.RobertForsythSAR.org.

P Saramana Chapter (Sarasota), 11:30 a.m. lunch meeting, fourth Saturday, October to May. Der Dutchman, 3713 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota. All visitors are welcome.

Contact Preston Adams, (941) 9148999 or samueladamsiii@comcast.net.

P Captain Zeally Moss Chapter of Peoria, Ill., meets every fourth Wednesday evening, MarchOctober, various locations. See website for details, www. captainzeallymoss.org.

P St. Lucie River Chapter, 11 a.m. lunch, second Saturday of the month, October-May, Mission Bar B Q, 1407 NW St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, Fla. Call (772) 812-1136.

ILLINOIS

P Chicago Fort Dearborn Chapter, luncheon meetings at noon, Union League Club, third Thursday, January, March, May, July, September and November. Email request@ dearbornsar.org

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KENTUCKY P Capt. John Metcalfe Chapter, dinner meeting at 6 p.m., first Thursday in March, June, September and November, Country Cupboard, McCoy Ave., Madisonville.

MICHIGAN P Central Michigan Chapter luncheon meetings at 11:30 a.m. on 2nd Saturday of March, May, July, September, November at Cheers Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 1700 W. High St. (M-20 W), Mt. Pleasant, MI. Call Bernie (989) 833-7594 or email bgrosskopf@nethawk.com.

NEBRASKA P Omaha Chapter meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Gorats Steak House, 4917 Center Street, Omaha. Guests and family members welcome. Contact the chapter secretary at tup44j@ gmail.com.

NEW JERSEY P Col. Richard Somers Chapter meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Fred & Ethel’s, 1 N. New York Road, Galloway, NJ. All visitors are welcome.

Contact Paul Tucci at secretary@ colrichardsomers.com for more details. Our website is www. colrichardsomers.com.

OHIO P The Western Reserve Society (Cleveland) welcomes all SAR members and their guests to all our functions, including luncheon and evening events throughout the year.

Consult www.wrssar.org of www. facebook.com/wrssar for event information.

PENNSYLVANIA P Continental Congress Chapter Please join us for our Chapter meetings and events. Luncheon meetings held quarterly with a Picnic in September. Events occurring regularly, covering Adams, York, and Lancaster counties. SAR, DAR, CAR, and guests are all invited.

Please contact Joseph M. Clark, milledgeclark@gmail.com for details.

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P Gen. Arthur St. Clair Chapter meets every third Saturday at 12:00, Hoss’s Restaurant, Greensburg. For information, call (724) 527-5917.

Plano, TX. Visit www.planosar.org or call (972) 608-0082.

P Philadelphia Continental Chapter, meetings, luncheons, dinners and functions monthly except July and August. William H. Baker, 929 Burmont Road, Drexel Hill, PA, wbaklava@aol. com, www.PCCSAR.org.

P San Antonio Chapter meets at 11:30 a.m. every third Wednesday at The Petroleum Club. No meetings in July and August. Visit our site at www. txssar.org/SanAntonio for more information. Reservations are required.

Please contact Dan Farris at (660) 591-6709 or at danfarris98@gmail.com.

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VIRGINIA

P Alexander Hodge Chapter #49 meets at 6:30 pm every fourth Tuesday for a General Meeting on odd-numbered months at Spring Creek BBQ in Missouri City. The address is 4895 Hwy 6. Our website is www.hodgesar.org to confirm meeting. All are welcome.

P George Washington Chapter meets at 11:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, except June-August. Monthly meeting details are available from Treasurer Scott Walker: scottwalker2363@ gmail.com. Learn more about our chapter at www.gwsar.org!

(Alexandria, VA)

P Arlington Chapter meets the second Saturday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at Southern Recipes Grill, 2715 N. Collins St., Arlington. All are welcome. Our website is www.txssar. org/arlington.

P Bernardo de Galvez Chapter #1 meets the third Saturday of each month at noon at Kelley’s Country Cookin’ In La Marque. See our website bdgsar.org to confirm meetings.

P Dallas Chapter meets the second Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. for breakfast, with meeting starting at 9 a.m. at Ventana by Buckner, South Tower, Grand Hall, 8301 N US 75-Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75225. Our website is www.txssar.org/ Dallas.

P Patrick Henry Chapter meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. at Saltgrass Steak House, 12613 Galleria Circle, Bee Cave, TX, www. austinsar.org, Ken Tooke, President. The meetings change to the Austin Women’s Club for the February and September sessions.

P Paul Carrington Chapter meets the third Saturday (September-May) at Houston’s BraeBurn Country Club for breakfast at 9 a.m. Our website is www.SARHouston.org.

P Plano Chapter meets monthly, first Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. at Outback Steakhouse, 1509 N. Central Expressway (northwest corner of 15th Street and State Hwy. 75,)

P Williamsburg Chapter meets at 11:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month (Feb–Nov) at Colonial Heritage Club off Richmond Road in Williamsburg. Lunch is $24 – purchased one week in advance.

For more information about chapter activities, visit www.williamsburgsar.org or contact Treasurer Gary Dunaway at ormazd72@gmail.com.

WASHINGTON P Alexander Hamilton Chapter meets at 9 a.m., third Saturday of the month, except July and August. The December meeting is for Installation of Officers or the Christmas Party.

Tower Lanes Entertainment, 6323 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, WA. No host buffet begins at 8:30 a.m. Buffet charge: $15.

Email jherr11@hotmail.com.

P John Paul Jones Chapter meets on the fourth Saturday of the month, except June, July, Aug and Dec at the Disabled American Veterans Building, 4980 Auto Center Way, Bremerton, WA. Guests welcome. Email Doug Nelson at spccnelson@hotmail. com.

P Seattle Chapter 9-10 a.m. breakfast, 10-11:30 a.m. meeting at 126th St. Bar & Grill, 12255 Aurora Avenue North, Seattle WA. Meets second Saturday of each month except June, July, August and December. Contact stuart.g.webber@ gmail.com.

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