• Ken Wilson Receives Flag Certificate

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    Halifax Resolves Chapter President Geoffrey Pittard presented Ken Wilson (Old North State Chapter) with a Sons of the American Revolution Flag Certificate.  The Flag Certificate, authorized in 1987, is presented to individuals, companies, government agencies that fly the United States flag for patriotic purposes only.      

  • Blue Ridge Chapter SAR Meeting/Awards Luncheon

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. After the presentation of colors, the Invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the SAR Pledge, the Chapter observed a Moment of Silence in remembrance of Compatriot and former Chapter President Jim Brush. The Executive […]

  • Sandhills SAR Chapter Recognizes Two Eagle Scouts with Medals and Certificates

    Mike Fusselbaugh
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  • Lessons In Leadership

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    The General Francis Nash Chapter held its final meeting of 2023 on December 2 at the beautifully decorated Colonial Inn in Hillsborough.  NC SAR President Steve Van Pelt updated the Chapter on the State Society, and then the group was treated to a presentation and Q & A with retired NFL Executive Jim Steeg.   […]

  • Halifax Resolves Chapter’s Mark Pace portrays John Penn at Louisburg College.

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    Posted in: News, Newsletters

    On Thursday evening, November 16, 2023, Mark Pace, vice-president-elect of the Halifax Resolves Chapter presented a lecture to a large group on John Penn, one of the three North Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.  He appeared in colonial dress in the persona of John Penn and presented an approximately 45-minute program […]

  • New Bern Chapter Participates In New Bern Christmas Parade

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    On Saturday, December 2nd, the New Bern Chapter of the NC Sons of the American Revolution, the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter of the NC Daughter of the American Revolution, and the Tryon Palace, Fife and Drum Corp, joined 116 other participating groups/organization/businesses, in the 2023 New Bern City Christmas Parade. It was a fantastic event, […]

  • Promoting The Boston Tea Party

    Ben Setser
    Posted in: News

    Members of Catawba Valley Chapter visited businesses in down town Lincolnton on Monday, 27 November to promote and advertise our Boston Tea Party event happening at the Betty G Ross Park, 800 Madison St., Lincolnton, NC 28092, on 9 December 2023, from 10am until 2pm.

  • Lincolnton NC Christmas Parade

    Ben Setser
    Posted in: What's New, News

    Catawba Valley Chapter was included in the Lincolnton NC Christmas Parade, Sunday, 26 November 2023. It was cold, but it was a fun day.

  • Veterans Day at Camden

    Ben Setser
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    During Veterans’ Day weekend, while participating at the Southern Campaign 1780’s encampment and reenactment in Kershaw, South Carolina, Chapter President Roy Lightfoot took the time to visit the graves of the twelve unknown soldiers who were recently reinterred in Camden, South Carolina. While there, he placed Betsy Ross flags on each of them. He also […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at the Brevard Veterans Day Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 11, 2023, in Brevard, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter members Steve Greene, Larry Chapman, Lance Dickinson, and Dave Gunther were on hand for the annual honoring of all the […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter President Steve Greene at Madison Grade School

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 9, 2023, at the Madison Grade School in Marshall, North Carolina, started with breakfast at 7:30 in the morning to honor 25 veterans and their families. In addition to […]

  • SAR Veterans Corps

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    As we recognize all Veterans’ service in Veterans Day observances today and tomorrow, it is also an appropriate time to remind SAR members of recognition available to them from the Society. SAR compatriots may apply to the SAR Veterans Recognition Committee for a Certificate of Patriotism.  Once approved, this authorizes the member to receive either the SAR War Service Medal or the SAR […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard Grave Marking Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 4, 2023, at the Old French Broad River Baptist Church Cemetery which is now a private family cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at 11:00 a.m. the Blue Ridge Color […]

  • Recent Blue Ridge Color Guard Activity

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 25, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina at the Anchor Baptist Church, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors during a speech on patriotism given by Lt. […]

  • The Halifax Resolves SAR Chapter honors SAR Compatriots with Grave Marking Ceremonies

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    Compatriot Grave Marking Ceremonies   “The Halifax Resolves SAR Chapter honors SAR Compatriots with Grave Marking Ceremonies”  Dateline: October 21, 2023 — The Halifax Resolves Chapter of the North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution, honored four of their compatriots with Grave Marking ceremonies at two different locations on Saturday, October 21, 2023. The first Compatriot […]

  • Grave Making Ceremony for Patriot William M. Bryson

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Ashville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 21, 2023, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard presented colors for the Grave Marking Ceremony of Patriot William M. Bryson who was born in 1750 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and […]

  • Blue Ridge Represented at Battle of Shallow Ford Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 14, 2023, Blue Ridge Color Guard member John Boyd, presented at the annual Battle of Shallow Ford ceremony. The original battle took place on October 14, 1780, in Huntsville, […]

  • Rev Daniel Asbury Grave Marking

    Ben Setser
    Posted in: What's New, News

    Catawba Valley Chapter was honored to join the Mary Slocumb Chapter DAR in honoring Patriot Daniel Asbury on Saturday afternoon, October 21, 2023. The service began inside, Combined SAR Color Guard posted colors and a quartet sang the National Anthem. After several people addressed the crowd, we moved out side for the dedication of the […]