Silas McDowell members Tom Long and John Ruble attended a grave ceremony for Patriot William Moore in Candler, NC, where they placed a wreath at the grave site. We also visited the Moore homestead where several log homes still are standing. This event was sponsored by the Felix Walker and Western Waters chapters. After lunch […]

The Silas McDowell chapter and the Western Waters chapter joined together for a presentation to the veterans at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC. See the photos below.

Members of the Silas McDowell chapter held a Patriot Grave Search/Headstone Cleaning event in Franklin, NC today. Compatriots Tom Long and John Ruble worked at two cemeteries in Franklin, NC searching for, finding, and then cleaning the headstones of six Revolutionary War veterans. Three veterans were found in the cemetery of the 1st United Methodist […]

Our Silas McDowell chapter completed our 2013 recruiting campaign with an appearance at the Mountain Heritage Fair in Cullowhee, NC. We had over 120 people stop (men, women, and children) to ask about who we are, what activities are we involved in, and interest in SAR, DAR, and Genealogy. Of these we had 14 individuals […]

The Silas McDowell chapter hosted a genealogy workshop for the community and interested membership prospects for joining the SAR. The interested prospects had visited one of our “demonstration” tents at area festivals this summer. We did have approximately 10 people attend the session of which three were ladies. We had four members from the chapter […]

The Silas McDowell Chapter, serving the western mountain region of North Carolina, hosted its first Patriot grave dedication and marking ceremony today in Sylva, NC, for Revolutionary War Patriot Samuel Monteith. (In the photos below, the SAR grave marker is installed at the grave of Patriot Samuel Monteith. And in the photo at right, Silas […]