On July 19th, members of the new Bern Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, hosted and accompanied, residents and staff members, from the NC Veterans Home in Kinston, NC, to a Wood Ducks baseball game. This was also Military Appreciation Day at the ball field. SAR members in attendance were Paul Higbee, Bruce […]

Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, it is the oldest active chapter in Western North Carolina. June 24, 2023, marked the passing of James (Jim) Whitney Brush a long-time distinguished member of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. On July 15, […]

In a ceremony on May 5, GFN ROTC Chairman Guy Guidry presented the SAR Outstanding JROTC Cadet Medal to Riverside High School JROTC Cadet Francisco Forrester.  Recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the ROTC Unit, based on leadership qualities, military bearing, and general excellence. Forrester, a rising Senior, varsity football player, and National […]

Aliza Jankowsky, the winner of the NC SAR Rumbaugh Oration Competition, has placed third in the National Competition. Ms. Jankowsky won the Raleigh Chapter and NC Rumbaugh Competitions on March 11 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill, with her oration, “Esther Reed:  The Enduring Innovator.”  She, and all the other competing SAR State Society winners […]

39 chapter newsletter 10 July, 2023

Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard was a part of the Color Guard members that presented colors on July 4, 2023, at the Boone, North Carolina 4th of July Parade. Hundreds […]

Members of the NCSAR New Bern Chapter and General George Washington Chapter Color Guard “Presented the Colors” to a packed attendance at the opening ceremonies of the MiLB baseball game between the Down East Wood Ducks and Carolina Mud Cats on Monday, 3 July 2023 at the Grainger Stadium in Kinston, NC. New Bern Chapter […]

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 Tuesday, June 6, 2023, NCSSAR Blue Ridge Chapter member Ron Chapman presented a program at the TC Henderson Elementary in Henderson County North Carolina. Attending this special one-hour presentation were […]

Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active chapter in Western North Carolina. The Commemoration of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill was held in Lincolnton, North Carolina, at 6:30 p.m. on June 16, 2023, and 10:00 a.m. on June 17, 2023. Among the […]

Battle Weekend! Ramsour’s Mill, Lincolnton NC. The Catawba Valley Chapter SAR and Jacob Forney Chapter DAR conducted The 243 Anniversary Commemoration of  The Battle Of Ramsour’s Mill “Battle Weekend”, 16 and 17 June 2023! If you missed it, well, you just missed it. General George Washington and Martha Washington joined us for both days. There […]

Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the oldest active chapter in Western North Carolina. John Roper has transferred in from Georgia. This gives us 91 primary and 2 dual members for a total of 93 members with others somewhere in the pipeline waiting to be approved. Chapter Color Guard members Garry […]

Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and later became the Blue Ridge Chapter it is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On Saturday, June 3, 2023, the NCSSAR Blue Ridge Color Guard held a Grave Marking Ceremony at Gabriel’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Mars Hill, North Carolina. This ceremony honored […]

Roanoke Rapids Students Receive State Recognition “Halifax Resolves SAR Chapter winners place in North Carolina State Competition” Dateline: Roanoke Rapids, NC – May 22, 2023 — Each year the Sons of the American Revolution conducts contests to support educational goals and programs on the local, state, and national levels. The Sergeant Moses Adams Memorial Middle […]

Wise-Haas Grave Marking Catawba Valley Chapter conducted a Patriot Grave Marking for Isaac Wise and Simon Haas, Saturday, 27 May 2023, at Old Haas Cemetery in Newton NC. It was a great day.