At the General Francis Nash Chapter Meeting on March 11 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill, Chapter President Albert Segars presented the Chapter Medal of Distiguished Service to Chapter Treasurer Alan Butler. The CMDS is the highest medal that can be awarded by a Chapter President.
Patriot Sons and Daughters is a Sons of the American Revolution America 250 Program for marking the graves of Patriot Sons, Daughters, Grandsons, and Granddaughters, while recognizing the service of their Patriot Ancestors. These generations were the Americans who fueled the expansion of the United States across the continent. My own Patriot Ancestor’s surviving children […]
In its first meeting of 2023, on February 4 at the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough, the General Francis Nash Chapter heard, “Everything You Should Have Learned in High School About The Declaration of Independence” from Courtney Smith, Exhibits and Programs Coordinator for the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. Ms. Smith presented an animated, informative, and enjoyable […]
Dr. Ralph D. Nelson, Jr, has retired as GFN Registrar. In 1989, Ralph joined the Delaware SAR, serving as Chapter Registrar through State President, and nationally as Vice-President General. He later belonged to the Florida and North Carolina Societies. Ralph created, and from 2004 through 2008 edited, the SAR website called “The Real Story of […]
A nameplate honoring Francis Nash has been added to the Alamance Battleground Memorial Trail. The trail officially opened on October 2, 2021, to honor those who participated in the War of Regulation between 1765 and 1771. At the head of the trail, a kiosk bears memorial nameplates for individuals who either supported the Regulation or […]
Rednap Howell was brilliantly portrayed by Dr. Ted Scott Henson, of Burlington, himself a descendent of three Regulators. He addressed a GFN Chapter Meeting at the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough on Constitution Day, September 17, 2022. Rednap recounted the grievances of the mainly agrarian residents of the North Carolina Colony against corrupt and inequitable […]
NC SAR Eagle Scout Recognition and Scholarship Program For many years the SAR has recognized the many common bonds of purpose and principles shared by the SAR and the Boy Scouts of America. Scouts achieving the rank of Eagle Scout have demonstrated their belief in these common principles. For this reason, the SAR believes that […]
The Patriot Records Registry has been assembled as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xls format). We believe that presenting the Registry in a spreadsheet format will make it more usable for most people. As in its previous format, the Registry is shown in its default organization – ordered by Patriot Last Name, First Name, and Middle Name. […]
New Membership Application Forms New Member/Supplemental SAR On-line Application NC SAR Sharefile Documents & Forms NC SAR Bylaws and Handbook, Vol 1 NC SAR Handbook, Vol 2, Chapter Leadership NC SAR Handbook, Vol 3, US flag NC SAR Handbook, Vol 4, Color Guard SOP NC SAR Handbook, Vol 5, Registrar’s Handbook Report Deadlines Americanism Report 2023 […]
NC SAR is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2022 Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest is Aliza Jankowsky, a Junior at Green Valley High School in Cary. To qualify for the state competition, her oration titled, “The Poet of the Past, The Voice of the Future” had previously won the Raleigh Chapter […]
NC SAR President Jay Deloach made a timely presentation on March 23 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill, on the events leading up to, and then the June 9, 1772, “Gaspee Affair,” an incident off the coast of Rhode Island that inflamed tensions between Great Britain and her colonial subjects in America, and ultimately united […]
The General Francis Nash and Raleigh Chapters jointly held their 2022 Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Orations Contest on Saturday, March 19, at the Governors Club in Chapel Hill. Competitors from each chapter were judged by separate three-person panels. Winners for General Francis Nash are, First Place, Lily Kate Witcher, and Second Place, Giovanni Cacciato, both […]
All SAR members are invited to attend the North Carolina SAR 2020 Winter BOM immediately following the Cowan’s Ford Celebration. A catered lunch and meeting book costs $25 per person. Please RSVP today!
Seven members of the NC Society were present for the 2019 Annual Congress in Costa Mesa, California: Jim Becker, John Thornhill, Sam Powell, Gary Green, George Strunk, Jay DeLoach, and Michael Aycock. Events started with the Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade (with a 6.4 Earthquake), and a Let Freedom Ring Ceremony in Cerritos, CA […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert Sigmon Phone: (919) 349-8245 Email: NC Governor Roy Cooper Inducted into the SAR (Raleigh, NC, April 16, 2018) On Wednesday, March 28, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NCSSAR) had the distinct privilege to induct North Carolina Governor Roy Asberry Cooper, III and […]
Patriot spotlight: Joseph Sharpe volunteered in Salisbury district
PATRIOT grave marking scheduled for Saturday, 20 May 2017 at 11:00am for Patriot William McKee. Located in the Old Fourth Creek Burying Ground in Statesville, N.C.