The October 2023 issue of the NCSSAR’s newsletter, The Old North State, is available at the link below. Enjoy 25 pages of chapter news, feature articles, and events about how compatriots are advancing the SAR mission in North Carolina. October 2023 “The Old North State”
Catawba Valley Chapter was honored to participate in a ceremony to honor Patriot Maj John Davidson and family, on who’s property the battle reenactment and celebration was celebrated. The battle took place 26 Sept 1780 about where Bank of America tower at Trade and Tryon Streets, and uptown Charlotte NC is not conductive for a […]
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 […]
The Mecklenburg Chapter, North Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution, is located in historic Charlotte, NC. The Revolutionary War marched through the middle of Charlotte and our area is rich in history, memory, and documented Patriot ancestry. The Mecklenburg Chapter was chartered on April 27, 1928 as a chapter of the State of North […]
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of America and what it took for us to gain our liberty, Catawba Valley Chapter remembered the 253th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, on the steps of the historical Lincoln County Courthouse, on Saturday, 4 March 2023. There was a small crowd of about 30 people in attendance. Chapter […]
Our Mecklenburg chapter is one of the most active chapters in North Carolina. You can see what we have been doing lately by visiting our main website news section.
Across the state of North Carolina, we have many local chapters that have established speaker’s bureaus available to speak at schools, churches and civic associations. The speaker’s bureau is a free service from the North Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Our topics are wide-ranging and can be customized to your classroom or group’s […]
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 […]
Catawba Valley Chapter was honored to assist Mecklenburg Chapter in the grave marking that they conducted for Patriot David Vance on 16 July 2022 at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Charllotte. Present for the commemoration was the 4th great grandson of Patriot Vance, Compatriot Robert Vance of Alto NM and member of Gadsden Chapter, […]
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. […]
Catawba Valley Chapter joined in with Salisbury Chapter and several others to take part in the Faith NC Independence Day Parade. In my best estimation, we had 3 DAR Chapters and at least 4 SAR chapters involved in the 2 floats and marching contingency that we as a group provided. Many thanks to Frank Merrill, […]
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 […]
Our second day of Honoring the 12 Patriots buried at Old St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Newton NC on Saturday, May 21, 2022. It was very hot, many people from SAR and DAR, family menbers of the Patriots and church members turned out for the celebration. It was a fabulous day for everyone.
(November 11, 2021) The Mecklenburg Chapter in Charlotte, NC, hosted another large community dinner event on Veterans Day this year featuring a well-known media professional from Washington, D.C., Gayle Jessup White. She is also a descendant of our Nation’s third President, Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress, Sally Hemings. “An integral part of our Society’s […]
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 […]