Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On December 14, 2024, at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard presented colors for the annual Wreaths Across America on the second Saturday […]
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 December 7, 2024, at the Elks Lodge in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter held its Chapter Meeting and Annual Awards Luncheon. The Chapter Color Guard presented the colors […]
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 7, 2024, Vice President Garry Linton presented to Chapter M, PEO in Fletcher, North Carolina, an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent American Revolution.” Garry, dressed in […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 2, 2024, at the King Family Cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors in a grave marking ceremony for Patriot Samuel King, Sr. The Blue Ridge Chapter also provided the order of […]
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. On October 24, 2024, at the Rotary Club in Moss Point, Mississippi Blue Ridge Chapter Vice-President Garry Linton provided an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent […]
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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 September 7, 2024, at the Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Vice President and Color Guard Commander, Garry Linton provided an educational program on the […]
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 August 10, 2024, the Blue Ridge Chapter meeting was held at Mills River Park in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in a picnic/social format. This well attended event had much food, fellowship, […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Chapter held its Chapter Meeting at the J&S Cafeteria in Asheville, North Carolina, on June 8, 2024, with 34 members and guests in attendance. Chaplain Tom Rightmyer […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Ble Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On July 4, 2024, there was an unveiling ceremony of the 250th Celebration of the Revolutionary War Patriots Marker commemorating the men and women who achieved American Independence and are buried […]
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. On July 4, 2024, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the following Blue Ridge Color Guard members participated in the annual 4th of July Parade: Steve Greene, Garry Linton, Larry Chapman, Ron […]
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 June 22, 2024, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard members Garry Linton and Ken Weglarz were among the other Color Guard members who presented colors and wreaths […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. At 6 p.m. on June 4, 2024, Blue Ridge Chapter NCSSAR representatives arrived at the Madison County Genealogical Society to present a program on “the Revolutionary War in the South.” […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. Blue Ridge Chapter NCSSAR Compatriots Lance Dickinson and Larry Chapman had the honor of going to William “Bill” Burkhart’s home to present his SAR Military Service Award. Jill Chapman went with […]
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 May 10, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in the Federal Courthouse in Asheville, NorthCarolina, in a solemn ceremony 21 people from some countries, such as, Columbia, Vietnam, Syria, El Salvador, Mexico, […]
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 April 27, 2024, at the Newfound Baptist Church Cemetery in Leicester, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter hosted a Grave Marking Ceremony for the five Patriots who are buried there. […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the BlueRidge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. Sycamore Shoals State Park Ranger, Chad Bogart, gave the 38 members and guests an excellent presentation about the unique history of the Sycamore Shoals settlement and its role as the muster site […]
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. On April 5-6, 2024, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held its Annual Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina. Western Region Vice President and past Blue […]
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 March 22, 2024, at the Dry Ridge Historical Museum in Weaverville, North Carolina, at 10:30 a.m., in a packed, over-flow crowd of about 70 museum members, Western Region NCSSAR Vice […]
Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, the oldest Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Revolutionary War battle, known as the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, was fought on March 15, 1781, between the American forces under Greensboro’s namesake, Nathanael Greene, and British Commander Lord Charles Cornwallis. Various parts […]