Hotel reservations for the 2026 SAR Annual Congress are now available via the link on the Congress Hotel & Reservations page of the 2026 Congress website.
Call for Volunteers: 2026 SAR Annual Congress Showcase the Old North State and Support a Successful Event! We are just a few short months from the 250th Birthday of these United States and the 2026 Sons of the American Revolution Annual Congress in Greensboro, North Carolina! As we prepare to welcome our fellow Compatriots and […]
The first episode of the much-anticipated Ken Burns (and others) series The American Revolution was broadcast Sunday, November 16 at 8 PM on PBS. It is available to stream on PBS.org and on the PBS app on many streaming platforms. DVD or Blu-Ray versions are available from, e.g., Amazon.com. https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-revolution/
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 October 25, 2025, at 11 a.m. in Polk County, North Carolina, the Blue Chapter of the NCSSAR honored the Earle’s Ford Monument. Listed below is the whole story as […]
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 October 9, 2025, NCSSAR Blue Ridge Chapter President, Garry Linton, provided an educational program on Health and Disease during the Revolution to the Moss Point Rotary Club in Moss Point, […]
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 October 4, 2025, in Etowah, North Carolina, a Grave Marking Ceremony was held with 24 people who were in attendance for this solemn event. Patriot Joseph Henry was honored […]
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 August 9, 2025, at 11 a.m., the Blue Ridge Chapter held its chapter meeting at the Mills River Park in Mills River, North Carolina. It was a picnic-style meeting […]
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Jonathan Paul, winner of the North Carolina SAR Rumbaugh Oratory competition in April, was First Place in the National Competition, held July 14 at the 135th SAR National Congress in Connecticut, winning $8,000 in cash or scholarship. Congratulations, Jonathan!
Word of Lexington and Concord reaches North Carolina and unrest increases… Letter from Governor Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth From Fort Johnston, having abandoned the Governor’s Palace in New Bern June 30, 1775 My Lord, Since I had the honor of representing to your Lordship the State of this Country in my Dispatch […]
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. It is with deep sadness that the Blue Ridge Chapter is announcing the passing of Steve Greene, 77, of Marshall, North Carolina, who passed away peacefully on May 17, 2025. […]
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 May 9, 2025, at the Polk County Senior Center in Columbus, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter President Garry Linton provided an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and […]
Chartered 21 April in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On April 3, 2025, at the Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, North Carolina, the NCSSAR Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard provided a display about the SAR and the daily […]
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 March 22, 2025, at the Historic Hendersonville Courthhouse in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard members Craig Issacson, Garry Linton, and Ken Weglarz provided speaking parts in […]
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 March 22, 2025, at the Mills River Presbyterian Church in Mills River, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors during a grave marking ceremony for Patriot James Brittain. The […]
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 March 18, 2025, at the Brevard Academy in Brevard, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard gave the 4th-grade class an educational program on the flags of the […]
Two Lights for Tomorrow is a nationwide initiative to commence the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America. The famous ride of Paul Revere (and William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott) occurred overnight on April 18 – 19, 1775, warning of the approach of British forces that led to the Battles […]
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 February 5, 2025, the Blue Ridge Chapter President Garry Linton provided an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent American Revolution” to the Griffith Rutherford DAR […]
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 27, 2024, at the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian Church in Brevard, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Compatriot Larry Chapman presented Eagle Scout Awards to six deserving Scouts. All […]
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 […]