The General Francis Nash Chapter held its final meeting of 2023 on December 2 at the beautifully decorated Colonial Inn in Hillsborough. NC SAR President Steve Van Pelt updated the Chapter on the State Society, and then the group was treated to a presentation and Q & A with retired NFL Executive Jim Steeg. […]
As we recognize all Veterans’ service in Veterans Day observances today and tomorrow, it is also an appropriate time to remind SAR members of recognition available to them from the Society. SAR compatriots may apply to the SAR Veterans Recognition Committee for a Certificate of Patriotism. Once approved, this authorizes the member to receive either the SAR War Service Medal or the SAR […]
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”
Sarina Horner, the General Francis Nash Chapter nominee for the Arthur M. and Berdena King Eagle Scout Award was announced as the state winner on February 3. The competition is conducted in three phases: the local Chapter level, State Society level, and National level. Each Eagle Scout must complete an application form, a four-generation ancestor […]
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 […]
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 […]
In a ceremony on April 27, GFN ROTC Chairman Guy Guidry presented the SAR Outstanding ROTC Cadet Medal to University of North Carolina Air Force ROTC Cadet John T. “Jett” Townson. Recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the ROTC Unit, based on leadership qualities, military bearing, and general excellence.
At an informal Hawaiian Luau-themed Luncheon on April 26, GFN ROTC Chairman Guy Guidry presented the SAR Outstanding ROTC Cadet Medal to Aaron Hull, a Green-to-Gold Scholarship winner. Aaron Hull joined the University of North Carolina’s Army ROTC program after serving in the 1st Security Forces Assistance Brigade, an Army unit whose mission is […]
In a ceremony on April 25, GFN ROTC Chairman Guy Guidry presented the SAR Outstanding ROTC Cadet Medal to Duke University Navy ROTC Midshipman First Class Ryan Wence. Recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the ROTC Unit, based on leadership qualities, military bearing, and general excellence.
At the NCSSAR Annual Meeting Youth Awards Luncheon on April 1, State Winner Aliza Jankowsky repeated her Oration, and was presented the State Rumbaugh Medal. She will now compete for the National Award. Details of the competition: https://ncssar.org/2023/03/12/general-francis-nash-and-raleigh-chapters-hold-rumbaugh-oratory-competitions/ Photos courtesy of Sam Powell
In a ceremony on April 13, GFN ROTC Chairman Guy Guidry presented the SAR Outstanding ROTC Cadet Medal to University of North Carolina Navy ROTC Midshipman Third Class Madison A. Stewart. Recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the ROTC Unit, based on leadership qualities, military bearing, and general excellence.
The General Francis Nash and Raleigh Chapters jointly held their Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Orations Competitions on March 11 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill. Over a quarter of the GFN membership participates in hosting this event, and with the addition of Raleigh Chapter members and NC SAR officers, a memorable experience is presented for […]
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 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 […]