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BATTLE of the SHALLOW FORD - 242nd Annual COMMEMORATION
4214 Mt. Sinai Drive, Huntsville, NCThe BETHABARA CHAPTER
and the
NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY
SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION (SAR)
Invite you to attend the
242nd Annual COMMEMORATION
of the
BATTLE of the SHALLOW FORD11 am, OCTOBER 8th, 2022
HUNTSVILLE, NC
The commemorative ceremony will be held at 11 am at the old historic Huntsville Methodist Church, 4214 Mt. Sinai Drive, Huntsville, NC.
Immediately following the ceremony there will be a grave marking ceremony for 3 Patriots of the American Revolution, followed by a luncheon to be held at the Battle Branch Café, 2505 Farmington Road, Huntsville, NC 27055, followed by a social hour at Old Nick Williams Distillery, 2627 Williams Road, Lewisville, NC.
Please register for wreath presentations and Color Guard by October 1st, 2022.
WREATH AND COLOR GUARD REGISTRATION FORM
SAR Blue Ridge Chapter Meeting October 2022
Chapter Meeting
11 a.m.
October 8, 2022
J & S Cafeteria (Veterans Hall)
Asheville NC
Battle of Shallow Ford Commemoration
4214 Mt. Sinai Drive, Huntsville, NCThe BETHABARA CHAPTER
and the
NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY
SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION (SAR)
Invite you to attend the
242nd Annual COMMEMORATION
of the
BATTLE of the SHALLOW FORD
11 am, OCTOBER 8th, 2022
HUNTSVILLE, NC
The commemorative ceremony will be held at 11 am at the old historic Huntsville Methodist Church, 4214 Mt. Sinai Drive, Huntsville, NC.
Immediately following the ceremony there will be a grave marking ceremony for 3 Patriots of the American Revolution, followed by a luncheon to be held at the Battle Branch Café, 2505 Farmington Road, Huntsville, NC 27055, followed by a social hour at Old Nick Williams Distillery, 2627 Williams Road, Lewisville, NC.
WREATH AND COLOR GUARD REGISTRATION FORM
Name _____________________________________________________
Chapter/Organization ________________________________________
Your Position _______________________________________________
Flag Type You Will Bring _____________________________________
Will You Present a Wreath? Yes ______________ No_______________
Continental Uniform or Militia? ________________________________
Colonial Attire? _____________________________________________
Clingman Family Cemetery Grave-Marking
CLINGMAN FAMILY CEMETERY GRAVE-MARKING
October 8, 2022 12:00 Noon
ORGANIZED BY:
Fred Learned, Chaplain
Bethabara Chapter
239-849-0814
LOCATION: Lenoir-Clingman (aka Poindexter) Family Cemetery, Shallowford Road, West Bend, NC
The Bethabara Chapter NC SAR will mark the graves of 3 Patriots at the Lenoir-Clingman Family Cemetery in conjunction with and immediately following the annual Battle of Shallow Ford Commemorative ceremony that will begin at 11am on October 8.
The 3 Patriots are: 1) Jane Pattillo Lanier Poindexter (1760-1826; and her two husbands; 2) Col. Robert Lanier (1746-1785); and 3) Capt. Francis Poindexter 1764-1803).
This small family cemetery is located directly across the road from the newly acquired 248 acre property what will some day soon become the Shallow Ford State Historic Site.
For Registration Information, see the Battle of Shallow Ford Commemoration.
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Open in new tabAnnual NCSSAR Events
See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.
| 1 February 1781 | Battle of Cowan’s Ford | Huntersville, NC |
| 27 February 1776 | Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | Currie, NC |
| 15 March 1781 | Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greensboro, NC |
| 12 April 1776 | Adoption of the Halifax Resolves | Halifax, NC |
| 16 May | Battles of Alamance County | Burlington, NC |
| 20 May 1775 | Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence | Charlotte, NC |
| 20 June 1775 | Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves | Fayetteville, NC |
| 20 June 1780 | Battle of Ramsour’s Mill | Lincolnton, NC |
| 21 July 1780 | Battle of Colson’s Mill | Norwood, NC |
| 29 July 1781 | Attack at the House in the Horseshoe | Deep River, NC |
| 2 August 1781 | Battle of Rockfish Creek | Wallace, NC |
| 14 August 1775 | Issuance of the Tryon Resolves | Bessemer City, NC |
| 25-27 August 1774 | Issuance of the New Bern Resolves | New Bern, NC |
| 1 October 1780 | Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford | Morganton, NC |
| 7 October 1780 | Battle of Kings Mountain | Blacksburg, SC |
| 14 October 1780 | Battle of Shallow’s Ford | Huntsville, NC |