Dedication of “The Crossing” of Greenlee Ford Monument
Sunday, October 1, 2023
2pm
Greenlee Ford, Morganton, NC
Col. Alexander Erwin Chapter, SAR invites you to attend the Dedication of “The Crossing” of Greenlee Ford Monument to be held Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Greenlee Ford, Morganton, NC with the ceremony beginning at 2pm. For more information, please contact Robert Patton ().
SAR, DAR, C.A.R. and other patriotic and lineage societies & chapters are invited to participate in a formal wreath laying ceremony at the United States’ Monument. Participants presenting a wreath must deliver it to the park’s Visitor Center no later than 9:45 am on October 7th for labeling and transportation to the monument. Transportation will be provided for those needing assistance to the monument.
Please email all wreath registrations to Grantham Wood at no later than Saturday, September 30th for the registration to be included in the Scroll of Honor which will be presented on-screen at the Kings Mountain Visitor’s Center during the day. The email should include the name of the organization and the presenter’s name with their title.
The Sleep Inn at 834 Windslow Ave, Gaffney, SC 29341 is the official hotel for the Kings Mountain anniversary. Reservations can be made directly by calling the hotel at 864-487-5337. Additional hotels are available in Gaffney, SC, Gastonia, NC or Kings Mountain, NC.
The BETHABARA CHAPTER and the NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION (SAR) Invite you to attend the 243rd Annual COMMEMORATION of the BATTLE of the SHALLOW FORD 11 am, OCTOBER 14th, 2023 HUNTSVILLE, NC
The annual commemorative ceremony will be held at 11 am at the old historic Huntsville Methodist Church, 4214 Mt. Sinai Drive, Huntsville, NC, followed by lunch at the Battle Branch Café, 2505 Farmington Road, Huntsville, NC 27055. Please register for wreath presentations and Color Guard by October 8th, 2023.
A Compatriot grave marking ceremony will be conducted by the Halifax Resolves Chapter of the SAR for Compatriot Frank Hart Saunders, Compatriot Luther Rice Mills II, and Compatriot Dennis Hutson Holliday on the morning of October 21st at 10:00 am. The location of the ceremony is the Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, NC. A second ceremony will take place that afternoon, at 1:30 pm, for Compatriot Ernest Carl Witt. This event will take place at the Lasker Town Cemetery, Lasker, NC. Halifax Resolves Compatriot Grave Marking RSVP – 10.21.2023
9297 Sherrills Ford Road, Terrell, North Carolina 28682
Catawba Valley, NCSSAR
&
Mary Slocumb Chapter, NCSDAR
Will Conduct a Grave Marking Ceremony Honoring
Patriot Grave Marking for Rev Daniel Adbury and His Wife, Mary
Saturday, 21 October 2023
Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery
9297 Sherrills Ford Rd., Terrell, NC 28682
1:00 pm
All Color Guard and wreath presentations
please RSVP Chapter President Ben Setser
246TH SIGNING OF TRYON RESOLVES (CG)
August 14, 2021 / 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The 246th Anniversary of the Signing of the Tryon Resolves is scheduled for:
Who: NC SAR Battle of Kings Mountain Chapter
When: Saturday, 14 August, 2021 starting at 10:30 a.m.
Where: Tryon Resolves Monument, Bessemer City NC (See direction below.)
What: Ceremony will consist of the following sequence of events:
· Call to order
· Invocation
· Short remarks regarding the significance of the event
· Reading of the “Tryon Resolves” and the names of the signers
· Recognition of participating organizations and representatives
· Benediction
· Closing
Directions to Tryon Resolves Monument: The marker is located between Bessemer City and Cherryville on the 2500 block of Tryon Courthouse Road (Highway 274). Heading north towards Cherryville the marker is on the left before the intersection with Tryon School Road. A North Carolina Highway Historical Marker for Tryon County (O-29) is next to the marker.
Any questions, please contact the Battle of Kings Mountain Chapter President, Clark Summers, at email or phone 425-652-3230.