General Francis Nash Chapter Meet & Greet Social, Chapter Meeting, Speaker Program, and Optional Dinner

28th Annual Patriots’ Dayin Alamance County

28th Annual Patriots’ Day
in Alamance County

General Francis Nash Chapter Meet & Greet Social, Chapter Meeting, Speaker Program, and Optional Dinner

hosted by: Alamance Battleground ChapterSons of the American Revolution2:00 PM – Wreath Laying CeremonySaturday, May 18, 2024Alamance Battleground State Historic Site5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC

“MecDec” Day Ceremony!

12 noon

Trade & Tryon

Uptown Charlotte

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hosted by: Alamance Battleground Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
2:00 PM – Wreath Laying Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC

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June 27, 2024 / 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Organized by: General Francis Nash Chapter

Location:

Governors Club

11000 Governors Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA

General Francis Nash Chapter Meeting and a Great Speaker

4:00 to 5:50 pm “Meet and Greet” John Braswell and GFN Chapter Meeting

6:00 “The Boy Generals — Nathaniel Greene and the Marquis de Lafayette” John Braswell

7:15 [Optional] GFN Chapter Dinner at Governors Club

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NSDAR Patriot Marker Dedication – Greenlee Ford
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
May 18, 2024
https://ncssar.org/event/nsdar-patriot-marker-dedication-greenlee-ford/

PLEASE JOIN THE QUAKER MEADOWS CHAPTER, NSDAR FOR A PATRIOT MARKER DEDICATION CEREMONY
Saturday, May 18, 2024
2pm
Catawba River Greenway
128 Greenlee Ford
Morganton, North Carolina
To register for the event, RSVP by May 1st –
For NCSSAR Color Guard information, contact

28th Annual Patriots’ Day in Alamance County
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
May 18, 2024
Alamance Battleground Chapter
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC
5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC
https://ncssar.org/event/27th-annual-patriots-day-in-alamance-county-2/

28th Annual Patriots’ Day
in Alamance County
hosted by: Alamance Battleground Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
2:00 PM – Wreath Laying Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC
Members of SAR, DAR, C.A.R., SR and other Patriotic/Historical Societies will participate in a formal wreath laying ceremony at Alamance Battleground at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 18, 2024 to commemorate Alamance County’s three 1781 Revolutionary Battles: Pyle’s Defeat, Clapp’s Mill and Lindley’s Mill, and the Pre-Revolutionary May 16, 1771 Battle of Alamance (250 th Anniversary). This year’s event will be held as in the past at the Patriot’s Monument, in the field across the road from the Visitor’s Center. Color Guard units are encouraged to bring chapter and ceremonial flags and wear period uniforms or militia dress. Dignitaries and representatives of patriotic societies are invited to present wreaths. For inclement weather, the event will be held under the awning in front of the Visitor’s Center. There is no charge for parking.
The NC SAR poster and brochure contest will be judged at the Alamance Battleground visitor’s center at 1:00 PM. Please bring posters and brochures for judging at that time or contact Sam Powell for electronic submissions.
Participants in the 2:00 PM wreath laying ceremony are requested to arrive at the Park Patriots’ Monument by 1:30 PM. The NCSSAR combined Color Guard will lead the processional.
Directions to Alamance Battleground State Park are: From Interstate-40 take Exit 143, then south on Highway 62 for approximately six miles, Alamance Battleground State Military Park entrance straddles Hwy 62.
To include your group’s recognition in the program, please furnish the following information to:
Samuel C. Powell
PO Box 2104
Burlington, NC 27216-2104
Telephone: (336) 227-3557
E-mail:

For wreath presenters, Presenter’s Name:__________________________________________
Office/Title of presenter: _____________________________________________________
Organization/State/Chapter: __________________________________________________

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249th Commemoration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
May 20, 2024
Mecklenburg Chapter SAR
Uptown Charlotte
W Trade St & E Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28202
W Trade St & E Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28202
https://ncssar.org/event/244th-commemoration-of-the-mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence-2/
“MecDec” Day Ceremony!
12 noon
Trade & Tryon
Uptown Charlotte
Join the Mecklenburg Chapter Color Guard
No Uniform Required to Participate!
Email Stephen McKee to participate –