Please join us for a Flag Retirement Ceremony at 10am June 15th, 2024 at Battle of Rockfish Creek Monument Location:5871 US-117, Wallace, NC 28466, USA
The Raleigh Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution is inviting you to attend our Annual Picnic Gala!
This year, the picnic will be held on June 15th, at Lake Crabtree, 1400 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC 27560, at high noon. This will be rain or shine, as this is a sheltered picnic area. There’s also a horseshoe pit beside it! We will be catered by the locally famous Sam Jones BBQ. Our Keynote speaker will be the renowned Chris Grimes, as he delves into medical practices of the Revolutionary Period, with his extensive collection of equipment. All members of Patriotic Societies are encouraged to participate, as well as any guests you wish to bring. Dress is casual.
Catawba Valley Chapter of the SAR would like to invite you to the Commemoration of the 244th Anniversary of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill to be held on Saturday, 22nd June 2024 in Lincolnton North Carolina.
On Friday evening 21 June 2024, there will be a reception at the Hampton Inn in the conference room for all members of the visiting SAR, DAR, and guests. The Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held Saturday, 22 June 2024 beginning at 10:00 am. The ceremony will occur at the mass grave located at Battleground Elementary School, 201 Jeb Seagle Drive, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092. In addition, there will be a living history encampment with various demonstrations including cooking, storytelling, singing, camp life, 18th Century medicine, militia drill, and living off the land across the street near the cabin afterward, and on Sunday, 23 June, in conjunction with the Lincoln County Historical Association and various reenactor groups. All members are encouraged to visit the camp on either or both days.
Please be sure to register below for participation in the Wreath Laying and Color / Honor Guard with the link below.
Lodging: Rooms are available for $124.00 plus tax at Hampton Inn, 129 Roper Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092, cutoff date is May 17th. Please call 704 736-2000, the group name is Sons of the American Revolution, the group code is SAR.
Group Information:
Group Name – Sons of the American Revolution
Group Dates – 06/21/2024- 06/23/2024
Group Rate – $124.00 plus tax per room per night (13% tax)
Catawba Valley Chapter of the SAR would like to invite you to the Commemoration of the 244th Anniversary of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill to be held on Saturday, 22nd June 2024 in Lincolnton North Carolina.
On Friday evening 21 June 2024, there will be a reception at the Hampton Inn in the conference room for all members of the visiting SAR, DAR, and guests. The Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held Saturday, 22 June 2024 beginning at 10:00 am. The ceremony will occur at the mass grave located at Battleground Elementary School, 201 Jeb Seagle Drive, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092. In addition, there will be a living history encampment with various demonstrations including cooking, storytelling, singing, camp life, 18th Century medicine, militia drill, and living off the land across the street near the cabin afterward, and on Sunday, 23 June, in conjunction with the Lincoln County Historical Association and various reenactor groups. All members are encouraged to visit the camp on either or both days.
Please be sure to register below for participation in the Wreath Laying and Color / Honor Guard with the link below.
Lodging: Rooms are available for $124.00 plus tax at Hampton Inn, 129 Roper Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092, cutoff date is May 17th. Please call 704 736-2000, the group name is Sons of the American Revolution, the group code is SAR.
Group Information:
Group Name – Sons of the American Revolution
Group Dates – 06/21/2024- 06/23/2024
Group Rate – $124.00 plus tax per room per night (13% tax)
Catawba Valley Chapter of the SAR would like to invite you to the Commemoration of the 244th Anniversary of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill to be held on Saturday, 22nd June 2024 in Lincolnton North Carolina.
On Friday evening 21 June 2024, there will be a reception at the Hampton Inn in the conference room for all members of the visiting SAR, DAR, and guests. The Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held Saturday, 22 June 2024 beginning at 10:00 am. The ceremony will occur at the mass grave located at Battleground Elementary School, 201 Jeb Seagle Drive, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092. In addition, there will be a living history encampment with various demonstrations including cooking, storytelling, singing, camp life, 18th Century medicine, militia drill, and living off the land across the street near the cabin afterward, and on Sunday, 23 June, in conjunction with the Lincoln County Historical Association and various reenactor groups. All members are encouraged to visit the camp on either or both days.
Please be sure to register below for participation in the Wreath Laying and Color / Honor Guard with the link below.
Lodging: Rooms are available for $124.00 plus tax at Hampton Inn, 129 Roper Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092, cutoff date is May 17th. Please call 704 736-2000, the group name is Sons of the American Revolution, the group code is SAR.
Group Information:
Group Name – Sons of the American Revolution
Group Dates – 06/21/2024- 06/23/2024
Group Rate – $124.00 plus tax per room per night (13% tax)
The People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
May 20, 2023 / 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The People of North Carolina in the American Revolution
Saturday, May 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh
Please join us and spread the word about this event! As the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America approaches, the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources is partnering with the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Friends of the Archives to explore and celebrate some of the diverse groups of North Carolinians who helped shape the history of the state and the nation: women and men, young and old, patriots and loyalists, immigrants and indigenous, free and enslaved.
This special event will be held both virtually and in-person at the State Archives and State Library of North Carolina. Registration is $45/ $5 discounts available for members of the NC Genealogical Society and Friends of the Archives. Register today! Do you have Questions?Contact ">LeRae Umfleet, Special Projects Administrator, NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
Learn about a variety of topics from a diverse group of experts. Sessions include:
Keynote: *The Many North Carolinas of the American Revolution, John A. Ruddiman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University
*“Uppity Women” Make History in Edenton, Alexis Tobias-Jacavone, Director of History and Communications for the Edenton Historical Commission
North Carolina Loyalists (In-person only), W. Becket Soule, OP
*NC Militia or Continental Line: Where are the Records?, Craig R. Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA
The Quakers: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (In-person only), Ron Osborne
*African American & Indigenous Patriots of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina, Kevin Graham, Tyrone Goodwyn and Luke Alexander
The Regulator Movement: New Research (In-person only), Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds
*Documenting the World of Outlander, Joshua Hager and Alison Thurman, State Archives of NC staff
*These sessions will be live-streamed and available to view on the day of the event with the purchase of an event ticket. Sessions will not be recorded.