American artist Chas Fagan brings his incredible talents and stories to share with us for an evening of inspiration and emotional journey. Chas is well known around the world for his fine art, but he is really known locally for his sculpture entitled “The Spirit of Mecklenburg” featuring the ride of Captain Jack and his […]

Chapter Social Lunch at Old Mecklenburg Brewery Inside the Famous Brauhaus All chapter members & guests invited! Everyone is welcome…spouses, too! If you’re a new member, come make some friends and meet other members! Order from the menu…food and beer. We’ll all be sitting together in one area in comfortable chairs with seat backs. RSVP […]

I’m A Descendant of Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings Come listen to the moving, emotional and fact-filled story of a black ancestor of an enslaved black mistress to President Thomas Jefferson. RESERVATIONS ARE CLOSED! One of the most important people and authors in modern history, Gayle Jessup White, will be speaking on November 11, 2021, […]

CHAPTER SOCIAL LUNCHES ARE BACK! All vaccinated chapter members and spouses are invited to our first in-person Chapter Social Lunch. Order from the lunch menu and pay your own tab. Break out of your home and come be social…laugh, share stories about your ancestor, meet new friends and enjoy face-to-face again! Date: Thursday, May 27, […]

Join the Mecklenburg chapter for the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony and Veterans wreath laying ceremony at Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Matthews, NC beginning at 12 noon. Follow the signs and traffic around to where you see everybody gathering. Park on the side of little road like everybody else. All members of the chapter […]

The Mecklenburg Chapter Launches Zoom Digital Meeting Series April 30, 2020 Beginning at 5:30pm EST This program will be an online Zoom video call with Dr. Matthew Costello, author and vice president of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, White House Historian. Dr. Costello has graciously agreed to join us from […]

*SAR National Color Guard Event* You’re invited to the 239th Anniversary of the Battle of Cowan’s Ford beginning at 10:00am at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 10500 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078. Our annual biscuit and coffee breakfast begins at 9:00am. This year’s special speaker will be Dr. Benjamin Franklin! **Wreath Drop-Off Instructions** You will drop […]

Join the Mecklenburg chapter for the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony and Veterans wreath laying ceremony at Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Matthews, NC beginning at 12 noon. Follow the signs and traffic around to where you see everybody gathering. Park on the side of little road like everybody else. All members of the chapter […]

Mecklenburg Chapter Invites You & Guests to Attend Dinner with First Lady Abigail Adams Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:00pm at Charlotte Executive Park Hilton We are pleased to welcome Ms. Abigail Adams! Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is sometimes considered […]

The Mecklenburg Chapter Invites You to a Very Special Chapter Dinner “Who Stole North Carolina’s Original Copy of the Bill of Rights?” Thursday, September 19, 2019 6:00pm at the Charlotte Executive Park Hilton Grab your seats for one of the most exciting and thrilling stories you will hear about stolen and recovered North Carolina history! Join […]

The Mecklenburg Chapter, along with the Godfrey Dreher Chapter, SCSSAR, will conduct a grave marking beginning at 10:00am at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery for Patriot John Carothers (1755-1838). Patriot Carothers served with his brothers James (1750-1836) and Robert (1750-1837) in the Mecklenburg Militia under Colonel Robert Ervin during the American Revolution. They fought in […]

May Chapter Dinner Meeting! North Carolina State Representative Craig Horn, District 68, will join us for an exciting evening and presentation on how the character and foresight of three Great Leaders in 3 different centuries are tied together. Our founding documents are not only the foundation of this Great Nation but are also the guideposts that […]

*SAR National Color Guard Event* You’re invited to the 238th Anniversary of the Battle of Cowan’s Ford beginning at 10:00am at Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 10500 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078. Our annual biscuit and coffee breakfast begins at 9:00am. This year’s speaker is Jeremiah DeGennaro, the site manager of the Alamance Battleground Historic Site. His […]

Make way for the Little Big String Band! The Little Big String Band is a vintage swing quartet with Violin, Flute, Guitar and Bass. The Mecklenburg chapter welcomes these dynamic musicians to give us all a great night of entertainment and music that we all will enjoy! These four amazing musicians will have your hands […]

The COL Alexander Erwin Chapter in Morganton invites all SAR, DAR and other historical organizations to participate in a historical reenactment of the Catawba River Crossing at Greenlee Ford for the OVTA in Morganton today from 11:00am to 12pm at the Judges Riverside BBQ Restaurant, 128 Greenlee Ford Rd, Morganton, NC 28655. Duke Power will close […]

THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE STORMS IMPACTING THE REGION. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW INQUIRIES ABOUT TRAVEL COMPLICATIONS SO WE ARE CANCELLING THIS MEETING. WE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU ABOUT TICKET REFUNDS. (POSTED 9:30AM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 2018.)

The Mecklenburg chapter is joining the Eleanor Wilson Chapter DAR (from Washington, DC) to co-host a grave marking ceremony to rededicate the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots Eleanor Wilson and Robert Wilson at the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 7407 Steele Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter DAR has been […]

The Mecklenburg Chapter welcomes historical artist Dan Nance as our special guest for the May meeting! During his twenty year career, Nance has released over two dozen prints and graced numerous book and magazine covers, growing a wide audience of authoritative scholars and historical interpreters who respect his integrity, as well as faithful patrons and […]

The Mecklenburg chapter is joining chapter member and Eagle Scout David Miller (Troop 327, Lakeland District, Piedmont Council) to honor and mark the site of an original slave cemetery at Rehobeth United Methodist Church. David’s Eagle Scout project was to clean the cemetery and identify where the people were buried. We are now honoring those […]

The Mecklenburg chapter in Charlotte welcomes back for the 4th year in a row, historical author and storyteller Randell Jones! You’ll delight in hearing Randell’s new story of “Saving Col. Williams,” which revolves around the SC Militia and the Lincoln County Militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Randell’s telling of the story attempts to rectify […]