• 2025 Annual Meeting Gallery

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    Photos from the April 4-5 NC SAR Annual Meeting (Click any picture to enlarge, click again for high resolution) Registration       Reception     Breakfast   Youth Awards Photos from the Rumbaugh Oratory Competition and the Youth Awards Luncheon are posted in the 2025 Annual Meeting Youth Awards Gallery   Business Meeting Photos […]

  • 2025 Annual Meeting Youth Awards Gallery

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    (Click any picture to enlarge, click again for high resolution) Rumbaugh Oratory Competition For the first time, the State Rumbaugh Oratory Contest was conducted at the Annual Meeting.  Alamance Battleground/Nathanael Green, General Francis Nash, and Raleigh Chapters held competitions and sent Orators to the State Competition.           Youth Awards Luncheon   […]

  • April Old North State Newsletter Is Uploaded

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: Newsletters

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  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at Patrick Henry Program

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On March 22, 2025, at the Historic Hendersonville Courthhouse in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard members Craig Issacson, Garry Linton, and Ken Weglarz provided speaking parts in […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Grave Marking Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

      Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On March 22, 2025, at the Mills River Presbyterian Church in Mills River, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors during a grave marking ceremony for Patriot James Brittain. The […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard Educational Program

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On March 18, 2025, at the Brevard Academy in Brevard, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard gave the 4th-grade class an educational program on the flags of the […]

  • April 18
    TWO LIGHTS
    For Tomorrow

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: What's New

    Two Lights for Tomorrow is a nationwide initiative to commence the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America. The famous ride of Paul Revere (and William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott) occurred overnight on April 18 – 19, 1775, warning of the approach of British forces that led to the Battles […]

  • General Francis Nash Chapter Celebrates 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord at Oratory Competition

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    The General Francis Nash Chapter held its annual Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Orations Contest and celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on March 22 at Governors Club in Chapel Hill. Seven young Orators impressed an appreciative audience of their families, SAR and DAR members, and local residents, with their perspectives […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Presentation to Rutherfordton NC DAR

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On February 5, 2025, the Blue Ridge Chapter President Garry Linton provided an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent American Revolution” to the Griffith Rutherford DAR […]

  • Sons of the American Revolution and America250 Join to Celebrate the Semiquincentennial

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    We’re excited and honored to partner with America250 in celebrating this monumental milestone! As members of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, we are proud to honor our nation’s rich history and inspire future generations to reflect on the journey that has shaped the United States!

  • Winter 2025 Board of Managers Meeting

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    Winter 2025 Board of Managers Meeting   The North Carolina SAR Winter 2025 Board of Managers meeting was held on January 25 (fortunately, the snow had melted) at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Huntersville, North Carolina.           The meeting began with the usual protocol, and was honored to have NSSAR President […]

  • Recent Blue Ridge Chapter Activities

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On December 27, 2024, at the Brevard Davidson River Presbyterian Church in Brevard, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter Compatriot Larry Chapman presented Eagle Scout Awards to six deserving Scouts. All […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard Wreaths Across America Event

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, it later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On December 14, 2024, at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard presented colors for the annual Wreaths Across America on the second Saturday […]

  • Blue Ridge SAR Chapter Meeting and Annual Awards Luncheon

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On  December 7, 2024, at the Elks Lodge in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Chapter held its Chapter Meeting and Annual Awards Luncheon. The Chapter Color Guard presented the colors […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Educational Program

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 7, 2024, Vice President Garry Linton presented to Chapter M, PEO in Fletcher, North Carolina, an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent American Revolution.” Garry, dressed in […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at Grave Marking Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 2, 2024, at the King Family Cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors in a grave marking ceremony for Patriot Samuel King, Sr. The Blue Ridge Chapter also provided the order of […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Educational Program

    Ron Hillabrand
    Posted in: News

    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 24, 2024, at the Rotary Club in Moss Point, Mississippi Blue Ridge Chapter Vice-President Garry Linton provided an educational program on “George Washington, His Compatriots, and the Nascent […]

  • Ralph Nelson Quote Leads Fall American Ancestors Article

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    A comment from General Francis Nash Compatriot Ralph Nelson, that was published in the New England Historical Genealogical Society E-newsletter a year ago, was requested by an editor of American Ancestors magazine (a publication of that same Society) to be used in a future article on patriot lineage societies.  When the article was published in […]

  • Grave Marking for Matthew McCauley

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

    On a gorgeous October 26 Autumn morning, Descendants of Patriot Matthew McCauley, from New York, Florida, and the Triangle Area, members of the North Carolina Brigade, Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge, and members of North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution, celebrated his service in an America 250 Grave Marking […]

  • 2026 National Congress Company of Minutemen Expanded

    Denny Colvin
    Posted in: News

      2026 National Congress NC Company of Minutemen Expanded