247th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Halifax Resolves

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

10:30 am

Market Street

Historic Halifax, NC

              A reception will be held Tuesday April 11th at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 74 Premier Blvd., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870, at 5:00 pm followed by a Dutch treat dinner at a local restaurant.

A block of rooms has been reserved for participants at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites at a cost of $115.00/night + tax.  Reservations may be made online with the reservation code of SAR or by calling the hotel direct at 252-535-3300.  This block of rooms will be released on April 4, 2023.

Participant check-in will begin at 9:45. am.

Weapons check for Color Guard members will be 10:15 a. m. Late arriving members with weapons will not be allowed to carry weapons in the ceremony.

The guest speaker will be NSSAR President-General C. Bruce Pickette.

A post event luncheon will be held at the Halifax UMC, 152 S. King St., Halifax, NC.  The meals will be $15.00/person, RSVP required NLT  Noon on Thursday, April  6, 2022.

RSVP’s MUST arrive NLT Thursday, April 6th in order to be listed in the program and to be included in the meal reservations, if desired.  RSVP’s that arrive late will not be listed on the program and will not be recognized during the ceremony.  Meal reservations that are cancelled after April 6th will not be refunded.

2023 Halifax Resolves RSVP

A Compatriot grave marking ceremony will be conducted for Compatriot Carl Witt at the Lasker Town Cemetery in Lasker, NC on the morning of October 21st and a second ceremony will be held at Historic Trinity Church in Scotland Neck in the afternoon for Compatriots Frank Hart Saunders and Luther Rice Mills.  Details to follow.