Sons of the American Revolution
The spring WVSSAR Board of Management meeting scheduled for March 21 and the WVSSAR annual dinner and meeting scheduled for April 17 and 18 have been cancelled due to an abundance of caution for the corona virus outbreak.
As additional information about future meetings and events is available, it will be posted.
Compatriot JAMES JEFFERSON GOODE, 94, of Huntington, widower of Lois Tillie Frampton Goode, died February 27, 2020 in The Woodlands Retirement Community. A member of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter, he served as chaplain of the WVSSAR for many years and was a West Virginia History Hero. He was owner of Huntington Church Furniture Company.
A member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) may receive the SAR Appreciation Medal for referring at least five new SAR members. The count will be maintained by use of the DAR Finder Form. The form is provided here for your use.
WVSSAR chapters are encouraged to submit the DAR Finder Form with SAR applications when DAR members refer candidates for SAR membership. For additional information, please contact Frank C. “Joe” Khare, WVSSAR DAR Liaison, at FrankK5600@aol.com or (304) 876-3817.
You can download a copy of the DAR Finder Form from HERE
Historian Beth White will be speaking on “Inherent and Invaluable: The Forgotten History of Trial by Jury” at the Thursday, November 10, meeting of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter. Continue reading “General Andrew Lewis Chapter Meeting”
The next Quarterly meeting of the George Rogers Clark Chapter is scheduled for Friday, October 7, 2016, at 6:00 PM. The location will be the Eat’n Park Restaurant, Bridgeport. Continue reading “George Rogers Clark Chapter Meeting”
One of West Virginia’s finest regional authors, Robert Michael Thompson, will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, September 8, meeting of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter. Continue reading “General Andrew Lewis Chapter Meeting”
Well-known Historian Karen Nance will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, May 12 meeting of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter. Nance’s topic will be “Slavery and the Underground Railroad in the Tri-State”.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Enslow Park Presbyterian Church,
1338 Enslow Blvd., Huntington, W.V.
Refreshments will the served and is open to the public.
Meeting and Program, 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 11, 2016
First Presbyterian Church
1307 Chapline St
Wheeling, WV 26003-3318 Continue reading “Fort Henry Chapter Meeting 11 Jun 2016”
Marshall University Professor Phillip Rutherford will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, March 10 meeting of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter in Huntington.
His topic will be “Fighting Fare: American Servicemen and the Taste of War, 1941-1945”.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Enslow Park Presbyterian Church, 1338 Enslow Blvd. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
Compatriot Hershel Woody “Woody” Williams, who is a member of the Captain James Neal Chapter, West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, is featured in an article on page 12 of the February 2016 issue of The SAR Magazine. Compatriot “Woody” Williams was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by US President Harry Truman for his actions as a Marine during the Battle of Iwo Jima during February 1945.
You can read and download the February 2016 issue of The SAR Magazine featuring the article about Compatriot “Woody” Williams from HERE.