Category: Chapter Meeting

Dear Compatriots,

It is a pleasure to send out this invitation and to encourage you and your guests to attend the Regional Holiday Luncheon sponsored by the Capt. James Neal and Marietta SAR Chapters.  We will meet at 1:00 PM, Sunday, December 6 at the Parkersburg Country Club. 

This will be a very special time and a special program, so, even if you are some distance away or have not been all that active with us, I’m writing to say how nice it would be to see YOU at this event. We continue to expand this meeting which is now one of the largest joint DAR/SAR gatherings anywhere in the region!  We always welcome spouses, prospective members, and guests to what is shaping up to be a very festive event. 

Our speaker will be Kevin Ritter and his talk is titled “The Revolutionary, Evolutionary American English Language.” Please make your reservation early. We welcome the DAR chapters who will meet jointly with us.  The Capt. James Neal Chapter Color Guard will be with us. Other color guard members are also invited to take part. Since we will install the Chapter Officers for the coming year and welcome new members. I believe you will agree with me that this will be a very special event.

Your reservation form is enclosed.  I look forward to seeing you at the meeting!  As always, if you have any questions or concerns about SAR, about the Chapter, or about joining SAR, please feel free to contact me.  

Sincerely,

Ted Cox (304) 464-5902

Holiday Luncheon reserv form

Battle Days Memorial Service will be held on 10 October 2020 at 10:00 am.  It will be a combined live/virtual event. 

Please email your participation choice to:

 ed_cromley@hotmail.com

Previous announcement indicated a different arrangement, but since the original notice we found it can be all done on the actual anniversary of the battle.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

The WVSSAR Board of Management will hold its fall meeting at 10:00 on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the Days Inn Conference Center, Flatwoods West Virginia.

The in-person meeting room will be arranged to observe social distancing safety measures. There is also the option to participate via Zoom virtual conferencing.

Please contact WVSSAR President John Turley to inform him if you plan to attend in person or virtually so that he can make the appropriate arrangements for you. He can be reached at johnaturley@gmail.com

Delegates who participated in the May 30, 2020 virtual Annual Meeting approved the 2020 – 21 slate with the exception of the contested office of president. Delegates were sent paper ballots for the election of president. Ballots had to be postmarked no later than June 2, 2020 and sent to Nominating Committee Chair William H. Lester. He and J. Paul Chapman, president of the John Beckley Chapter and D. Wayne Harvey, WVSSAR Historian, tabulated the ballots cast for the two candidates, Compatriot Turley and Compatriot Rhendal C. Butler.

With Dr. Turley’s election, Compatriot Butler will serve as First Vice President, the office for which he was chosen by the Nominating Committee for the 2020 – 21 slate.

Compatriots:

The SAR National Eagle Scout Committee will have a booth at the 2021 National Boy Scout Jamboree. The jamboree will take place at the Summit, situated in the wilds of West Virginia, at Glen Jean.

We will need compatriots to man the booth. We need at least 25 volunteers, so we can have 3 people each day. The jamboree is July 21 – 30, 2021.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Compatriot Harold T. (Ted) Cox, Jr., president Captain James Neal Chapter, (304) 464-5902.

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”