Sons of the American Revolution
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.
Announcement of the Execution of the Final Contract
History
In 2014 Kings College London approached PG Lindsey Brock about the SAR sponsoring a visiting professor to review a discovery of new documents found in the Round Tower at Windsor Castle. These documents were papers from King George III , as well as four other kings of that era, with the bulk being from George III. In return for a payment of $38,600 per year the SAR would pay for a professor to travel to London and work on these archives with the idea of ultimately cataloging and digitizing them for publication. Continue reading “PG Communication No. 8”
Congratulations to WVSSAR Compatriot “Rick” Greathouse who was awarded the West Virginia History Hero Award. Compatriot “Rick” Greathouse is a member and secretary of the Daniel Boone Chapter of Charleston, WV. Continue reading “Compatriot Greathouse Receives WV History Hero Award”
SAR Spring Leadership Meeting 2016
Event Date:
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 – Sat, 27 Feb 2016
Event Location:
The Brown Hotel
http://www.brownhotel.com/
The Brown Hotel
335 West Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
hotel reservations – 1-888-387-0498 Continue reading “SAR Spring Leadership Meeting 2016”
The WVSSAR will have a display table number 34 at the West Virginia History Day at the Legislature on January 29, 2016 from 9:00 am to2:00 pm, located in the Display Hall on the first floor of the State Capitol Bldg 1, 1900 Kanawha Blvd East Charleston WV 25305.
Fort Henry Chapter meeting
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 10:00 a.m.
Federal Courtroom, third floor
West Virginia Independence Hall
1528 Market Street, Wheeling Continue reading “Fort Henry Chapter Meeting”
The WVSSAR Newsletter Fall 2015 edition is now available.
Our most sincere thanks and appreciation to Tom Galloway, the WVSSAR Newsletter Editor, for his dedication and excellent work that he always performs with the publishing of our West Virginia Society SAR Newsletter. Tom is also the President of the General Andrew Lewis Chapter WVSSAR.
You can view and download the WVSSAR Newsletter Fall 2015 edition HERE
On behalf of the Officers and Compatriots of the West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, we wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
On Friday, November 20, 2015 a grand unveiling ceremony was held in front of the NSSAR Headquarters in Louisville, KY to celebrate the placement of the “Sons of Liberty – 1775” bronze statue.
The statue was created by renowned artist, Compatriot James N Muir, and was commissioned and paid for by the contributions of individual Compatriots of the Philadelphia Continental Chapter, who donated it to the NSSAR Headquarters in 2009. The statue stands almost 8 foot tall and weighs about 800 pounds and rests upon a quarried Kentucky limestone base which weighs about 19,000 pounds. Continue reading “NSSAR Bronze Statue Unveiling Ceremony Video”