Color Guard Schedule
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Updates or corrections to the published schedule should be submitted using the form located at the bottom of this page (click button to submit).
Heat Index and Length of March entries (where appropriate) have been added.
Heat Indexes of 90F and higher are registered in red font; 80-89F in amber font.
A Heat Index Table and the VASSAR Accident/Incident Report form are provided in the Resource Section (see tab).
Guardsmen are encouraged to self-evaluate their ability to participate in physically stressful conditions for their own safety and well-being, and remember to remain sufficiently hydrated.
Updates or corrections to the published schedule should be submitted using the form located at the bottom of this page (click button to submit).
Heat Index and Length of March entries (where appropriate) have been added.
Heat Indexes of 90F and higher are registered in red font; 80-89F in amber font.
A Heat Index Table and the VASSAR Accident/Incident Report form are provided in the Resource Section (see tab).
Guardsmen are encouraged to self-evaluate their ability to participate in physically stressful conditions for their own safety and well-being, and remember to remain sufficiently hydrated.
September 29th-October 1st, 2022 - NSSAR Fall Leadership
Event Level: National
Host: NSSAR.
Location: Louisville, KY.
Details: Hotel reservation at: be.synxis.com/?adult=1&arrive=2022-09-27&chain=10237&child=0¤cy=USD&depart=2022-10-02&group=092522NSSAR&hotel=27195&level=hotel&locale=en-US&rooms=1
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Cook, Corey, Crain, Osborn, Schwetke.
Event Level: National
Host: NSSAR.
Location: Louisville, KY.
Details: Hotel reservation at: be.synxis.com/?adult=1&arrive=2022-09-27&chain=10237&child=0¤cy=USD&depart=2022-10-02&group=092522NSSAR&hotel=27195&level=hotel&locale=en-US&rooms=1
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Cook, Corey, Crain, Osborn, Schwetke.
October 7th, 2022, Friday - 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Kings Mountain Chapter NCSSAR/Daniel Morgan Chapter SCSSAR.
Location: Kings Mountain National Military Park, 2625 Park Rd., Blacksburg, SC.
Firing Event: TBD
Details:The Commemoration of the 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain is scheduled for Friday, October 7th, 2022 with the wreath laying ceremony scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Anticipate about 60 min. total time.
There will be a registration table set up outside the Visitors Center for linking up with the National Color Guard Commander as well as the other state color guard participants.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was fought on October 7, 1780, and destroyed the left wing of Lord Cornwallis' army, effectively ending Loyalist ascendance in the Carolinas. The victory halted the British advance into North Carolina, forced Lord Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina, and gave General Nathanael Greene the opportunity to reorganize the American Army. The Patriot force of about 1,400 men was under the overall command of Colonel William Campbell, Virginia Militia.
In The Winning of the West, Compatriot President Theodore Roosevelt wrote of Kings Mountain, "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution." Thomas Jefferson called it "The turn of the tide of success". Compatriot President Herbert Hoover at the sesquicentennial commemoration at the site of the battle said, "This small band of Patriots turned back a dangerous invasion well designed to separate and dismember the united Colonies. It was a little army and a little battle, but it was of mighty portent. History has done scant justice to its significance, which rightly should place it beside Lexington, Bunker Hill, Trenton and Yorktown." {Hoover's full sesquicentennial address is attached in the pdf file below.]
In 1931, the Congress of the United States created the Kings Mountain National Military Park at the site of the battle.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Gullion. Thomas.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Kings Mountain Chapter NCSSAR/Daniel Morgan Chapter SCSSAR.
Location: Kings Mountain National Military Park, 2625 Park Rd., Blacksburg, SC.
Firing Event: TBD
Details:The Commemoration of the 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain is scheduled for Friday, October 7th, 2022 with the wreath laying ceremony scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Anticipate about 60 min. total time.
There will be a registration table set up outside the Visitors Center for linking up with the National Color Guard Commander as well as the other state color guard participants.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was fought on October 7, 1780, and destroyed the left wing of Lord Cornwallis' army, effectively ending Loyalist ascendance in the Carolinas. The victory halted the British advance into North Carolina, forced Lord Cornwallis to retreat from Charlotte into South Carolina, and gave General Nathanael Greene the opportunity to reorganize the American Army. The Patriot force of about 1,400 men was under the overall command of Colonel William Campbell, Virginia Militia.
In The Winning of the West, Compatriot President Theodore Roosevelt wrote of Kings Mountain, "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution." Thomas Jefferson called it "The turn of the tide of success". Compatriot President Herbert Hoover at the sesquicentennial commemoration at the site of the battle said, "This small band of Patriots turned back a dangerous invasion well designed to separate and dismember the united Colonies. It was a little army and a little battle, but it was of mighty portent. History has done scant justice to its significance, which rightly should place it beside Lexington, Bunker Hill, Trenton and Yorktown." {Hoover's full sesquicentennial address is attached in the pdf file below.]
In 1931, the Congress of the United States created the Kings Mountain National Military Park at the site of the battle.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Gullion. Thomas.
| address_on_the_150th_anniversary_of_the_battle_of_kings_mountain.pdf |
NEW: October 8th, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) - Patriot Grave Marking, Charles Lynch
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Patrick Henry Chapter VASSAR/Mark Day at oscmbb64@msn.com
Location: 1514 main Street, Altavista, VA 24517.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: Event is to mark the grave of Charles Lynch who served in the Militia and was a major Patriot in Campbell County during the Revolution. His grave is located in a family cemetery at Avocca, an historic home in Altavista, VA. The family wants to keep the ceremony limited in size and wants no outside publicity. The Chapter will provide the program and invite selected individuals from the SAR and local DAR to participate
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Patrick Henry Chapter VASSAR/Mark Day at oscmbb64@msn.com
Location: 1514 main Street, Altavista, VA 24517.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: Event is to mark the grave of Charles Lynch who served in the Militia and was a major Patriot in Campbell County during the Revolution. His grave is located in a family cemetery at Avocca, an historic home in Altavista, VA. The family wants to keep the ceremony limited in size and wants no outside publicity. The Chapter will provide the program and invite selected individuals from the SAR and local DAR to participate
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
UPDATED: October 8th, 2022, Saturday (1:00 pm) - Sgt Maj John Champe Memorial and Grave Marking, WV
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt. Maj. John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Ken Bonner at ken.l.bonner@gmail.com
Location: Prickett's Fort, 88 State Park Rd, Fairmont, WV 26554
Firing event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: B.Schwoerer.
Details: VASSAR President Meyer will attend. The Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter is conducting a Chapter-signature event, memorializing the passing of our namesake on the 30th of September, 1798. A VA headstone was placed by our precursor Chapter on 22 April 2002, and this event contemplates both the memorial of Maj Champe's passing 224 years ago and, if possible, the placement of an SAR grave marker.
We are exploring participation on behalf of both WVSSAR and MDSSAR, including Color Guard, and Champe descendants. We will invite State leadership as appropriate.
Color Guard to muster no later than 12:15 pm.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, B.Schwoerer.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt. Maj. John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Ken Bonner at ken.l.bonner@gmail.com
Location: Prickett's Fort, 88 State Park Rd, Fairmont, WV 26554
Firing event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: B.Schwoerer.
Details: VASSAR President Meyer will attend. The Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter is conducting a Chapter-signature event, memorializing the passing of our namesake on the 30th of September, 1798. A VA headstone was placed by our precursor Chapter on 22 April 2002, and this event contemplates both the memorial of Maj Champe's passing 224 years ago and, if possible, the placement of an SAR grave marker.
We are exploring participation on behalf of both WVSSAR and MDSSAR, including Color Guard, and Champe descendants. We will invite State leadership as appropriate.
Color Guard to muster no later than 12:15 pm.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, B.Schwoerer.
October 15th, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) - Joint Patriot Joint Grave Marking of John Chapman Hunter (Rev War and War of 1812)
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: George Washington Chapter VASSAR/Paul Walden at paulwalden@live.com
Location: , Flint Hill Cemetery, 2845 Chain Bridge Rd, Vienna (Oakton) VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: The George Washington Chapter, Virginia Society SAR, and the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia will be conducting a Grave Marking Honoring John Chapman Hunter, American Revolution Patriot and Defender in the War of 1812 and William Whitaker, Defender in the War of 1812
Please let the organizer know if you can attend and if you are planning to present a wreath by submitting this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYwZszSdQ5-geG834KTTEUdDS-R7Hs_gQqUi0xXOqplfEMdw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Questions: Contact Paul Walden, PaulWalden@live.com or (703) 346-2091
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Cook, Russell.
War of 1812 Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: George Washington Chapter VASSAR/Paul Walden at paulwalden@live.com
Location: , Flint Hill Cemetery, 2845 Chain Bridge Rd, Vienna (Oakton) VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: The George Washington Chapter, Virginia Society SAR, and the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia will be conducting a Grave Marking Honoring John Chapman Hunter, American Revolution Patriot and Defender in the War of 1812 and William Whitaker, Defender in the War of 1812
Please let the organizer know if you can attend and if you are planning to present a wreath by submitting this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYwZszSdQ5-geG834KTTEUdDS-R7Hs_gQqUi0xXOqplfEMdw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Questions: Contact Paul Walden, PaulWalden@live.com or (703) 346-2091
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Cook, Russell.
War of 1812 Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
October 15th, 2022, Saturday (2:00 pm) - Patriot Grave Marking of Capt. Thomas Logwood
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt. Maj. John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Barry Schwoerer at barry@schwoerers.com
Location: Logwood Farm, 9077 Big Island Highway, Bedford, VA.
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Captain Thomas Logwood was a member of the Virginia Militia and who signed the Bedford County oath of allegiance in 1777. He supplied wagon, four horses and provisions to the Militia in 1781. This grave marking will be co-sponsored by the Seven Hills Society C.A.R.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Carrigan, Corey, Day, B.Schwoerer, J.Schwoerer.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt. Maj. John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Barry Schwoerer at barry@schwoerers.com
Location: Logwood Farm, 9077 Big Island Highway, Bedford, VA.
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Captain Thomas Logwood was a member of the Virginia Militia and who signed the Bedford County oath of allegiance in 1777. He supplied wagon, four horses and provisions to the Militia in 1781. This grave marking will be co-sponsored by the Seven Hills Society C.A.R.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Carrigan, Corey, Day, B.Schwoerer, J.Schwoerer.
October 16th, 2022, Sunday (Time TBA) - Frontier Region Color Guard Workshop
Event Level: Regional Color Guard Workshop
Host/POC: General William Campbell Chapter VASSAR/John Gullion at trapperjohn63@gmail.com
Location: 1780 Muster PL. Abingdon, VA. 24210.
Firing event: Yes
Details: This Color Guard Workshop is part of the current training and team building efforts underway across the four VASSAR regions. They offer participants an opportunity to discuss correct color guard protocols; long rifle/musket firing safety; how the current liability insurance affects all VASSAR color guard activity, and a chance to socialize. Black powder firing.will be conducted.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Carrigan, Corey, Gullion, Johnson, Melhuish. (Osborn TBC).
Event Level: Regional Color Guard Workshop
Host/POC: General William Campbell Chapter VASSAR/John Gullion at trapperjohn63@gmail.com
Location: 1780 Muster PL. Abingdon, VA. 24210.
Firing event: Yes
Details: This Color Guard Workshop is part of the current training and team building efforts underway across the four VASSAR regions. They offer participants an opportunity to discuss correct color guard protocols; long rifle/musket firing safety; how the current liability insurance affects all VASSAR color guard activity, and a chance to socialize. Black powder firing.will be conducted.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Carrigan, Corey, Gullion, Johnson, Melhuish. (Osborn TBC).
October 19, 2022, Wednesday (9:15 am) – Wreath Laying at tomb of Thomas Nelson Jr.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter VASSAR/Gary Hodges at gary.hodges1@verizon.net
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: NSSAR CG Cdr Lyles.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: Muster at Grace Episcopal Church graveyard no later than 08:45 am.
[See attached for proposed Color/Honor Guard formation.]
Also attached are the recently released invitation and RSVP card -- passed for info.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Adolphi, Bonner, Carrigan, Cook, Corey, Daniel, Dunaway, Hamilton, Lynch, Melhuish, O'Kelley, Osborn, Schwetke, Thompson, Weyler, Williams.
Ohio SAR Color Guard Attendees: Duffiield, Hankins, Hill, Pettit.
North Carolina Guard Attendee: Strunk.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter VASSAR/Gary Hodges at gary.hodges1@verizon.net
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: NSSAR CG Cdr Lyles.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: Muster at Grace Episcopal Church graveyard no later than 08:45 am.
[See attached for proposed Color/Honor Guard formation.]
Also attached are the recently released invitation and RSVP card -- passed for info.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Adolphi, Bonner, Carrigan, Cook, Corey, Daniel, Dunaway, Hamilton, Lynch, Melhuish, O'Kelley, Osborn, Schwetke, Thompson, Weyler, Williams.
Ohio SAR Color Guard Attendees: Duffiield, Hankins, Hill, Pettit.
North Carolina Guard Attendee: Strunk.
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Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown (built 1697)
October 19, 2022, Wednesday (10:30 am) – 241st Commemoration of the Battle of Yorktown Parade
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter VASSAR/Gary Hodges at gary.hodges1@verizon.net
Location: Yorktown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: NSSAR CG Commander Lyles.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Heat Index:
Length of March: Half mile..
Details: The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American region, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Note: NSSAR P-G will march in the parade. Virginia and Ohio State Society Presidents (Bruce Meyer and Jack Bredenfoerder) will also march.
Parade Formation: [Color / Honor Guard formation in the attached file below.]
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Adolphi, Bonner, Carrigan, Cook, Corey, Daniel, Dunaway, Hamilton, Lynch, Melhuish, O'Kelley, Osborn, Schwetke, Thompson, Weyler, Williams.
Ohio SAR Color Guard Attendees: Duffield, Hankins, Hill. Pettit.
North Carolina Color Guard Attendee: Strunk.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter VASSAR/Gary Hodges at gary.hodges1@verizon.net
Location: Yorktown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: NSSAR CG Commander Lyles.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Heat Index:
Length of March: Half mile..
Details: The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American region, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Note: NSSAR P-G will march in the parade. Virginia and Ohio State Society Presidents (Bruce Meyer and Jack Bredenfoerder) will also march.
Parade Formation: [Color / Honor Guard formation in the attached file below.]
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Adolphi, Bonner, Carrigan, Cook, Corey, Daniel, Dunaway, Hamilton, Lynch, Melhuish, O'Kelley, Osborn, Schwetke, Thompson, Weyler, Williams.
Ohio SAR Color Guard Attendees: Duffield, Hankins, Hill. Pettit.
North Carolina Color Guard Attendee: Strunk.
| yorktown_parade_v1.pdf |
October 22, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) - Culpeper Minutemen Muster
Event Level: State
Host/POC: Culpeper Minutemen Chapter VASSAR/Bill Schwetke at schwetke.sar@gmail.com
Location: Yowell Meadow Park, N Blue Ridge Ave, Culpeper, VA, 22701..
Firing Event: TBC
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: TBA
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Cook, Hamill, Jameson, Schwetke.
Event Level: State
Host/POC: Culpeper Minutemen Chapter VASSAR/Bill Schwetke at schwetke.sar@gmail.com
Location: Yowell Meadow Park, N Blue Ridge Ave, Culpeper, VA, 22701..
Firing Event: TBC
Event Color Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: TBA
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Cook, Hamill, Jameson, Schwetke.
October 29, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) - Patriot Grave Marking of Pvt. Ezekiel Potts
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Barry Schwoerer at barry@schwoerers.com
Location: Old Potts Cemetery between Purcellville and Hillsboro 15224-15305 Shannondale Road, Purcellville,VA 20132. (Directions will be provided by flyer well before the event.)
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: B. Schwoerer.
Details: Ezekiel Potts was the son of David Potts, progenitor of the Potts family in Loudoun County, VA. Patriotic Service for Ezekiel Potts: 1783 VA Personal Property Tax, VA Publick Claims Vol 2, p.37, Private 5th Virginia Regiment.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Corey, B.Schwoerer, Riddle, Sinks.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter VASSAR/Barry Schwoerer at barry@schwoerers.com
Location: Old Potts Cemetery between Purcellville and Hillsboro 15224-15305 Shannondale Road, Purcellville,VA 20132. (Directions will be provided by flyer well before the event.)
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: B. Schwoerer.
Details: Ezekiel Potts was the son of David Potts, progenitor of the Potts family in Loudoun County, VA. Patriotic Service for Ezekiel Potts: 1783 VA Personal Property Tax, VA Publick Claims Vol 2, p.37, Private 5th Virginia Regiment.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Corey, B.Schwoerer, Riddle, Sinks.
NEW: October 29th, 2022, Saturday (2:00 pm) – Patriot Monument Dedication
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Leftwich Historical Society/Patrick Henry Chapter VASSAR/Mark Day at oscmbb64@msn.com
Location: 2457 Challis Ford Road, Lynch Station, VA (Bedford County)
Firing Event: TBC
Details: This event is to dedicate a Monument to the following:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Leftwich Historical Society/Patrick Henry Chapter VASSAR/Mark Day at oscmbb64@msn.com
Location: 2457 Challis Ford Road, Lynch Station, VA (Bedford County)
Firing Event: TBC
Details: This event is to dedicate a Monument to the following:
- General Joel Leftwich (1760 - 1840) Revolutionary War and War of 1812
- Captain Uriah Leftwich (1748 - 1833) Revolutionary War Bedford Militia
- Lieutenant Colonel William Leftwich (1737 - 1820) Revolutionary War
- Colonel Thomas Leftwich (1740 - 1816) Revolutionary War
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
November 11th, 2022, Friday - Veterans Day Commemorations
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Various.
Location: Various.
Firing Event: No
Details: Specific event information will be posted as appropriate..
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Various.
Location: Various.
Firing Event: No
Details: Specific event information will be posted as appropriate..
November 11th, 2022, Friday (11:00 am) - Veterans Day Commemoration, Winchester
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/Dale Corey at dale.corey@comcast.net
Location: National Cemetery, Winchester, VA.
Firing event; Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Corey.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/Dale Corey at dale.corey@comcast.net
Location: National Cemetery, Winchester, VA.
Firing event; Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Corey.
November 11th, 2022, Friday (1:00 pm) - Veterans Day Commemoration, Middletown
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/Dale Corey at dale.corey@comcast.net
Location: Veterans Memorial Park, Middletown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Lt. Col. Cat Schwetke will be the keynote speaker
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Corey.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/Dale Corey at dale.corey@comcast.net
Location: Veterans Memorial Park, Middletown, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Lt. Col. Cat Schwetke will be the keynote speaker
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Corey.
November 12th, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) - Grave Marking Maj. Peter Helphenstine
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/dale Corey at Dale.Corey@comcast.net
Location: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, 305 E. Boscawen St, Winchester, VA.
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Grave Marking Ceremony to commemorate Major Peter Helphenstine, served in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Peter Muhlenberg.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Corey.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Col. James Wood II Chapter VASSAR/dale Corey at Dale.Corey@comcast.net
Location: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, 305 E. Boscawen St, Winchester, VA.
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Corey.
Details: Grave Marking Ceremony to commemorate Major Peter Helphenstine, served in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Peter Muhlenberg.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Corey.
November 12th, 2022, Saturday (11:00 am) Commemoration of the Skirmish at Kemp's Landing (Nov. 15, 1775)
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Norfolk Chapter VASSAR/Robert Bruce at bobbruce@norfolksar.net
Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 5181 Singleton Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Thompson.
Details: This was the first fight in Virginia where the first Virginian blood was spilled during Revolutionary War. Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, sent about 120 British regulars of the 14th Regiment and elements of the newly formed Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment to Kemp's Landing to combat rebel (Patriot) militia activity in the area. [The Ethiopian Regiment consisted of escaped African American slaves who signed up to fight for the Crown in response to Dunmore's November 1775 Proclamation granting freedom for military service.] On November 15th, 1775 the Princess Anne militia fired on the British advance guard. The ensuing engagement left 18 Patriots captured, including Col. Joseph Hutchings, 7 killed, including 2 who drowned crossing a creek. Only one British soldier suffered a minor wound. .
VASSAR Color Guard Attendees: Thompson.
Event Level: Chapter
Host/POC: Norfolk Chapter VASSAR/Robert Bruce at bobbruce@norfolksar.net
Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 5181 Singleton Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Thompson.
Details: This was the first fight in Virginia where the first Virginian blood was spilled during Revolutionary War. Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, sent about 120 British regulars of the 14th Regiment and elements of the newly formed Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment to Kemp's Landing to combat rebel (Patriot) militia activity in the area. [The Ethiopian Regiment consisted of escaped African American slaves who signed up to fight for the Crown in response to Dunmore's November 1775 Proclamation granting freedom for military service.] On November 15th, 1775 the Princess Anne militia fired on the British advance guard. The ensuing engagement left 18 Patriots captured, including Col. Joseph Hutchings, 7 killed, including 2 who drowned crossing a creek. Only one British soldier suffered a minor wound. .
VASSAR Color Guard Attendees: Thompson.
December 3rd, 2022 Saturday (11:00 am) - 247th Commemoration of the Battle of Great Bridge
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Norfolk Chapter VASSAR/Robert Bruce at bobbruce@norfolksar.net
Location: Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum, 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Melhuish.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: This event commemorates the Battle of Great Bridge, fought 9 December, 1775 in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The victory by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore and any remaining vestiges of British power over the Colony of Virginia during the early days of the conflict. Following increasing political and military tensions in early 1775, both Dunmore and colonial rebel leaders recruited troops and engaged in a struggle for available military supplies. The struggle eventually focused on Norfolk, where Dunmore had taken refuge aboard a Royal Navy vessel. Dunmore's forces had fortified one side of a critical river crossing south of Norfolk at Great Bridge, while rebel forces had occupied the other side. In an attempt to break up the rebel gathering, Dunmore ordered an attack across the bridge, which was decisively repulsed. Colonel William Woodford, the Virginia militia commander at the battle, described it as "a second Bunker's Hill affair". Shortly thereafter, Norfolk, at the time a Loyalist center, was abandoned by Dunmore and the Tories, who fled to navy ships in the harbor. Rebel-occupied Norfolk was destroyed on 1 January, 1776 in an action begun by Dunmore and completed by rebel forces.
Guest speaker is General Zinni, USMC (Ret.).
[See attached for Color / Honor Guard formation.]
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Melhuish, Thompson, Weyler.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Norfolk Chapter VASSAR/Robert Bruce at bobbruce@norfolksar.net
Location: Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum, 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
Firing Event: Yes
Event Color Guard Commander: Melhuish.
Event Honor Guard Commander: TBC.
Details: This event commemorates the Battle of Great Bridge, fought 9 December, 1775 in the area of Great Bridge, Virginia, early in the American Revolutionary War. The victory by colonial Virginia militia forces led to the departure of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore and any remaining vestiges of British power over the Colony of Virginia during the early days of the conflict. Following increasing political and military tensions in early 1775, both Dunmore and colonial rebel leaders recruited troops and engaged in a struggle for available military supplies. The struggle eventually focused on Norfolk, where Dunmore had taken refuge aboard a Royal Navy vessel. Dunmore's forces had fortified one side of a critical river crossing south of Norfolk at Great Bridge, while rebel forces had occupied the other side. In an attempt to break up the rebel gathering, Dunmore ordered an attack across the bridge, which was decisively repulsed. Colonel William Woodford, the Virginia militia commander at the battle, described it as "a second Bunker's Hill affair". Shortly thereafter, Norfolk, at the time a Loyalist center, was abandoned by Dunmore and the Tories, who fled to navy ships in the harbor. Rebel-occupied Norfolk was destroyed on 1 January, 1776 in an action begun by Dunmore and completed by rebel forces.
Guest speaker is General Zinni, USMC (Ret.).
[See attached for Color / Honor Guard formation.]
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Melhuish, Thompson, Weyler.
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The Guard at Great Bridge 2021
December 4th, 2022 Sunday (5 pm) - Gold Star Family Gala
Event Level: Public Service
Host/POC: Honor and Remember Organization / George Lutz, founder. and Gold Star father.
VASSAR POC: Melhuish.
Location: The Founder's Inn, 5641 Indian River Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23464. Hotel reservation: 833-449-1273
Firing event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Melhuish.
Details: The VASSAR Color Guard has supported this annual public service event for more than a decade.. It is held each year to honor and remember our fallen servicemen and women at the Gold Star Family Gala. This event is normally attended by several hundred people. Only a small Color Guard is usually provided: two musket men, and two flag bearers (US and the Honor & Remember flags). This year we would also like to add fife and drummer to the team. Looking for a good point of contact on this last item.
The NSSAR President General's June 29th, 2010 Resolution (see below) stated in part, "...be it resolved that the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution supports legislation to establish a unique national flag to honor and remember those who have given their lives in military service for our great nation, the United States of America...and it further resolved that the United States Congress is urged to adopt House of Representatives Bill 1034 to select the 'Honor and Remember Flag' which has been created by Honor and Remember, Incorporated, to serve as a national symbol."
VASSAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Melhuish.
Event Level: Public Service
Host/POC: Honor and Remember Organization / George Lutz, founder. and Gold Star father.
VASSAR POC: Melhuish.
Location: The Founder's Inn, 5641 Indian River Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23464. Hotel reservation: 833-449-1273
Firing event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: Melhuish.
Details: The VASSAR Color Guard has supported this annual public service event for more than a decade.. It is held each year to honor and remember our fallen servicemen and women at the Gold Star Family Gala. This event is normally attended by several hundred people. Only a small Color Guard is usually provided: two musket men, and two flag bearers (US and the Honor & Remember flags). This year we would also like to add fife and drummer to the team. Looking for a good point of contact on this last item.
The NSSAR President General's June 29th, 2010 Resolution (see below) stated in part, "...be it resolved that the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution supports legislation to establish a unique national flag to honor and remember those who have given their lives in military service for our great nation, the United States of America...and it further resolved that the United States Congress is urged to adopt House of Representatives Bill 1034 to select the 'Honor and Remember Flag' which has been created by Honor and Remember, Incorporated, to serve as a national symbol."
VASSAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner, Melhuish.
December 17th 2022 (12:00 PM) Saturday – Wreaths Across America
These Color Guard Events all count as a National Level Event for Silver Color Guard or Von Steuben Medal credit.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Various
Location: Various locations - see below.
Alexandria National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Arlington National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Ketoctin DAR in Loudoun:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner.
Culpeper National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
These Color Guard Events all count as a National Level Event for Silver Color Guard or Von Steuben Medal credit.
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Various
Location: Various locations - see below.
Alexandria National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Arlington National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
Ketoctin DAR in Loudoun:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Bonner.
Culpeper National Cemetery:
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: TBC.
