photo are DAR ladies Past Regent Lila Thurman, Beth Henningson, Regent and Joella Barbour at Yeary Cabin
On 23 May 2023, the General William Campbell Chapter, Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution with Black's Fort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Over Mountain Trail Association conducted Plumb Alley Day at the Yeary Cabin in Abingdon, Virginia. Plumb Alley Day is a street fair promoting the health, education and welfare of children in Washington County, Virginia. The event is held in the town's historic district between Main and Valley Streets. It features food, music, dance performances, children's activities and vendors. Demonstrations by the three organizations were seen by 1,000 visitors concerning the colonial era of the valley. John Britton, Rob Richmond, Lee Saunders, Michael Shaver, Emmitt Yearly and other compatriots talked about the life of long hunters and pioneers in the back country, retelling the history of the frontier. Activities included baking bread on outside brick ovens, spinning yarn and baking cookies from recipes of the colonial era and SAR guardsmen John Gullion, James Johnson and others, giving presentations on different types of firelocks to include their loading and care. The demonstration concluded with a live volley fire. Dr. Kevin Combs, (SAR compatriot) spoke about vaccinations for small pox, amputations and the often unsanitary conditions on the battlefield. It was noted that doctors would sometimes wash their hands, but it was not always possible due to the conditions at the time. There was a display of colonial flags along with maps, documents, coins and writing instruments to reflect the life of colonials. Music was supplied by pipers, fifes and drums from the Appalachian Highlanders. J.W. Hornsby, event coordinator said "The Historical Committee for Festival Excellence has decreed that all Plumb Alley Day 2023 participants from the SAR, DAR and OVTA be herewith awarded the Golden Horseshoe. This award is given to worthy participants of the fair who provide outstanding support and participation in the event. The following is the proclamation provided by Hornsby.
"To the SAR, OVTA and DAR, Plumb Alley Day 2023, Abingdon, VA. Hear ye, Hear ye! The Historical Committee for Festival Excellence has decreed that all Plumb Alley Day 2023 participants from the SAR, DAR and OVTA be herewith awarded the Golden Horseshoe - the highest available level of recognition.
The Yeary Cabin was buzzing with your Revolutionary War re-enactors telling engaging stories to captivated attendees. Muskets were properly loaded and fired upon command, fifes and drums were played with precision and delicious sweet bread was cooked in a replicated period brick oven. In addition, delicious ginger and coconut cookies were available (along with cookbooks) and ladies in period costumes used foot pedal-driven spinning wheels to create authentic twisted yarn from local sheep's wool.
In the 13 years that I've been running Plumb Alley Day, I've never seen a more active and vibrant cluster of activities at the Yeary Cabin...It was all very exciting to see!"
photo is Richard Vogel, OVTA and photo is compatriot Rob Richmond preparing to present a Patriots Chest.
Candy Walton, DAR baking bread.
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After months of work Sgt Maj John Champe would like to announce the launch of their new website. It can be found at johnchampe-sar.org. It will be fully integrated with MemberClicks and will come to be the benchmark by which other websites are measured.
A special thank you to Sean Schwoerer, webmaster, the most knowledgeable person of the group,. He was not the only person contributing to the success. It could not have happened without the entire team working together to a common goal.
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On Saturday, July 8th the Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) hosted a celebration of the 247th Anniversary of the Battle of Cricket Hill (aka, the Battle of Gwynn’s Island) at water’s edge in front of the original battle earthworks at Morningstar Marinas in Hudgins, Virginia.
Participating in the celebration were Virginia Society SAR Past-President and keynote speaker Mr. Jeff Thomas; a Virginia Society SAR Color Guard contingent; representatives from the following Virginia Society chapters – Colonel William Grayson, Culpeper Minute Men, George Mason, James Monroe, Norfolk, Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Nelson Jr.; Dr. Kenneth Hawkins, Governor of the Virginia Society Order of Founder and Patriots of America; representatives of three National Society Daughters of the American Revolution chapters – Augustine Warner, Cobbs Hall, and Cricket Hill; and Virginia Society of Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.) Senior State President Anne-Cabrie Forsythe accompanied by C.A.R. State Historian Jocelynn Wilson. Friends, family, and members of the general public were in attendance as well.
A brief history. Lord Dunmore (John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore) was the last Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia. In May 1774, after British Parliament closed Boston Harbor as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and the Virginia House of Burgesses adopted resolutions in support of the Boston colonists, Lord Dunmore dissolved the Virginia assembly.
The colonists of Virginia revolted and Lord Dunmore was driven out of the Governor’s Palace. He and an entourage of British troops, Loyalists and slaves who were promised freedom for allegiance to Britain engaged in many skirmishes with the patriot Virginia colonists in late 1775 through the spring of 1776 up and down the Virginia coastline.
By June of 1776, Lord Dunmore and his troops had sailed on British ships up the Chesapeake Bay and set up a base of operation on Gwynn’s Island.
By July 8th, patriot Virginia troops had set up defensive earthworks on the mainland just across the water from Gwynn’s Island. On July 9th, patriots under the command of Brigadier General Andrew Lewis opened fire on Lord Dunmore’s fleet with a battery of 18- and 9-pound cannon, quickly placing a dozen rounds into the hull of Dunmore’s flagship, and wounding Dunmore.
Overnight, Lord Dunmore quietly weighed anchor and fled from Gwynn’s Island. He left behind hundreds of dead and sick slaves who been ravaged by disease including small pox. Lord Dunmore fled to New York, never to return. This event ended British rule in Virginia just days after the Declaration of Independence.
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On Sunday evening 2 July 2023 the Purcellville Cannons baseball team hosted Military Appreciation night to honor military personnel. The Sgt Maj John Champe (SMJC) Chapter, Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) led participation with the Col. James Wood II (CJW-II) chapter SAR and Lanes Mill Chapter Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to form a Color Guard and musket squad. The combined Color Guard presented Colors then stood at attention while the combined musket squad of five SAR members executed a three-shot volley to honor military personnel who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The Color Guard was commanded by Ken Bonner, President of the Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter. Flag carriers were: Dale Corey-CJW-II with the Flag of the United States, Richard Tyler-CJW-II with the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mark Sink-SMJC with the Chapter flag, Valerie Sink-Lanes Mill NSDAR with the NSDAR Flag.
The musket squad was commanded by Barry Schwoerer-SMJC, who carried and fired a musket. Other musket men were: Chip Daniel-CJW-II, Steve Van Deusen-SMJC, Paul CJW-II, and Sean Carrigan-CJW-II.
The Williamsburg Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, presented a NSSAR Flag Recognition certificate to Homewood Suites on 29 June 2023. This hotel properly displays and maintains the flag of our nation. Pictured (L - R) is George Corbett, chapter flag recognition committee chairman and Mr. Kijana Casserly, General Manager. Photo by Karen Corbett.
On June 8, 2023, Williamsburg Chapter President Bruce Laubach awarded the winners of the Sons of the American Revolution’s 6th and 7th graders Brochure contest. The Williamsburg Chapter thanks the Students and Staff at Walsingham Academy for participating in the contest. The students choose a topic from The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and the Constitution. The winners this year are (pictured l to r):
6th grade level
Maks Sekula 3rd place
Mary Grace Tracy 2nd place
Reese Vandersand 1st place
President Bruce Laubach
7th grade level
Danae Abraham 3rd place
Sam Stone 2nd place
Ava Feltner 1st place
Monday, May 29, a Memorial Day Commemoration took place on the Palace Green in Colonial Williamsburg. The Sons of the American Revolution and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation honors the men and women of the United States military who sacrificed their lives to defend our nation with a traditional wreath-laying ceremony. Pictured with the Williamsburg Chapter Color Guard are Bill Schermerhorn public events coordinator for Colonial Williamsburg, Ron Carnegie portrayed George Washington and Mark Schneider portrayed Marquis de Lafayette.
At the Williamsburg Chapter meeting and luncheon on June 10th, Chapter President Bruce Laubach presented SAR Eagle Scout lapel pins to Eagle Scout Ron Adolphi, Eagle Scout Bob Davis and Eagle Scout Stephen Holm. Photo by Sean Heuvel
At the Williamsburg Chapter, SAR meeting and luncheon on June 10th, Chapter President Bruce Laubach presented Certificate of Appreciation to Colonial Heritage Club House Executive Chef Syndia Richardson.
BSA Troop 155 held a Court of Honor for new Eagle Scout, Trent Wilson, at Williamsburg Baptist Church on June 19, 2023. Williamsburg Chapter President Bruce Laubach presented Wilson with a SAR Certificate of Recognition and Scholarship Application. Also attending were compatriots Raynor Duncombe (an Eagle Scout) and Harley Stewart, Chair of Eagle Scout Recognitions. Also pictured is Scoutmaster, and proud father, Dereck Wilson.
Photo by Harley Stewart
In celebration of U S Flag Day, the Richard Henry Lee Chapter (RHLC), Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) conducted a formal U S Flag retirement ceremony on June 14th. With RHLC President, Michael Rhodes, presiding, some 250 flags which were no longer serviceable were destroyed by fire with solemn dignity.
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Continental Congress. The resolution read: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
At first a new stripe (and star) was added every time a new state was admitted in the Union. However, by 1818 it was recognized that the addition of one stripe per state would become challenging, so a new resolution was passed that stated the number of stripes would remain 13 for the original colonies, and each state added to the Union would add a star to the canton.
To date, there have been 27 national flags. The flag has not changed since 1960, when a star was added for the state of Hawaii.
Did you know…
… that a pair of fragments from the original “Star-Spangled Banner flag sold for $ 65,725 in 2011?
… that there have been six American flags planted on the Moon?[1]
The flag retirement ceremony took place at the Kiser property off of Remo Road in Wicomico Church, Virginia. On hand were representatives of RHLC, as well as Cobbs Hall and Augustine Warner Chapters of National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). Representatives of the Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department were on hand as well with one of their brush fire unit trucks.
The unserviceable flags were gathered over the course of the past year from individuals, drop-off locations such as ACE Hardware, and members of SAR and NSDAR Chapters.
[1] Source: SAR publication entitled “Long May She Wave – History and Etiquette of the American Flag”
The Fort Loudoun DAR Regent Susan Lauren emcee'd the event with Melissa Clevenger providing chaplain duties. During the dedication, Alexandra Collins, Lawrence Augustine Washington Society, Children of the American Revolution unveiled the marker. Wreaths were presented by Susan Lauren, Fort Loudoun DAR; Alexandra Collins, Lawrence Augustine Washington, C.A.R.; Peter Davenport, Mid Atlantic District, SAR; and Thomas "Chip" Daniel, Col James Wood II, SAR
On 3 June 2023, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution participated in a Revolutionary War Patriot Grave Marking Ceremony with the Fort Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The ceremony was conducted for Reverend Christian Streit at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Reverend Streit was a Lutheran minister from New Jersey. He graduated from the College of Philadelphia and took a position at the Lutheran Church in Easton, Pennsylvania. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he became the Chaplain for the 3rd Virginia Regiment and eventually served as the pastor in Charleston, South Carolina. While serving in Charleston, he was captured by the British at the siege of that city because of his support for the colonists in the War for Independence. After his release from captivity, he returned to Pennsylvania and in 1785, accepted a position in Winchester. He assumed pastoral oversight of a large congregation of German and English speaking members. His church was the Reformed Lutheran Church that was located in what is now the Mt Hebron Cemetery. The church cornerstone was laid in 1764, but had remained unfinished until Reverend Streit organized the congregation to complete the building. His area of responsibility included a portion of the lower Shenandoah Valley. He laid the foundation of numerous congregations throughout the region for 27 years. He died 10 March 1812 and was buried beneath the brick pavement in the church he served. His remains were eventually moved to a location just outside the wall of the Lutheran Church. The wall remains inside the Mt Hebron complex.
On 17 June 2023, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution conducted a commemoration to Daniel Morgan and his Beeline March. The ceremony was conducted at the tomb of Morgan in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia.
Nine Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Chapters, two Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Chapters and one Society from the Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.) participated along with the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (OFPA).
In June 1775, the Continental Congress ordered the formation of two companies of Virginia riflemen to march to the aid of George Washington in Boston. Hugh Stephenson and Daniel Morgan were chosen to raise companies to support this mission. A rivalry developed between the two commanders, as each wanted to lead the way, an honor to be given to the first to fill his company. Stephenson mustered his company on 21 June and Morgan on 22 June. After six weeks, both were ready and eager to march. It was agreed they would rendezvous near Frederick, Maryland and march together. When Stephenson arrived on 17 July, he found Morgan had left a day earlier. Thus began the Beeline March. Morgan's company left 16 July and arrived in Boston on 6 August. The 600 mile march was concluded in 21 days, a grueling march that captured the passion of the colony to serve the larger cause. Morgan would go on to have a significant impact on the colonial causer. After arriving in Boston, he was sent to Quebec where he was taken prisoner on 31 December 1775. He was paroled by the British in 1776. After returning to the military, he played a major role in the victory over the British at the Battle of Saratoga. He defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens in January 1781, which led to the Siege of Yorktown and the American victory in the War of Independence.
The ceremony was emcee'd by Dale Corey. The Virginia State Color Guard led by Commander Brett Osborn which included 19 guardsmen from seven SAR Chapters, presented and posted the colors. Virginia Society President Ernie Coggins provided a short summation of Morgan's impact on the Revolutionary War, followed by Marc Robinson's presentation on the Beeline March. Wreaths were presented by Pete Davenport, Vice President General of the Atlantic Middle States; VASSAR President Ernie Coggins; nine SAR Chapters, two DAR chapters, one C.A.R. society and the OFPA. After the wreath presentations, a 15 man squad of compatriots fired a musket salute to honor the memory of Daniel Morgan and the Beeline March. SAR compatriots from chapters listed above and George Washington Chapter, who participated include Brian Bayliss, Ken Bonner, Bryan Buck, Sean Carrigan, Paul Christensen, Dave Cook, Dale Corey, Jim Cridge, Chip Daniel, Mark Day, Kelly Ford, Mark Jackson, Paul McComb, Chris Melhuish, Ken Morris, Allan Phillips, Marc Robinson, Bill Schwetke, Barry Schwoerer, Jim Simmons, Mark Sink and Richard Tyler.
Firing of Muskets l. to r. Bill Schwetke, Brookes Wheeler, Brian Bayliss, Bryan Buck, Michael Wilson, Richard Tyler and Sean Carrigan.
On 17 June 2023, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) conducted a Color Guard Muster at the Stonewall District Ruritan Club, Clear Brook, Virginia. Twenty three guardsmen from the SAR Virginia State Color Guard met for training in safety, flag presentations, musketry and proper conduct in a ceremony. This comprised seven chapters of the SAR, Colonel James Wood II (CJWII), Colonel William Grayson (CWG), Culpeper Minutemen (CMM), Fort Harrison (FH), George Washington (GW), Patrick Henry (PH) and Sgt Maj John Champe (SMJC) Chapters. Dale Corey (CJWII), Virginia State Adjutant and Marc Robinson (CJWII) Chapter Color Guard Commander gave a presentation on safety. This included the proper safety checks for handling the musket, concern for terrain and overhanging impediments, proper hydration and the weather. They then discussed the proper techniques for carrying flags in formation. The guardsmen were then separated into three groups for training. Ken Bonner (SMJC) and Barry Schwoerer (SMJC) took new guardsmen to learn and practice the proper techniques for handling a musket. Their group included Mark Crain (CMM), Jim Cridger (CJWII), Mark Jackson (GW) and Paul McComb (GW). Bill Schwetke (CMM) and Sean Carrigan (CJWII) conducted actual musket firing training with Brian Bayliss (CJWII), Bryan Buck (FH), Richard Tyler (CJWII), Brooks Wheeler (CMM) and Michael Wilson (CWG). The third group trained in leading a color guard during ceremonies. This was led by Dale Corey and Marc Robinson (CJWII). Doug Hall (CJWII) provided a drum cadence for the drills. The groups included Paul Christensen (CJWII), Mark Day (PH), Chip Daniel (CJWII), Kelly Ford (CJWII) and Mark Sink (SMJC).
photo is the participants l. to . Brett Osborn, Dale Corey, Richard Tyler, Sean Carrigan, Doug Hall, Warner Workman, Will Reynolds, Marc Robinson and Thomas "Chip" Daniel.
On 3 June 2023, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution participated in the Honor Flight Top of Virginia's Flight #17. They are a hub of the Honor Flight Network which was created to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices. The event began at Shenandoah University with a welcome ceremony where the SAR presented the colors for the signing of the National Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. After a short briefing, the veterans who are accompanied by guardians are led to buses. They pass by an honor line of the color guard who present arms to honor them as they pass by. The veterans are transported to Washington, D. C. to visit and reflect at their memorials. Visits are made to the World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial and end with a stop at Arlington National Cemetery to witness a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Upon their return, they are greeted by family, friends and patriots to honor their sacrifices in defense of our country. Honor Flight Top of Virginia serves the Shenandoah Valley, Loudoun County and beyond to salute our heroes and inspire our youth. They make three flights a year with the next flight from Harrisonburg on 23 September. The Colonel James Wood II color guard was composed of Commander of the Guard Brett Osborn, Sean Carrigan, Paul Christensen, Dale Corey, Thomas "Chip" Daniel, Doug Hall, Will Reynolds, Marc Robinson and Richard Tyler from the Colonel James Wood II chapter, Bryan Buck, Fort Harrison chapter (dual member of CJWII) and Warner Workman from the Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter.
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