Georgia Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Vann’s Creek Ceremony
2022-12-03 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | GA
Samuel Elbert Chapter Georgia Society SAR has booked the
Walter McNealy Pavilion
on Saturday December 3, 2022, at 11:00 am
for the Vann’s Creek Ceremony.

The address is
2650 Russell State Park Dr.
Elberton, Georgia 30635
GPS 34.160457 -82.740900.

This is the same building that has been used in recent years.

Georgia Society SAR Annual meeting - Friday
2023-01-27 14:00 - 21:00 | GA
Georgia Society SAR Annual meeting
01-27-2023 – Friday
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM – Registration Open
6:00 PM – Reception and Cash Bar
7:00 PM – Member Awards Banquet

Georgia Society SAR Annual meeting - Saturday
2023-01-28 08:00 - 15:00 | GA
01-28-2023 – Saturday
8:30 AM – Memorial Services
9-15 AM – Winter BOM
9:15 AM – Georgia Society Ladies Program
10:15 AM – Georgia society Ladies Auxiliary Annual Meeting
10:45 AM – Annual Meeting
11:45 AM – Chapter & Youth Awards Banquet
12:45 PM – Installation of 2023 Officers, Youth Award Presentation, Installation of 2023 Georgia Society President

Heroes of the Hornets' Nest - Elijah Clark
2023-02-10 10:00 - 14:30 | GA
Elijah Clark State Park – 2959 McCormack Highway, Lincolnton, GA 30817
The 2023 Heroes of the Hornets’ Nest Remembrance will kick off at 10:00 AM at the restored cabin and Elijah Clark Museum at Elijah Clark State Park with a variety of demonstrations on colonial lifestyle, including demonstrations of colonial attire, a Traveling Trunk display, period dulcimer music, and cannon and musket demonstrations. Authors of new period books will be on hand for book signings. SAR Color Guard members will bring pomp and circumstance to the occasion. A free indoor chili cookout and dessert buffet at noon will be served compliments of the Elijah Clark State Park, Lincoln County Historical Society; Atlanta and William Few Chapters GASSAR; Elijah Clarke Chapter NSDAR. Noted local historian and SAR Compatriot David Noble is the featured speaker. The wreath ceremony will follow at 1:30 at the Elijah and Hannah Clarke gravesite.
1:00 PM – Please arrive for Wreath Presentation Check-in.
1:30 PM – Heroes of the Hornets’ Nest Wreath Ceremony at Elijah Clarke’s grave. Regional color guard and militia units will combine to bring pomp and circumstance to the occasion. Wreath request forms will be sent at a later date – This is separate from the Saturday registration.
Park entry fees will be waived for attendees. www.GaStateParks.org/ElijahClark
Revolutionary Days – Heroes of the Hornets’ Nest Ceremony – Friday, Wreath Registration
Elijah Clark State Park, Lincolnton, GA
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 1:30 pm
Name of Wreath Presenter________________________________
Organization: SAR DAR CAR (Please circle) Other___________________
Position: _____________________________________________
Presenter’s e-mail address ________________________________
Send registration form by February 6, 2023, at 6 p.m. to
Alan Smith, email: das1842@icloud.com.
706-308-5135
Or by regular mail to: Alan Smith, PO Box 300, Thomson, Ga. 30824-0300

KCBA Annual Banquet - 6:00 PM
2023-02-10 18:00 - 21:30 | GA
6:00 P.M. – The Kettle Creek Battlefield Association, Inc. (KCBA), Georgia Society SAR and Kettle Creek NSDAR will host a dinner and Revolutionary War program in honor of the Kettle Creek Patriots. Reservations are required and are to be made directly with KCBA.
Please see the Friday Dinner Invitation. The event is hosted at the Washington Wilkes Country Club, 300 Country Club Drive, Washington, GA 30673. Dinner Reservation due by January 331, 2023 – KCBA, PO Box 729, Washington, GA 30673 – $35.00 per individual
KCBA’s website is – www.kettlecreekbattlefield.com (Do not use the .org site)
The Kettle Creek Battlefield Association Annual Banquet celebrating the “The Battle of Kettle Creek”
Friday, February 10th 2023
Washington Wilkes Country Club
300 Country Club Dr.
Washington, GA 30673

Cash Bar & Reception 5:00 P.M.
Dinner at 6:30 P.M.

Dinner Cost: $35.00 per individual
Please make your checks payable to the
Kettle Creek Battlefield Association
Mail to:
Kettle Creek Battlefield Association, P O Box 729, Washington, GA 30673
Please include your email address.
Dinner reservation must be received by January 31, 2023.
For questions contact: Walker Chewning Cell: 678-409-4644

NOTE: Those wishing to sit as a group or family please designate on your RSVP—Tables seat “6” and will be assigned by number

Kettle Creek - National SAR event - Saturday morning activities
2023-02-11 09:30 - 12:30 | GA
Saturday Morning – February 11th, 2023
A National Society SAR Historic Sites & Celebrations Committee Event Washington Square in Historic Downtown Washington, GA 30673
9:50 A.M. – The Georgia Society SAR Elijah Clarke Militia Honor Guard with Musket Salutes will raise the 1776 Colors of the Revolutionary War on the Wilkes County Courthouse Flag pole.
9:50 A.M. –12 Noon – Come experience Revolutionary Living History including demonstrations and performers. Located just off the square in the Court Street Livery (16 W Court Street, Washington, GA) Look for the SAR Living History building signs.
10:10 A.M. – The Georgia Society SAR combined Color Guard & Militia will gather at the Revolutionary War monument on the Washington City Square to Salute and Honor the Wilkes County Militia – (the Heroes of the Hornets’ Nest) and all Revolutionary War Patriots.
10:30 A.M. – Color Guard and parade participants gather behind the Courthouse for the assembly of the Revolutionary War Parade — ALL the public (Children & Grownups) are welcome to participate in the event as our National Colors and re-enactors lead us around Washington Square. Parade STARTS at 10:45 A.M.
10:45 A.M. – The parade will start and will march two complete times around Washington Square and will end behind the courthouse at Fort Washington Park.
11:15 A.M. – Georgia Society SAR Elijah Clarke Militia and other re-enactors with black-powder muskets will present a dramatic portrayal of the Battle of Kettle Creek in Fort Washington Park behind the Wilkes County Courthouse.
11:45 A.M. – The Georgia Society SAR Color Guard–Elijah Clarke Militia and others, will present arms and fire a thunderous musket salute as the Revolutionary War Colors are lowered and our Present-day National Colors are raised on the Wilkes County Courthouse Flag pole.

Kettle Creek - National SAR event - Saturday Afternoon event
2023-02-11 14:00 - 16:30 | GA
A National Society SAR Historic Sites & Celebrations Event continues
Kettle Creek Battlefield, War Hill Road, Washington, GA 30673
2:30 P.M. – Pageantry at the Kettle Creek Battlefield includes, Continental Army, Georgia Militia, Musket volley salutes, Wreath Presentations, SAR/DAR/CAR, Hereditary Organizations, Local, State & National officials, High School JROTC, students and public, place wreaths to honor the Heroes of the Hornets’ Nest — the Wilkes County Militia for their 1779 Victory at Kettle Creek. Please see “Wreath Registration Form for Saturday” and send to Ed Rigel, Jr.
“Revolutionary Days” Celebrating the 244th Anniversary of The Battle of Kettle Creek
Kettle Creek Battlefield Memorial Ceremony, Saturday, February 11,2023 at 2:30pm, War Hill Road, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia
All Societies and Chapters of the C.A.R., DAR, SAR, other hereditary Societies and patriotic or historical organizations are invited to attend. Descendants and the public are especially welcome.
Submit request to participate in the Wreath Presentation no later than
January 31, 2023, to assure listing in the Ceremony Program
Organization:
Name of Presenter:
Office or Title of Presenter:
Email Address:
Phone:
Due to rocky soil conditions and winds we do NOT use wreath stands at War Hill.
Mail to: Ed Rigel, Jr., 1608 Indian Way, Cumming, GA 30040
or Email: edrigel@gmail.com

Colonial Worship Service - 8:30 AM
2023-02-12 08:30 - 09:30 | GA
The Colonial Worship Service will be held at 8:30 AM in the
Episcopal Church of the Mediator
214 E. Robert Toombs Avenue
Washington, GA 30673

Georgia Delegation Dinner at Spring Leadership (KY)
2023-03-02 17:00 - 19:30 | GA
03-02-2023 – Thursday – Georgia Delegation Dinner in Louisville, KY –
Details to be announced by Georgia Society SAR President David Ludley

Commemoration of the Battle of Brier Creek
2023-03-04 11:00 - 12:30 | GA
03-04-2023 – Saturday – Brier Creek Battlefield Commemoration – 244th – 11:00 AM at the Battlefield.
Details to be announced

Compatriot Ryall S. Morgan Grave Marking
2023-04-08 14:00 - 15:30 | GA
Grave marking for Compatriot Ryall S. Morgan
Compatriot Morgan was the National Society SAR President General (1972-1973)

Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 2:00 PM (Eastern)
PG Bruce Pickette is expected to be in attendance.

Marking will take place in the Ryall Cemetery located outside of Clyo, Ga in Effingham County (GPS 32.50670, -81.29830)
The cemetery is located just off of a dirt road in a fenced off area of a pasture. The address is 212-988 Morgan Circle, Clyo, GA. The cemetery is visible from the intersection of Morgan Circle (dirt road) and the Clyo-Kildare Road (paved road) which is north-west of Clyo, GA.
Find a Grave Cemetery #36735
Since the National Society Sons of the American Revolution President General will be present this will be considered a National Event. If at all possible, please try to attend.
Wreath registration
Please send the following to
athenschaptersar@gmail.com
Organization
Chapter
Presenter Name
Presenter Title
You will receive a response email once the information is logged in.
Please register your wreath on or before Sunday April 2, 2023.
If you prefer to snail mail in the information please send to
Scott Collins, 455 Newton Bridge Road, Athens, GA 30607-1141
Additional details will be announced.

Frederica Naval Action - Patriots’ Day
2023-04-15 10:00 - 13:00 | GA
Frederica Naval Action – Patriots’ Day
SATURDAY, April 15th, 2023
10:00 a.m. – Memorial Ceremony – Saint Simons Island Casino, 550 Beachview Dr., Saint Simons Island, GA – SAR Color Guard with Revolutionary Flags, Patriotic Music, Wreath Presentation, Cannon, and Musket Salutes. Volley fire from the Schooner Lynx from the harbor
NOON – The Parade of Patriots – Saint Simons Island Village
The parade will start at the Lighthouse then proceed to the Pier then back to the Lighthouse. There will be the SAR Color Guard, the GCFD Antique Truck, DAR and SAR Revolutionary Reenactors, JROTC Cadets, Glynn County Students, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts Participating.

Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers
2023-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 | GA
The Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers meeting will on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Garden Patch in Barnesville, GA beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Garden Patch address is:
100 Southland Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone: 770-358-9895

Chapter Presidents, please distribute this to your chapter members who might not be on the GASSAR BOM or GASSAR Color Guard distribution lists.
All Georgia Society SAR members are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, either in-person or via Zoom

Midway Church Service - 11:30 AM
2023-04-30 11:30 - 13:00 | GA
Please consider joining us that morning for the yearly church service at the Midway Church at 11:30 a.m. followed by dinner on the grounds.
The Color Guard will present the Colors for the start of the service.
The church is located across from the cemetery.
US Highway 17 South
Midway, Georgia 31320
If you need a hotel accommodation nearby Richmond Hill (19 miles north) and Hinesville (11 miles west) have many chain hotels.

Patriot Grave Markings (Five Patriots) - 2:00 PM
2023-04-30 14:00 - 15:30 | GA
The Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution Invites you to attend the dedication of five grave markers commemorating the service of Patriot soldiers in conjunction with the St. John’s Parish Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Midway Cemetery
US Highway 17 South
Midway, Georgia 31320

Please consider joining us that morning for the yearly church service at the Midway Church at 11:30 a.m. followed by dinner on the grounds. The church is located across from the cemetery.
If you need a hotel accommodation nearby Richmond Hill (19 miles north) and Hinesville (11 miles west) have many chain hotels.
We need SAR chapters to sponsor this event. If your chapter would like to be a sponsor the cost is $100.00.
Please contract Scott Collins at scottcollins1775@gmail.com for information.

Snellville Memorial Day Program
2023-05-16 16:30 - 18:00 | GA
Memorial Day event in Snellville, GA on the Village Green.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 4:30 PM
The event will include a Color Guard and a Musket Volley.

Mountain Laurel Festival Parade
2023-05-20 10:00 - 12:00 | GA
The Mountain Laurel Festival Parade will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday May 20, 2023, in the City of Clarkesville, GA.
Members of the color guard should assemble at 9:15 A.M. .
Parking will be available in the South State Bank parking lot at the corner of Llewellyn St. & Washington St. The parade will step off from this location.

Contact: Larry Whitfield @ 706-499-9432, or by email at eviewhitfield “at” gmail “dot” com

Memorial Day
2023-05-29 08:00 - 17:00 | GA
Memorial Day
Monday, May 29, 2023
Observances will be happening across the state
Details will be announced at a later date.

Flag Retirement Ceremony - Cumming, GA
2023-06-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Ingram Funeral Home, 210 Ingram Avenue, Cumming, GA, 30040, United States
The Robert Forsyth & Piedmont Chapters, Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, invite you to attend our annual Flag Retirement Ceremony:
Saturday, June 10, 2023 10:00 a.m.
Ingram Funeral Home, 210 Ingram Avenue, Cumming, Georgia 30040

Directions: One block from Downtown Cumming Courthouse Square. North on Hwy 9. Turn left on Ingram Ave.
The ceremony will be held either in the Chapel.

For additional information contact: Emil Decker eldecker@weegrr.com
Emil Decker, Compatriot
Robert Forsyth Chapter

Gwinnett Flag Day Ceremony - Lawrenceville - 10:00 AM
2023-06-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Lawrenceville VFW Post 5255, 368 Grayson Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA, 30046, United States
Flag Day Event
Please join us for the Gwinnett Flag Day Ceremony hosted by:
Lawrenceville VFW Post 5255
368 Grayson Hwy
Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Saturday, June 10, 2023
Event starts at 10:00 AM

The Georgia Society SAR Color Guard has been asked to do the Presentation of Colors and a three volley Musket Salute and Taps.
For additional information please contact Bill Palmer

Patriotic Concert - Gainesville, GA - 4:00 PM
2023-06-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Gainesville First UMC, 2780 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA, 30506, United States
Gainesville First United Methodist Church’s Patriotic Concert

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Concert will start at 4:00 PM but I ask that participants show up by 3:30 that we might review a few minor changes for this year.

The concert is intended to be a celebration of Independence Day and could count as a National Society SAR event.
Please remember that One Independence Day even can be considered a National Society SAR event with others counting as State or Chapter events.

Following the Concert, the Rigels will get back to hosting the once traditional Barbecue Supper.
Come after the Concert and enjoy a cold beverage while we wait for the others. Spouses are invited to attend the concert and the supper.

Please let me know how many of you will be attending supper that we can prepare enough food.

Holler with questions.

Ed Sr.

Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers - Summer
2023-07-29 10:00 - 13:00 | GA
The Summer Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers meeting will on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at the Garden Patch in Barnesville, GA beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Garden Patch address is:
100 Southland Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone: 770-358-9895

Chapter Presidents, please distribute this to your chapter members who might not be on the GASSAR BOM or GASSAR Color Guard distribution lists.
All Georgia Society SAR members are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, either in-person or via Zoom

Patriot Grave marking - James and William Dysart - 10:30 AM
2023-08-26 10:30 - 12:00 | GA
The Robert Forsyth Chapter, Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, invites you to attend the dedication of two grave markers commemorating the service of patriot soldiers, father and son:
James DYSART P-152144 & William DYSART P-152149

Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 10:30 A.M.
Pine Log UMC Cemetery & Campground Pavilion, 3497 Pine Log Rd NE, Rydal, GA 30171
Directions: From Atlanta, GA: North on I-75 to Hwy 411, turn North, 9 Miles, Left on Pine Log Rd, under the railroad tracks, Church on the right
(Please note that this is the Marker GPS 34.349247 N, – 84.724995 W)

Please R.S.V.P. by 10 August 2023 if you Plan to lay a wreath or participate in Color Guard / Militia.
Please send registration to David Johnson, 4725 Connie Mara, Suwanee, GA 30024 or Email: davidj0613@gmail.com
Phone 770 – 344 – 8375

Registration information:
Chapter, Contact Person, Address, Phone, Email, Presenter(s) Name

September 11 Remembrance Service - 7:00 PM
2023-09-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Chattaoochee Mountain Firgound, 4235 Toccoa Highway, Clarkesville, GA, 30523, United States
A 911 service will be held on September 11, 2023 at 7 p.m. at the
Chattahoochee Mountain Fairground, 4235 Toccoa Highway, (GA state route 115), Clarkesville GA 30523.

The event will be sponsored by Joseph Habersham Chapter, Georgia Society SAR, and Grant-Reeves VFW Post # 7720.

We are requesting as many Color Guard members as can attend to be there for this event. Black Powder Musket Volley is planned
We will have our cannon there and it will be fired.

Many thanks,
J. Larry Whitfield – My phone # is 706-499-9437 if there are any questions.

Commemoration of the Siege of Augusta - 1:00 PM
2023-09-16 13:00 - 15:30 | GA
Second Siege of Augusta 1781
2023 Commemoration
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time: 1 pm
Place: Kroc Center Auditorium

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM. We will conduct the commemoration ceremony in the comfortable 300-seat Kroc Center Auditorium. The ceremony will consist of bringing greetings, a battle seminar by Historian Steven Rauch and wreath presentations.

Following the indoor ceremony, we will go out to the battlefield behind the Kroc Center to watch a mock battle reenactment demonstration to be conducted by our militia and artillery sections firing black powder muskets and six black powder cannons. SAR, DAR, C.A.R. and other patriotic and lineage societies and chapters are invited to participate in a formal wreath laying ceremony as part of the program.
Participants presenting a wreath need to fill out the following form and return it.

Please check in with Sue at the registration table by 12:30 PM.
Continental, Militia or period attire is encouraged.
To ensure your organization’s recognition in the program and receive a flag streamer, please complete, and return the registration form provided to Sonny Pittman, Event Coordinator, at:
sonnypittman@comcast.net
Sonny and Sue Pittman, Event Coordinators
2202 Holly Haven Court, Augusta, GA 30907-3779
(706) 860-1050; sonnypittman@comcast.net and shpittman@comcast.net

This year we are asking that adults please make a $5.00 donation to help us defray expenses of conducting this commemoration event (auditorium and lunchroom rental and cost of the black powder for the musket and cannon firers – Sonny Pittman

Grave Marking - Patriots John Bagby and Patriot Philip Isley - 2:00 PM
2023-10-21 14:00 - 15:30 | GA
Double Grave Marker Dedication Ceremony for Patriot John Bagby (P-106531) and Patriot Philip Isley (P-189998), who both fought at the 1781 battle of Guilford Courthouse in Greensboro, NC.
Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 857 Duluth Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
33.5806, -84.0116
Sponsored by the Button Gwinnett Chapter, Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter, and Robert Forsyth Chapter of the Georgia Society SAR.
Please contact Don McCarty at donald_mccarty “at” bellsouth “dot” net by October 14, 2023 to register a wreath. – Provide Presenter’s name, organization and position title.

Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers - Fall
2023-10-28 10:00 - 12:30 | GA
The Fall Georgia Society SAR Board of Managers meeting will on Saturday, October 28, 2023
at the Garden Patch in Barnesville, GA beginning at 10:00 AM.
The Garden Patch address is:
100 Southland Drive
Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone: 770-358-9895

Chapter Presidents, please distribute this to your chapter members who might not be on the GASSAR BOM or GASSAR Color Guard distribution lists.
All Georgia Society SAR members are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, either in-person or via Zoom

Patriot Grave marking - Colonel John McIntosh - 3:00 PM
2023-11-17 15:00 - 16:30 | GA
Patriot Grave marking – Colonel John McIntosh (1754 – 12 Nov 1826)
Mallow Plantation Cemetery
Pine Harbor, McIntosh County, Georgia
SAR #P-246473 and DAR #A077296
Cemetery GPS 31.54601, -83.37621
Sponsored by the Saint Andrew’s parish Chapter Georgia State Society NSDAR and the Marshes of Glynn Chapter Georgia Society SAR

Come and Take It - Hospitality
2023-11-17 17:00 - 21:00 | GA
Tentative
Friday, November 17, 2023, at
5:00 PM – Hospitality & Lodging: Details on lodging will be announced later – it is normally the Holiday Inn Express in Richmond Hill, GA.
6:30 PM – Dinner: Love’s Seafood Restaurant, 6817 Chief of Love Rd

Come at Take It – Fort Morris
2023-11-18 10:00 - 13:00 | GA
Come at Take It – Fort Morris
Tentative
Friday, November 17, 2023, at
5:00 PM – Hospitality & Lodging: Details on lodging will be announced later – it is normally the Holiday Inn Express in Richmond Hill, GA.
6:30 PM – Dinner: Love’s Seafood Restaurant, 6817 Chief of Love Rd

Saturday, November 18, 2023, at
10:00 AM – Fort Morris Sunbury Memorial Ceremony.
Fort Morris Historic Site, 2559 Fort Morris Rd, Midway, GA 31320
Exit #76 off I-95
CAR, DAR & SAR Chapter Representatives will receive a “Come and Take It!” Flag Streamer.
12:00 noon – Lunch: Sunbury Crab Co, 541 Brigantine-Dunmore Road
