Georgia Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Flag Retirement Ceremony
2024-06-08 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Ingram Funeral Home, 210 Ingram Avenue, Cumming, GA, 30040, United States
Robert Forsyth & Piedmont Chapters will hold their Annual Flag Retirement at Ingram Funeral Home, Cumming, GA on
Sat. June 8, 2024, 10:00 A.M.
barring any terrible upsets.
Emil Decker, Compatriot
Details will be forthcoming

(FL) Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge
2024-06-29 11:00 - 12:00 | West Nassau Historical Society, 45383 Dixie Ave, Callahan, FL, 32011, United States
The Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution, the City of Callahan, and the West Nassau Historical Society celebrate the Anniversary of the American Revolutionary War Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge – 30 June 1778
TIME: 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 29, 2024
LOCATION: West Nassau Historical Society, 45383 Dixie Ave, Callahan, FL 32011
RSVP to Darryl.jaxsar.sec@att.net
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE OF Alligator Creek Bridge – The 3rd Florida invasion took place on June 30th, 1778, led by Col. Elijah Clark. It is known as the Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge. Col. Clark led his mounted Georgia Militia against British Major Prevost’s forces who were defending Alligator Creek Bridge.
As with the prior two expeditions, there was a serious leadership disagreement between the two leaders: Governor Houstoun and General William Howe. Even though there were 2,600 Continental and militia forces under the two leaders, they did not agree on how to proceed with the invasion into Florida.
General Howe (with one half of the forces) opted to stay and occupy Fort Tonyn located about 14 miles north of the Alligator Creek Battle site on the St. Mary’s River, even though it had been burned by British Loyalists.
Governor Houstoun opted to attack the 500 British Regulars, 200 South Carolina Royalists and Seminoles at Alligator Creek Bridge. As Houstoun’s forces under General Screven chased the Loyalist forces back to the bridge, the British Regulars thought Screven’s forces were also Loyalist forces retreating from the burned Fort Tonyn.
Col. Elijah Clarke led his mounted militia against the British bridge entrenchments during the skirmish and Clarke was wounded. General Screven’s main reserve force, seeing that Clarke was injured and being barely able to escape capture, ordered a retreat. This was the third failed expedition. It was primarily due to a lack of coordination that had also doomed the two previous assaults on the Florida-Georgia borderlands.
The third invasion into Florida swamp land was a disaster. Although American battle casualties were only 13, over 500 Patriots died of disease before they could be withdrawn from East Florida.

(VA) - Fairfax Resolves - 11:00 AM
2024-07-18 08:00 - 2024-07-20 17:00 | Market Street, Old Town Alexandria, 300 King Street, Alexandria, VA, 20170, United States
SAVE THE DATE!!!!
This is a Nationally recognized event.
Three day event to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Fairfax Resolves. Additional information to be posted.

Weather delay - (SC) Battle of Camden to 17 Aug
2024-08-10 09:00
POSTPONED – COMMEMORATING THE 244th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN
Event is being delayed one week to Saturday, 17 Aug 2024

Rescheduled - (SC) Battle of Camden
2024-08-17 09:00 - 17:30 | Camden Battlefield, 1698 Flat Rock Rd, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
RESCHEDULED – COMMEMORATING THE 244th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN
RESCHEDULED – 17 Aug 2024
Condensed Schedule
9:00am – Battle of Camden Commemoration @ Battle of Camden Battlefield – New Pavilion Area – SAR Color Guard and Bugle, DAR and SAR Participation, Historic Camden Participation, Wreath Laying Ceremony
10:30am – Honoring the Camden-12 Ceremony @ Quaker Cemetery – DAR & SAR Sponsored Event with help from Historic Camden. Speaker will provide the Public with a High-Level overview of new events occurring in the immediate area of the Camden-12. Wreath Laying Ceremony
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Please register your wreath by August 4th. Send registration information to John Goodwin. Include Chapter Name and Person(s) presenting, email and/or phone number.
Location: Battle of Camden Battlefield – 1698 Flat Rock Rd, Camden, SC
This event is Jointly Hosted by: Historic Camden, The Col Joseph Kershaw Chapter SCSSAR, The Hobkirk Hill Chapter NSDAR, The Joseph Kershaw Chapter NSDAR

John Goodwin: JohnCGoodwinIII@gmail.com or call/text 678-521-1193 for more information

Eutaw Springs
2024-08-30 08:00 - 20:00
Friday , August 30, 2024
9:00 AM – Narrated Tour of Fort Motte and Fort Watson Battle Sites (meet bus at the Bradford Village Shopping Center, 697 Bass Drive)
Lunch in Santee on your own.
1:30 PM – Narrated Tour – Eutaw Springs Battleground 9meet bus at the Church of the Epiphany, 101 Porcher Avenue, Eutawville, SC)
(Donation of $30 is requested and covers both morning and afternoon tours)
5:30 PM – Social – Clark’s Inn and Restaurant, Santee, SC
6:00 PM – Dinner/Program – Clark’s Inn and Restaurant, Santee, SC ($50 per person due by August 20, 2024) – Speaker; Steven D. Smith, PhD – The Battle of Fort Watson and Fort Motte, 1781 – For Dinner select one – Roast Beef, Clark’s Special Chicken, Vegetable Plate.
Checks due to Battle of Eutaw Springs Chapter SCSSAR c/o Douglas Doster, 480 Winding Brook Drive, Cameron, SC 29030

(PA) Potential stamp dedication by the US Postal Service for the First Continental Congress
2024-09-05 08:00 - 17:00
The basics are 11 am, Thursday, September 5, 2024, at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. We’d ask that you arrive NLT 10:15 to do the walk through. Ten guardsmen max in the unit due to space constraints, but it will be open to the public, so any other guardsman who wants to come in uniform is welcome to do so to add to the general festive nature of the event.

BCRWBA Semi Annual Banquet
2024-09-06 05:30 - 21:00 | Forest Heights Country Club, 3772 Country Club Road, Statesboro, GA, 30458, United States
Brier Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield Association Semi Annual Banquet
When: September 6th (Friday) – Visit displays & mingle, cocktails & drinks available 5:30-6 pm – Meeting and Presentation 6 – 8:30 pm
Where: Forest Heights Country Club – (3772 Country Club Road, Statesboro, Georgia)
Battlefield Archaeologist Dan T. Elliott President of the LAMAR, Institute Inc. – Presenting new research from the Brier Creek Battlefield
Sons of the American Revolution will serve as Color Guard and ﬂag bearers for this event.
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The Dinner will be Buffet Style: Roasted pork loin with caramelized onions in Dijon wine sauce, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, lemon-parmesan herb roasted red potatoes, roasted broccoli, southern green beans and garden fresh salad with dressings, dinner rolls with whipped butter and assorted desserts.
Mail RSVP $40 check to: BCRWBA, PO Box 603 Swainsboro, GA 30401

National (VA) - Battle of the Capes - 11:00 AM
2024-09-07 11:00 - 14:00
September 7th, 2024, Saturday (11:00 am) – Commemoration of the Battle of the Capes, Virginia Beach, VA Event Level: National
Host/POC: Norfolk Chapter VASSAR / John Hall.
Location: Vice Admiral Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse Statue, Fort Story, Virginia Beach, VA.
Firing Event: No
Details: The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American Revolutionary War that took place near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on September 5, 1781. The combatants were a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral Francois Joseph Paul, the Comte de Grasse. The battle strategically prevented the Royal Navy from reinforcing or evacuating the besieged forces of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. The French achieved control of the sea lanes against the British and provided the Franco-American army with siege artillery and French reinforcements. These proved decisive in the Siege of Yorktown, effectively securing independence for the Thirteen Colonies. (Note: this event was approved to become a National Level Event by NSSAR leadership on March 3rd, 2024.) Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Dunaway, Lynch, Melhuish, Osborn, Thompson.
French Navy Color Guard Attendee: TBA.

September 11th Remembrance Service - Clarkesville, GA
2024-09-11 05:30 - 19:30 | Chattaoochee Mountain Firgound, 4235 Toccoa Highway, Clarkesville, GA, 30523, United States
A 911 service will be held on September 11, 2023 at 5:30 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, Larry Whitfield – My phone # is 706-499-9437 if there are any questions.

(TN) - Three Patriot Grave Marker Dedication Ceremony
2024-09-13 13:00 - 15:00
Three Patriot Grave Marking Event – September 13th
The day before the Gathering is an opportunity to honor three Revolutionary War Patriots with two grave marking ceremonies.
First Grave Marking Events
Where: Old Jonesborough Cemetery, East Main Street, Jonesborough, Tennessee
(There is no parking at the cemetery. You must park at the First Baptist Church and take the sidewalk to the cemetery.)
When: 1:00 pm
Who: Honoring David Deadrick (P-145904) and Robert Patton (P-266874)
Second Grave Marking Events
Where: Johnson City Brewing at Boones Creek, 2362 Boones Creek Rd, Johnson City, Tennessee
When: 2:00 pm
Who: Honoring Capt. Joseph Crouch (P-141703)

Constitution event - Watkinsville Junior American Citizens
2024-09-15 15:00 - 16:30 | Ashford Memorial Church, 1 North Main Street, Watkinsville, 30677, United States
CONSTITUTION CELEBRATION!

Hosted by THE REVEREND JOHN ANDREW CHAPTER NSDAR

Sunday, 15 September 2024 – 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Ashford Memorial Methodist Church – 1 North mains Street – Watkinsville, GA 30677

Come help us celebrate the document that covers us all! Listen to the voices of young Americans recount the riveting history of the U.S. Constitution in anticipation of the 237th anniversary of its historic signing!
PATRIOTIC MUSIC
Athens Area Homeschool Band
& Watkinsville Junior American Citizens
CONSTITUTION HISTORY PROGRAM
Watkinsville Junior American Citizens
COOKIES & MUSKET FIRE

Constitution Day
2024-09-17 08:00 - 17:00
September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (Constitution Day). This day commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution.
Each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year is required to hold an educational program about the U.S. Constitution for its students on September 17 (if it falls on a weekend; it should be held in the previous or next week).

National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century – Grave Marking
2024-09-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Arlington Memorial Park, 201 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328, United States
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century – Grave Marking

FRIDAY – October 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Please join the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century – Thomas Johnson Chapter
Honoring our Chapters’ Founder Zelma Monroe Johnson
With a grave marking ceremony Friday, October 25th , 2024 at 11:00 am
Arlington Memorial Park , 201 Mt. Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
Please RSVP: Judi Miehl, judimiehl@gmail.com
Refreshments to follow ceremony
This is a request for a SAR Color Guard and for us to support a fellow lineage society. It is not an SAR grave marking

POSTPONED - National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century - Grave Marking - POTPONED
2024-09-27 11:00 - 12:00
POSTPONED DUE TO POTENTIAL WEATHER ISSUES
RE-SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY 25 OCT 2024
Please join the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century – Thomas Johnson Chapter
Honoring our Chapters’ Founder Zelma Monroe Johnson
This is a request for a SAR Color Guard and for us to support a fellow lineage society. It is not an SAR grave marking.

CANCELLED - 244th Anniversary Commemoration of the First Siege of Augusta - CANCELLED
2024-09-28 09:30 - 14:30 | Kroc Center Auditorium, 1833 Broad Street, Augusta, GA, 30904, United States
CANCELLED due to weather related issues in the area.
The Henry Laurens Chapter (Aiken) South Carolina Society and the Colonel William Few Chapter (Augusta) Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution
Cordially invite you to attend the
244th Anniversary Commemoration of the First Siege of Augusta
Saturday, 1:00 PM, September 28, 2024
Salvation Army Kroc Center Auditorium, 1833 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia
Schedule of Events:

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM. We will host a combined meeting of the Georgia and South Carolina C.A.R. in the Kroc Center Auditorium.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. The local SAR chapters with assistance from the Augusta Chapter, NSDAR, will host a luncheon consisting of BBQ sandwiches, potato salad, and tea provided by Larry Sconyers BBQ in the Kroc Center Lunchroom. There will also be dessert. You must sign up for the luncheon in advance and the cost is $16.00 per person.
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 to me. 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, please complete and return the registration form provided to
Sonny Pittman, Event Coordinator,
at: sonnypittman@comcast.net
or
Sonny and Sue Pittman, Event Coordinators
2202 Holly Haven Court, Augusta, GA 30907-3779
(706) 860-1050; sonnypittman@comcast.net

244th Anniversary of the First Siege of Augusta
Attendance and Wreath Registration
Registration forms should be returned to Sonny Pittman at sonnypittman@comcast.net
Your Contact Information (will be held in strict confidence):
Name: ___________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number & Email Address: __________________________________________
Society Name: ____________________________________________________________
Chapter Name: ___________________________________________________________
Name of Presenter: _______________________________________________________
Title (if desired): _________________________________________________________
Will be in Uniform/Militia or Colonial Attire: Yes _______ No _______
Will Participate in the Color Guard: ________________
Will Participate in the 12:00 PM lunch @ $16 dollars per person. Yes ______ No ______

Number of Attendees for lunch: __________________ x $16.00 =_______________total

POSTPONED - South Atlantic District Meeting
2024-10-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Gaffney Visitors Center and Art Gallery, 210 West Frederick St, Gaffney, SC, 29341, United States
POSTPONED

South Atlantic District Meeting
When: Monday, 7 Oct 2024 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Gaffney Visitors Center and Art Gallery – 210 West Frederick St, Gaffney, SC 29341
The event will be held after the Kings Mountain Commemoration and will include a Candidates Forum for National office.

(VA) - Battle of Yorktown Victory Parade
2024-10-19 10:30 - 12:00
October 19th, 2024, Saturday (10:30 am) – Battle of Yorktown Victory Parade, Yorktown, VA
Event Level: National
Host/POC: Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter VASSAR / Gary Hodges.
Location: Yorktown, VA.
Firing Event: No
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 the 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 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.
Parade formation may be viewed here (click on link): Yorktown SAR Formation
Note: this event also marks the bicentennial of the return of the Marquis de Lafayette to Yorktown in October 1824 and is expected to be a significant commemoration.

CANCELLED - Veterans Day program at the Shrine Temple in Atlanta
2024-11-02 17:00

(SC) - Honoring General Daniel Morgan
2025-01-17 14:00 - 14:30 | Morgan Square, 111 West Main Street, Spartanburg, SC, 29306, United States
“Wreath” Laying Ceremony Honoring General Daniel Morgan and the victory of the Battle of Cowpens
When: Friday, 17 January 2025 at 2:00PM
Where: Morgan Square, 111 West Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Red carnations are used instead of wreaths and are provided on site.
Please RSVP to Ray Stapleton, Secretary of the Daniel Morgan Chapter South Carolina Society SAR
Stapler1@comcast.net

Kettle Creek Battlefield Association - Annual Dinner
2025-02-07 17:00 - 21:00
The Kettle Creek Battlefield Association
Annual Banquet celebrating the “Battle of Kettle Creek”
When: Friday, February 7, 2025 – Reception 5:00 PM – Dinner 6: 30 PM
where: Washington Wilkes Country Club, 300 Country Club Dr., Washington, GA 30673
Speaker: John T. Trussell – “Marquis de Lafayette American Tour 1824-1825”

Dinner Cost $45.00 per individual
Please make you check payable to the
Kettle Creek Battlefield Association
Mail to: PO BOX 729, Washington, GA 30673
Please include your email address
Dinner reservation must be received by January 31, 2025
For questions contact: Walker Chewning – 678–409-4644
FNOTE: Those wishing to sit as a group or family please designate on your RSVP –Tables seat “6” and will be assigned by number.

President Day
2025-02-17 08:00 - 17:00

George Washington Birthday
2025-02-22 08:00 - 17:00

Brier Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield Association - Annual Meeting and Dinner
2025-03-06 18:00 - 21:00
The Brier Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield Association, Inc. Invites you to join in celebrating the Battle of Brier Creek at the Annual Meeting and Dinner.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Forest Heights Country Club, 3772 Country Club Road, Statesboro, Georgia
Speaker: LTC Leslie Chandler, GaARNG, Director of the Integrated Primary Prevention Program, Joint Staff “Remembering Well”
Dinner Cost: $50.00 per person
Annual Meeting and Dinner 6:00 PM
Please make your checks payable to the BCRWBA, Inc. and mail to:
BCRWBA, Inc., P.O. Box 603, Swainsboro, GA 30401-0603
Please include your email address.
Dinner reservations must be postmarked no later than February 26, 2025
Name:     , Email:       ,Phone:

Brier Creek Commemoration- Education events at Battlefield
2025-03-07 09:00 - 15:00
246th Anniversary of the Battle of Brier Creek Weekend
Friday, March 7, 2025
We will have 4 sessions 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 at the battlefield with the following schedule for each.
Contact our event coordinator for reservations.
STATION #1: Dr. John Derden will share ideas for upcoming tours & present an overview of the history of the battlefield &; the direction to be taken to ensure a maximum acquisition of the findings on the site &; its preservation.
STATION #2: Steve Burke will share his lifetime collection of Revolutionary period artifacts, weapons, clothes, etc. with assistance from Lee Herron and Don Bazemore.
STATION # 3: Alton McCloud, Bernard Martin and Allen Mincey will demonstrate Revolutionary tent encampment, weapons and their display of Revolutionary items.
EACH SESSION WILL DIVIDE INTO 3 EQUAL GROUPS AND REPORT TO A STATION.
EACH STATION WILL LAST 15 MINUTES AND THEN ROTATE TO NEXT STATION.
 After each session, there will be a demonstration and firing of the Brier Creek Militia and the Brier Creek Artillery of our 50 Cal. Flintlock rifles, 75 Cal. Brown Bess Muskets, 69 Cal. French Charleville Muskets, one 6-pounder Naval
Cannon, two 6-pounder Field Guns, one 6-pounder Coehorn Mortar and an 8-pounder Field Gun. Afterwards, Taps will be sounded on the bugle by Compatriot Don Bazemore of the Brier Creek Chapter, Georgia Society Sons of the
American Revolution.
Coordinator: Dess Smith III, (478) 299-1039; saussure@bellsouth.net

Liberty Tree Planting - 11:00 AM
2025-03-15 11:00 - 12:00
Save The Date – The Mars Hill Memorial Association has been able to coordinate with their membership and has confirmed the date of March 15, 2025 for a Liberty Tree planting.
The Captain John Collins Chapter has marked the calendar for 11:00 am, Saturday, March 15, 2025;
the location is the Mars Hill Cemetery, 2850 Mars Hill Church Road NW, Acworth, GA 30101.

Potential Lafayette marking in Savannah - ???
2025-03-22 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date
The time schedule is yet to be set exactly and will be announced soon. All events will need to be tightly scheduled to allow everyone an opportunity to be involved, so it is suggested that any presentation be limited to not more than 5 minutes. I would be glad to talk with local lodge Grand Masters to discuss any tentative plans. They can email me or call 478-957-7411. We are hoping to get all our plans firmed up by January 1, 2025 so we can get advertising , printing , etc, done in plenty of time. Thank you!
John (and Billie Trussell, Bev Baker, Lynne Tate)
Co-Chairs, American Friends of Lafayette, Georgia Committee

Potential Lafayette marking in Augusta - ???
2025-03-23 08:00 - 17:00

Potential Lafayette marking in North Augusta (Hamburg) in morning ????
2025-03-24 08:00 - 12:00

Potential Lafayette marking in Warrenton afternoon
2025-03-24 13:00 - 17:00
