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The Palmetto Patriot
1775
The South Carolina Society of the
2009 Issue 4
1783
Sons of the American Revolution
Winter 2009
Organized April 1889
President General Ed Butler dedicates grave
of ancestor William McClanahan in Greenville
By Thomas C. Hanson
Palmetto Patriot Editor
GREENVILLE — Ed Butler, president general
of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), dedicated the grave of his patriot
ancestor Rev. William McClanahan (1732-1802) at
Reedy River Baptist Church Oct. 7.
Larry McClanahan, NSSAR president general in 2001-2002, and also a descendant of Rev.
McClanahan, participated in the ceremony.
Reedy River Baptist Church was organized in
1789 and is celebrating its 220th anniversary this
year. The church’s cemetery contains many graves
of Revolutionary War veterans, soldiers who fought
in the War Between the States and slaves.
The late afternoon ceremony began with an invocation by Rev. David Simmons, Reedy River pastor. About 50 guests, many in Revolutionary War
period attire, attended the event.
An NSSAR Color Guard presented the colors.
Mark Anthony, State Secretary of the South Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution
(SCSSAR), led the Pledge of Allegiance and served
as master of ceremonies. Ted R. Morton Jr.,
SCSSAR Senior Vice President, led the Pledge to
the State of South Carolina.
Bill Kivett, a member of the Col. Robert Anderson Chapter of the SCSSAR, led the SAR pledge,
and his wife, Nell, District One Director of the
South Carolina Society Daughters of the American
Revolution, read the American’s Creed.
Mr. McClanahan gave a biography of his patriot ancestor. President General Butler also spoke
about his ancestor and led the SAR recessional,
PRESIDENTS GENERAL — From left: Larry McClanahan (SAR president general 2001-2002) and his wife Betty, and
President General Ed Butler and his wife Robin at grave dedication for William McClanahan at Reedy River Baptist
Church in Greenville, South Carolina, Oct. 7. [Photos by Thomas C. Hanson]
and members of the NSSAR Color Guard, fired a
musket salute. David Johnson, SCSSAR Chaplain,
gave the benediction, and the Color Guard retired
the colors.
The following placed wreaths on behalf of their
societies:
Ed Butler, NSSAR; Ted Morton Jr., SCSSAR; Terry Manning, Georgia Society SAR; Wayne Rouse,
Virginia Society SAR and Col. Fielding Lewis Chapter, Virginia Society SAR; Samuel C. Powell, North
Carolina Society SAR and South Atlantic Vice President General NSSAR; Bill Eubank, Tennessee SoThe South Carolina Society
Address Service Requested
SAR AWARD — Rev. David Simmons (right), pastor of
Reedy River Baptist Church, receives a Flag Certificate
from David Johnson (left), SCSSAR chaplain, and Mark
Anthony, SCSSAR secretary.
ciety SAR; Dot Lind; Vice Regent, South Carolina
Society DAR; Nell Kivett, South Carolina Society
DAR District One.
Mark Anthony, Gen. Daniel Morgan Chapter SCSSAR, and Rome Chapter, Georgia Society
SAR; Robert Krause, Col. Robert Anderson Chapter SCSSAR; Ted R. Morton Jr., Cambridge Chapter SCSSAR; Jay Guest, Athens, Georgia, Chapter
SAR; Walker Chewning, Button Gwinnett Chapter,
Georgia SAR; Larry Whitfield, Joseph Habersham
See McClanahan grave dedication page 7
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PERMIT NO 62
Winter 2009
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From the President’s Desk
Dear Compatriots,
As we enter into this holiday season some may
say ask, What is there to be joyous about? We see
and feel the uncertainty of the times and wonder
what will happen next. It would be a good time
to look back at our early history as a fledgling
country and take inventory of what helped our
patriot ancestors persevere in their hard and often desperate times.
Their stories are too many to count and certainly too many to list in this letter. However I
would ask you to take the dominate constant in
their beliefs and make that constant yours also.
No matter how grim the situation of the moment, how devastating the battle lost, or hopeless the outcome looked, their faith in God and
allegiance to their cause led them to prevail.
As members of SAR, we should take the opportunities to promote the same perseverance of
our country’s founders in our nation today. Our
society is growing on the state and national levels. Your participation in leadership on the local
and state levels of SAR is needed. We are hosting
the 2014 Congress in Greenville, South Carolina.
Planning has already
begun. When called on
to assist in this momentous task, I know you
will respond positively.
Thank you for all you
do to keep the SCSSAR
the organization it is today and make it what it
will be tomorrow.
Regards,
Douglas B. Doster
George Washington
Circular letter of farewell to the Army, 1783
I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State
over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the
hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience
to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another,
for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for
their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most
graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to
demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind,
which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion,
and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can
never hope to be a happy Nation.
SCSSAR Americanism Update
The following points are as of Nov. 9.
Chapter
Americanism
PG Streamer
Gen. Daniel Morgan
3,993
630
Col. Robert Anderson
2,234
395
Gen. James Williams
1,011
150
Cambridge
922
225
Col. William Bratton
608
250
Gen. Andrew Pickens
496
135
Dr. George Mosse
447
450
Maj. Gen. William Moultrie
426 145
Gov. Paul Hamilton
401
115
Battle of Eutaw Springs
350
235
Col. Joseph Kershaw
220
105
Henry Laurens
210
75
Gen. Francis Marion
205
145
Col. Thomas Taylor
175
295
Col Matthew Singleton
115
110
Lemuel Benton
46
245
Godfrey Dreher
0
20
South Carolina Society
11,404
3.332
Stark
1,201
360
80
46
265
43
0
0
100
10
10
0
0
0
0
100
0
2,450
PG Cup
81.11 21
59.73 14
40.03 15
32.77 11
45.16 15
30.05 9
24.24 8
4.97 8
11.73 10
16.25 7
23.21 6
16.76 7
25.00 8
5.66 7
7.76 6
6.19 9
2.50 1
19.57 23
Douglas B. Doster
President, SCSSAR
The Palmetto Patriot is published four times a year
by the South Carolina Society Sons of the American
Revolution © 2009. Web site www.scssar.org
Subscriptions are sent automatically to members of
the SCSSAR.
President: Douglas B. Doster
Senior Vice President: Rev. Ted R. Morton Jr.
Low Country Vice President: Frank Lachicotte
Midlands Vice President: Jim Wyrosdick
Piedmont Vice President: Pierce Stockman
Pee Dee Vice President: Fred Kellogg
Upstate Vice President: Steve Blackwell
Vice President for Chapter Renewal
and Revitalization: J. Michael Farr
Vice President for Chapter Formation
and Development: Redding I. “Rick” Corbett III
Secretary: Mark Anthony
Treasurer: Greg Ohanesian
Registrar: John Smith
Genealogist: Miles Gardner
Historian: Rhett Adams
Chancellor: Glenn Ohanesian
Auditor: Dan Patten
Chaplain: David Johnson
National Trustee: Paul L. Grier
Alternate National Trustee: Redding I. “Rick”
Corbett III
Endowment Trustee (three years): Ernest J. Sifford
Endowment Trustee (two years): William Allgood
Endowment Trustee (one year): Victor Brandt III
Endowment Treasurer: Lonnie Mixson
Palmetto Patriot
Publisher
Steve Blackwell
Points must be reported in 23 categories for consideration for the national President General’s Cup
contest. These point totals are based on information that has been supplied to the committee through the
National Office, the various chapters or direct observation. If the event is not reported, it cannot be recorded.
Please be sure to contact the chairman if you have any questions or need copies of the spreadsheets that
are used.
The categories reported above include points generated for the USS Stark Service to Veterans Award
and the Average Points per Member for the PG Streamer. The final column reports the number of Categories
in which each Chapter has recorded points.
Mark C. Anthony
Chairman, SCSSAR Americanism Committee
The deadline for the Spring Edition of The Palmetto Patriot is Feb. 15.
Editor
Thomas C. Hanson
Web master: www.scssar.org
Victor Compton
Send articles and photos to Thomas C. Hanson
([email protected]), or mail
to Hanson Communications, 2004 Old Parker Rd.,
Greenville, SC 29609-1237, phone 864-704-3453. Postmaster: please send Form 3579 to this address.
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Winter 2009
Colonial Ball set for Dec. 19 in Charleston
By Greg Ohanesian
CHARLESTON — The SCSSAR
Debutante Colonial Ball will take
place Saturday, Dec. 19, from 7 p.m.
to midnight at the Charleston Place
Hotel, 205 Meeting St., in Charleston.
The receiving line and seating for
dinner will begin at 6:15 p.m. Presentation of debutantes will begin at 7
p.m. A formal dinner will be served
with wine, and a cash bar will be
open from 7:45 p.m.
Live music will be provided by
the Jimmy Farr Orchestra. The cost
is $85 per person. Dress for the ball
is formal gown, white tie, black tie,
or tartan and white tie for program
participants (presenters and escorts).
The hotel has an adjacent covered
parking garage.
A reception in honor of the debutantes will take place Friday, Dec. 18,
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Riviera
Ballroom. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Dress is
semiformal (black tie optional).
Overnight accommodations have
been arranged with the Charleston
Place Hotel at the rate of $159 per
night for single or double occupancy.
You must call the hotel at 1-800-8313490 to receive the special rate and
let them know you will be attending
the SCSSAR Colonial Ball.
Reservations for the reception
and ball must be received by Dec. 4
and may be made by completing the
form at right and returning it with
payment to Greg Ohanesian, P.O.
Box 1373 Bennettsville, South Carolina, 29512. For reservations made
after Dec. 4 but before Dec. 11 add
$25 per person per event. For more
information call Greg Ohanesian at
843-479-7193.
Whether or not you attend the
Colonial Ball, your financial support
is heartily solicited, and donations
will be listed in the program (Benefactors $1,000 or more; Sponsors
$500 or more; Patrons $100 or more;
Friends, less than $100). Proceeds go
to the Society’s patriotic education
programs. Please make checks payable to SCSSAR Colonial Ball.
2014 National Congress
in Greenville
The NSSAR Trustees voted to approve South Carolina as the
host society for the 2014 National Congress in Greenville.
Debutante Ball Reservation Form
Name
Street Address
City, state, zip code
Telephone number
Debutante Reception (Friday, Dec. 18)
Enclosed is my check for reservations at $35 per person
l
Number of reservations
Amount
Names of attendees
Colonial Ball (Saturday, Dec. 19)
Enclosed is my check for reservations at $85 per person
Number of reservations
Amount
Names for Ball Seating
SAR Member
DAR Member
South Carolina
The First American Republic
South Carolina adopted a State Constitution in March 1776,
months before the July 4 Declaration of Independence. Therefore South Carolina was the first American republic — and in
that year, the South Carolina General Assembly elected John
Rutledge the first president of that first republic.
Guest of
Debutante
Guest of
SAR Member
Donations (to be listed in the program)
Benefactor — $1,000
Sponsor — $500
Patron — $100
Friend — less than $100
Total amount enclosed
Please detach and mail to
Greg Ohanesian, P.O. Box 1373, Bennettsville, SC 29512-1373.
Board of Governors Jan. 9
The South Carolina Society Board of Governors will conduct its next meeting at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, Jan. 9, in Columbia. The location will be
announced closer to the date and communicated
through chapter officers and the state website
(www.scssar.org). All members of the South Carolina Society are allowed and invited to attend this
and every Board of Governors meeting.
Budget requests for 2010
All state officers and committee chairmen are
requested to submit budget requests for 2010 to
the state treasurer no later than Dec. 31 for consideration before the vote on the 2010 budget at
the Jan. 9 Board of Governors meeting.
All budget requests should be submitted to
Greg Ohanesian, SCSSAR State Treasurer, P.O.
Box 1373, Bennettsville, SC 29512-1373.
We have no government armed with power capable of
contending with human passions unbridled by morality
and religion.
Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break
the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes
through a net.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and
religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government
of any other. John Adams, 1798.
Winter 2009
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National Genealogy Committee makes policy changes
By Mark Anthony
SCSSAR Secretary
LOUISVILLE — This article outlines changes in policy adopted by the National Genealogy
Committee at the Leadership Conference Sept. 25
at the SAR headquarters in Louisville that Chairman Richard L. Fetzer and Genealogist General
Joseph W. Dooley would like to bring to your attention.
‘Grandfathering’ DAR applications
Tim Peterman of the Kansas Society proposed
that the SAR extend to DAR applications its current policy on grandfathering SAR applications.
Chairman Fetzer appointed a sub-committee to
devise the details of this policy. The current SAR
grandfather policy as articulated in Bylaw No. 1,
Section 5, and on SAR Form No. 0912, provides
that male relatives of former or current SAR members within two degrees of kinship may be permitted to join the SAR, even if the former or current
member’s application is not sufficiently documented according to current SAR genealogy standards,
provided that the lineage and/or patriotic service
has not been questioned by either the SAR or the
DAR.
When such applications are accepted, the line
is grandfathered, and subsequent applicants will
be required to document the lineage or patriotic
service fully in accordance with current SAR genealogy standards.
The policy accepted by the Genealogy Committee Sept. 25 — subject to the work of the subcommittee — will extend this grandfather policy
to DAR applications, so that male relatives of former or current DAR members within two degrees
of kinship may be permitted to join the SAR, even
if the DAR member’s application is not sufficiently
documented according to current SAR genealogy
standards, provided that the lineage or patriotic
service has not been questioned by either the SAR
or the DAR.
(Some compatriots are referring to this as the
SAR’s grandmother policy.)
Fast tracking applications
Genealogist General Dooley proposed that the
Genealogy Committee authorize the Genealogy
staff to fast track some applications. A similar pro-
Dues statements sent to SCSSAR members
The initial billing for 2010 dues was mailed Oct. 28.
This billing included the $5 surcharge approved at the
October Board of Governors meeting to fund the Host Society Reception for the 2014 National Congress in Greenville. Also included is the $5 increase in national dues that
was approved at the 2009 Annual Congress in Atlanta.
Every compatriot is requested to return their dues
payment as soon as possible so that the state secretary
can complete the required membership report to the national office.
Please note that each billing has a minimum dues
amount listed as well as additional lines for voluntary
donations to the established special funds of the South
Carolina Society. If a payment does not include at least
the minimum amount listed, it will be returned.
Any compatriot who does not pay their dues by Dec.
31 will be dropped from the membership roll. After
Jan. 1, a member can be reinstated into membership by
paying the required dues plus the $5 reinstatement fee.
Payments that are postmarked by Dec. 31 will not be
subject to this reinstatement fee. Mark C. Anthony, State
Secretary.
Chart of fees and dues for applicants
By Mark Anthony
Secretary, SCSSAR
This article explains changes in national application fees and national dues.
As explained on the NSSAR website, as of
Jan. 1, the application fee and annual dues will
increase. Applications submitted after Nov. 1 are
subject to the new application fee of $80 for regular membership and $30 for national dues. These
figures above do not include SC Society dues or
chapter dues.
The current application fee for the SC Society is $20. This amount, along with the state dues
($20) and chapter dues (available on the SC Society website) must be included with any application. The minimum check that must accompany
any application is $155 plus chapter dues.
SAR Applications
Please mail all new member and supplemental applications to
Compatriot John T. Smith
SCSSAR State Registrar
598 Sloan Rd.
Lyman, SC 29365
If you need to contact Compatriot Smith, he
can be reached by phone at 864-877-9909 or by
e-mail at [email protected].
Membership Type
Fees
Dues
Regular Membership
$80
$30
Junior Membership
0 to 18 years
New Lineage
$80
$10
Junior Membership
0 to 18 years
Using Established
SAR/DAR Lineage
$30
$10
Junior Membership
0 to 18 years
CAR Transfer
$30
$10
Male Relative
of SAR Member
Age 18 to 25
$30
$30
CAR Transfer
Age 18 to 22
$0
$30
CAR Transfer
Older than age 22
$80
$30
Family Plan: Male
relatives older than 18
applying at same time
(first applicant pays for
regular membership
— each additional applicant pays amount in
next columns)
$30
$30
posal was made at the meeting of the Genealogy
Committee in March and was defeated. The proposal was adopted at the Sept. 25 meeting of the
Committee.
In general, SAR applications that are based in
large part on recently approved SAR applications
may be processed more quickly than applications
that are based on older applications or that are
based on a new lineage.
Per the proposal, the staff has been charged to
devise the specific details of fast tracking procedures, and will report back to the Committee at its
meeting in the spring of 2010.
Policy on correspondence pertaining to
pended applications is revised: Previously, if
an application was pended due to a minor deficiency, the headquarters policy provided that the
staff could act on it as soon as the minor deficiency
was corrected (such as a missing signature or a
single document). If the application was pended
because of more than a minor deficiency, the additional material was placed in queue with other
correspondence received on the same day.
As proposed by Jim Faulkinbury of the California Society and approved by the Genealogy Committee, if an applicant addresses all of the concerns
raised by the Genealogy Staff within 60 days, his
application may be re-reviewed by the staff upon
receipt of the additional material.
If the applicant does not respond within 60
days, his additional materials will be placed in
queue with other correspondence received on the
same day.
Formation of a Joint Sub-Committee to Review Current Policy on Soldiers Who Appear
to Have Deserted: The Genealogy Committee
has formed a sub-committee to review the current
SAR Genealogy policy pertaining to soldiers who
appear to have deserted or gone AWOL.
They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in
the annals of human society.
They reared the fabrics of
governments which have
no model on the face of the
globe.
They formed the design of a
great Confederacy, which it is
incumbent on their successors
to improve and perpetuate.
James Madison, 1787 —
Federalist No. 14
Roll Call
of the Departed
Melvin Leaman Foshee, a past president (2007
and 2008) of the Cambridge Chapter, died Nov. 4.
He was born Oct. 10, 1938, Greenwood County.
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Winter 2009
Gen. Andrew Pickens:
A model for the nation we have become
Dr. Ralph Welton
President Gen. Andrew Pickens Chapter
CLEMSON — On a rainy Sunday afternoon of
Sept. 20, the SAR and DAR gathered at Old Stone
Church in Clemson to honor the life of Andrew
Pickens.
The ceremony, which takes place on the third
Sunday in September, honors not only Gen. Pickens, but all of the Revolutionary War veterans who
helped settle the Upstate. Because of rain, this
year’s celebration took place inside the Old Stone
Church, rather than the adjoining graveyard where
Pickens is buried along with Col. Robert Anderson
and 10 other patriots.
A memorial service, a proclamation by Pendleton Mayor Carol Burdette and the laying of
wreaths by various chapters were all part of the
ceremony. Burdette, mayor of the historical seat
of the Pendleton District (Anderson, Oconee and
Pickens counties), proclaimed the week of September 20-26, 2009 “Founders and Veterans Week
to honor the memory of our forbearers and all who
have served the call of their country.”
As part of the memorial service, Dr. Ralph Welton, president of the Gen. Andrew Pickens Chap-
ter, delivered remarks on the life of Gen. Pickens.
Dr. Welton commented: “The facts of the general’s life are generally not well known, but we honor
him today not for the facts of his life, but the character of the life he lived. Gen. Pickens’ character
was the model of what America would become. He
was deeply religious, a ruling elder in three Presbyterian churches, Hopewell on Long Cane Creek,
here at Hopewell-Keowee (Old Stone Church) and
later at Bethel near Tamassee. Not only was the
general a ruling elder, but he was a founding elder
of the Old Stone and Bethel churches.
“As a devout Christian, he took literally the mandate to love one’s enemies. He was quick to forgive
his former adversaries, the Tories and the Cherokee, and urged others to do likewise. He believed
that each had fought for the cause they believed
in, however all needed to learn live together in
peace. He was appointed by Congress to negotiate
the first treaties with the Cherokee, the Chippewa
and the Creeks. These treaties still form the basis
for the relations between the national government
and those native peoples. It is generally believed
that his political career suffered because he was so
quick to forgive rather than seek the punishment
of his former enemies.
OLD STONE CHURCH — 2008 celebration. [Photo by
Randy Lusk]
“In his character we see the model for the nation we have become. We are known as the most
generous nation on earth. It has become our policy to extend our hands to our former enemies and
help them rebuild while learning to live in peace.
After defeating our enemies in World War II, we
rebuilt Germany and Japan. We are currently engaged in trying to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We honor the General for his Christian example, generosity, as well as his patriotism, and hold
him up as a relevant role model for us today.”
U.S. Mint to feature Fort Moultrie
By Brian Hicks
The Post and Courier
This article appeared in the Charleston Post and
Courier Sept. 9. It is reprinted by permission of The
Post and Courier.
CHARLESTON — After years of playing second fiddle to the ever-popular Fort Sumter, South
Carolina’s landmark Fort Moultrie is finally getting
its own star turn.
The colonial-era, Sullivan’s Island fort will represent the state in the U.S. Mint’s new “America
the Beautiful” quarter series featuring 56 national
parks and landmarks.
The series — much like the previous which included one coin for each state — begins next year,
with sites appearing on quarters issued in the order that they became national parks. Among the
first parks recognized: Yellowstone, Yosemite and
the Grand Canyon.
Fort Moultrie quarters will hit the market in
2016.
Officials at the national park were quite obviously pleased that the state’s Revolutionary history
is getting the nod.
“Fort Moultrie is an icon of the state,” said Bob
Dodson, park superintendent for Fort Sumter National Monument. “The state flag’s design comes
from the battle of Fort Moultrie.”
The first fort on the site was still under construction when British warships attacked in June of
1776. The Palmetto Guards — with a palmetto tree
on their flag — forced the ships to retreat after a
nine-hour battle. The fort was eventually named in
honor of its commander, Col. William Moultrie.
The first fort fell into disrepair due to neglect. It
was replaced in 1798, but that fort was destroyed
by a hurricane in 1804. The current, brick fort was
established in 1809.
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program announced its picks for the series today, about a year after Congress passed the law establishing the series.
“These new quarters will honor some of our
most revered, treasured and beautiful national
sites — majestic and historic places throughout
the United States and its territories that truly make
us ‘America the Beautiful,’ ” said Ed Moy, director
of the U.S. Mint.
The sites were approved by the Secretary of
the Treasury based on the recommendations of
the governors of each state. Gov. Mark Sanford,
a Sullivan’s Island resident, suggested Moultrie as
South Carolina’s entry.
“Fort Moultrie stands as an enduring testament
to this larger notion of perseverance in the face
of overwhelming odds,” Sanford said today. “The
U.S. Mint’s decision to stamp the fort’s image on
the quarter speaks to its role in providing young
America with its first victory, and in many ways
indeed hope to press on.”
Dodson hopes the recognition Moultrie receives
will help draw more visitors to the site in the coming years. But he is most happy to see Moultrie get
its due after years, both because the Park Service
has tried to raise the profile and cachet of the site’s
FORT MOULTRIE NATIONAL MONUMENT
Revolutionary-era importance — and because it
has long been overshadowed by Sumter (which
will be in the news often during the Civil War sesquicentennial).
“I think it is exciting because it’s Fort Sumter
that usually gets all the attention,” Dodson said.
“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the
history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding
generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated,
as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the
other, from this time forward forever.
“You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well
aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can
see the rays of ravishing light and glory I can see that the end is worth more
than all the means; that posterity will triumph in that day’s transaction, even
though we [may regret] it, which I trust in God we shall not.”
John Adams, July 3, 1776
Winter 2009
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How is your chapter performing in membership department?
Ted R. Morton Jr.
SCSSAR Senior Vice President
State Membership Chairman
GREENWOOD — Location! Location! Location! You recognize that slogan realtors chant to
remind us that location is a critical factor in real
estate transactions.
Let’s make a transition now to the SAR Chapter: Membership! Membership! Membership! In
the SAR we often need to be reminded that there
are two levels to membership. The first level is recruitment. We seek candidates who can be qualified
for membership according to the National Society’s
criteria.
Once qualified and approved, we reach the second level of the membership process: retention.
Recruitment efforts and qualifying for membership require a considerable amount of work in most
instances, and too often we lose the investment we
have made by failing to retain members.
A strong chapter membership is maintained by
some indispensable ingredients.
First, every SCSSAR chapter should have an active membership committee. There are no exceptions! Formally, the committee should have a chairman with a few additional members. Informally,
every chapter member must be considered a member of the committee.
When prospective members are identified (usually on recommendation of another member of the
chapter), invite them to a chapter meeting and discuss with them their level of interest in the SAR.
Chapter officers (genealogist, registrar, secretary)
should offer the prospect help in the application
procedure. Place the prospect on the chapter mailing list to receive the chapter newsletter, invitations
to meetings and to be encouraged to invest the time
and effort required to complete the application for
membership.
Second, chapters need to remember that the key
to membership retention requires making SAR membership worthwhile. We all face the challenge of making choices when it comes to investing our time, energy and money. Do you want to make an investment
in anything that you feel is on the road to nowhere?
How do we make SAR worthwhile? Good meetings, good projects and good activities give us the
opportunity to demonstrate that SAR is worthwhile.
Preserving our unique American heritage, teaching
our history, promoting patriotism and good citizen-
ship are our goals as a National Society, and they
must be incorporated into our chapter life.
Membership retention has some other requirements, the chief of which is followup. Dues payment
requires followup (have you paid yours?). Members
who are absent when the chapter meets require followup. Illness of a member — and most certainly
the death of a member — require followup. Do not
overlook SCSSAR members at large residing in
your chapter service area. They may not be on your
chapter roster, but offer them the opportunity to
share your fellowship. They might decide to move
from at large to your chapter.
Life membership at the National Society level
should be encouraged. It helps NSSAR and will be
one less thing to pay when the annual dues notice
arrives. Further, if a chapter appears to be running
out of steam, don’t wait for it to stop dead in its
tracks. Seek help to renew the chapter. The state
society’s vice president for chapter renewal (Mike
Farr) is ready to help, and he can call on other state
officers and other chapters to assist in renewal.
Daughters of American Revolution open
Internet genealogical databases to public
The Daughters of the American Revolution announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical
Research System on their public website.
Here are the direct links:
www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm
or
www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at
the top, then the second tab in the lefthand column).
The GRS is a growing collection of databases
that provide access to many materials collected by
the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this
collection of databases is the GRC National Index,
which has been available to researchers for the
past few years.
When you go to the link above, you will find
several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases:
Ancestor — established DAR Revolutionary
War ancestors and basic information about them
with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined the DAR.
Member — limited access to information on
Palmetto Patriot available
on website and by e-mail
Did you know that past issues of The Palmetto Patriot
are available on the SC Society website? Did you know that
you can also receive the Patriot
by e-mail?
In an effort to reduce costs
associated with the production
and mailing of The Palmetto
Patriot, the Board of Governors
approved the issuance of the
state newspaper by e-mail at
the January meeting.
For those SCSSAR members
who wish to receive the Patriot
by e-mail, please e-mail Mark
Anthony, the state secretary, at
[email protected]
and say that you would like to
Finally, please remember that changes in chapter membership (such as deaths or resignations)
should be reported to the state secretary promptly.
We have had instances where deaths — particularly among our at large membership — are not reported. It puts your chapter and the state society in
an embarrassing position when a death notice is a
year or more late in being sent to the state secretary.
Keep alert to the newspaper obituaries that mention SAR membership and follow-up to see if the
state secretary has been advised of the death of an
SAR member.
Our state membership is approaching the 800
level. Let’s commit to moving to 800 and beyond
by recruiting and retaining as many new members as possible. Retain all on your chapter roster
and challenge each member to recruit his replacement.
Garrison Keillor ends his “Reader’s Almanac”
program on PBS with this admonition to his listeners: “Be Well, Do Good Work and Stay in Touch!”
That is a fitting motto for us to follow in the SAR.
receive the newspaper by e-mail.
Please note that a printed edition will still be produced and
mailed to those who do not ask to
receive it by e-mail.
The printed edition will not
end.
Members who want to continue
to receive the hardcopy edition do
not need to do anything.
The online edition is being made
available to those members who
would prefer to receive it in this
manner at least two or three days
before the mailed edition would arrive at their mailing address.
deceased or former DAR members — not current
members.
Descendants — index of generations in applications between the DAR member and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much 18th and 19th
century information here.
GRC — everyname index to 20,000 typescript
volumes (some still being indexed) of genealogical
records such as cemeteries and Bibles. This index
is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all.
Resources (in particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card Index
and the Analytical Index Cards).
Other information sources will be coming in
the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary
War service, bibliographies and Forgotten Patriots
(updates). The Revolutionary War pension index
includes the names of people mentioned in those
pensions that were abstracted, not just the pensioner or widow.
Library Catalog — book, periodical and manuscript holdings
Signing Their Lives Away:
the Fame and Misfortune
of the Men Who Signed
the Declaration
of Independence
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — Writers Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan announce
the publication of their new book Signing Their
Lives Away: the Fame and Misfortune of the Men
Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
(Quirk Books, $20).
The book retells the signers’ stories in bitesized chapters that appeal to adult and teen
readers. For more information, visit the website
www.signingtheirlivesaway.com.
The authors are also working on a documentary film about the signers and their legacy. You
can watch trailers of this work in progress at
www.revolutionaryroadtrip.com.
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Fall 2009
McClanahan grave dedication
Continued from page 1
Chapter, Georgia Society SAR; Tom Davis and Bob
Shaw, Piedmont, Georgia, Society SAR; Will Flint,
Children of the American Revolution.
Bob Hughes, Gen. Joseph Martin Chapter Tennessee Society SAR; John C. Echerd, John Sevier
Chapter Tennessee Society SAR; Peggy Dillard, Nathanael Greene Chapter SC DAR; Lena V. Horton,
Snow Campaign Chapter SC DAR; Henrietta Morton, Star Fort Chapter SC DAR; Clare Newcomer,
Elijah Clarke Chapter, Georgia DAR.
Sara L. Thurmond, Martha Stewart Bolluch
Chapter, Georgia DAR; Evie Whitfield, Tomochici
Chapter Georgia DAR; Jo An Johnson Chewning,
William Day Chapter Georgia DAR; Cilla Leed-Tom-
me, Georgia Society SAR Ladies Auxiliary; Jeannine
Preston, Reedy River Falls Chapter Colonial Dames
of the 17th Century; Carol Leake, Reedy River Baptist Church; and Larry D. McClanahan on behalf of
the McClanahan family.
After the ceremony, the church hosted a dinner
for members of the SAR and DAR. Later that evening the SCSSAR conducted the Wednesday evening worship service at Reedy River Baptist Church.
Following the service, David Johnson presented the
church with a Flag Certificate from the Col. Robert
Anderson Chapter.
See photo gallery on pages 8 and 9
President General Ed Butler (left) and Charlie Porter
SCSSAR president in 2006.
Robert Krause, president Col. Robert Anderson chapter
President General Ed Butler speaks at church service.
From the Editor
Victory at Yorktown!
GREENVILLE — My favorite way of reading history is to look at
the eyewitness accounts of those who experienced it.
Here are some comments on the surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 from some who were there.
During the surrender ceremony a British band played “The
World Turned Upside Down” as the British troops
marched through a column of troops with the
French on one side and Americans on the other.
The British troops deliberately looked only at the
French, and when the Marquis de Lafayette saw
this, he ordered a band to play Yankee Doodle,
and the British were forced to look at the Americans.
Dr. James Thacher served with the Continental Army and published his account of the surrender some years later:
Tom Hanson
“The royal troops, while marching through the
line formed by the allied army, exhibited a decent
and neat appearance, as respects arms and clothing, for their commander opened his store and directed every soldier to be furnished
with a new suit complete, prior to the capitulation. But in their line
of march we remarked a disorderly and unsoldierly conduct, their
step was irregular, and their ranks frequently broken.
“But it was in the field, when they came to the last act of the
drama, that the spirit and pride of the British soldier was put to
the severest test: here their mortification could not be concealed.
Some of the platoon officers appeared to be exceedingly chagrined
when giving the word ‘ground arms,’ and I am a witness that they
performed this duty in a very unofficer-like manner; and that many
of the soldiers manifested a sullen temper, throwing their arms on
the pile with violence, as if determined to render them useless. This
irregularity, however, was checked by the authority of General Lincoln. After having grounded their arms and divested themselves of
their accoutrements, the captive troops were conducted back to
Yorktown and guarded by our troops till they could be removed to
the place of their destination.”
Cilla Tomme-Leed
First Vice President
Georgia Society SAR Ladies Auxiliary
Billie Brock
Florida Society
DAR
Paul Preston
Commander
Georgia Society SAR Color Guard
Tom Weidner
Col. Robert Anderson Chapter
SAR
Winter 2009
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Bill Eubank
Tennessee Society
SAR
John C. Echerd
John Sevier Chapter
Tennessee Society SAR
Mark Anthony
Secretary
South Carolina Society SAR
Nell Kivett
DAR
Samuel Powell
South Atlantic
Vice President General
NSSAR
Ted Morton
Cambridge Chapter
Walker Chewning
Button Gwinnett Chapter
Georgia SAR
Ed Rigel Sr.
Lyman Hall Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Bob Sapp
Piedmont Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Larry Wilson
Samuel Elbert Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Charlie Newcomer
Athens Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Dillard
Nathanael Greene Chapter
DAR
Grave de
Rev. William
Feb. 23, 1732
Larry McClanahan (left)
(President General
2001-2002)
Mike Tomme
Georgia Society SAR
Rev. David Simmons, pastor of Reedy River Baptist Church (right),
leads invocation with Larry McClanahan at left.
Ed Rigel Sr.
Lyman Hall Chapter
Georgia SAR
Walker Chewning
Georgia SAR
Photos by Thomas C. Hanson
Larry Wilson
Samuel Elbert Chapter
Georgia SAR
Charlie Newcomer
Athens Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Bob Sapp
Piedmont Chapter
Georgia SAR
Will Flint
Daniel Morgan Chapter
Larry Whitfield
Joseph Habersham Chapter
Georgia SAR
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Winter 2009
Wayne Rouse
Virginia Society
SAR
Will Flint
Terry Manning
President
Georgia Society SAR
Will Clement
Jay Guest
Athens Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Walker Chewning
Georgia SAR
Lynn Shore
Snow Campaign Chapter
DAR
Claire Newcomer
Elijah Clarke Chapter
Georgia Society DAR
Sara Thurmond
Martha Stewart Bulloch Chapter
Georgia Society DAR
Jo An Chewning
William Day Chapter
Georgia Society DAR
Evie Whitfield
Tomochichi Chapter
DAR
Jeanine Preston
DAR
edication
McClanahan
2 — May 1802
Cilla Leed-Tomme
Georgia Society
SAR Ladies Auxiliary
Ed Butler at grave of Patriot ancestor
Hal Johnson
Robert Anderson Society
Terry Manning
President
Georgia Society SAR
J.D. Norris
Robert Anderson Chapter
William Ouvry
Robert Anderson Chapter
SCSSAR
Michael Tomme
Marquis de Lafayette Chapter
Georgia Society SAR
Samuel Powell
South Atlantic
Vice President General
Robert Krause
Robert Anderson Society
SCSSAR
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Winter 2009
My Patriot
~ Brig. Gen. James Williams, 1740 - 1780 ~
By Pierce Stockman
GREENWOOD — James Williams moved from
North Carolina to present day Laurens County,
South Carolina, in 1773. It is assumed that he had,
prior to that date, visited the area and selected and
acquired property. He was born in Virginia in November 1740. He and his wife, Mary, had six children.
Upon arriving in South Carolina, he set about
building his home and outbuildings, clearing his
land, constructing a grist / lumber mill, and a liquor still. Liquor was the best way to preserve and
transport corn, and paid well, too. He had a small
library and was well read. He established a freight
company to transport lumber, whiskey and agricultural products to Charleston, and bring back
badly needed supplies for his neighbors in the Upstate.
Williams was elected to serve in the first Provincial Congress in 1775 along with his brother John
Williams. He raised a company of men and served
under Major Andrew Williamson. He ran for Senator of the Provincial Congress in 1778 against his
neighbor Robert Cunningham, an avowed Tory.
Cunningham was elected, to Williams’ dismay.
More Tories lived in the Ninety Six District of
South Carolina than Patriots.
According to William T. Graves, author of James
Williams, an American Patriot in the Carolina Backcountry, Col. Williams was an active participant at
the first battle of Ninety Six, the Snow Campaign,
the Cherokee Expedition, the ill-fated Florida campaign, Augusta (December 1778 to January 1779),
the first Battle of Stono River, and the unsuccessful siege of Savannah.
While in camp either at Stono River or before
the siege of Savannah, Williams wrote to his son,
Daniel, expressing his faith in God and urging him
to love and obey his mother, Mary Williams. Williams was one of the founders of the Little River
— Dominick Presbyterian Church.
Williams was aware of a large contingent of Tories camped at Musgrove Mill on the Enoree River.
His regiment, called the Little River Regiment, was
joined by Col. Elijah Clarke and Col. Isaac Shelby.
They baited the Tories under the command of Col.
Alexander Innes into a trap in which the Patriots
were victorious over a much larger force. This victory was especially gratifying to South Carolina
Patriots, since it came only two days after Gen.
Horatio Gates’ calamitous defeat of the Colonial
Army at Camden, South Carolina.
Since the Patriot forces were vulnerable to a
counterattack from the east by British Col. Patrick Ferguson, the three regiments split up: Col.
Clarke’s regiment headed for Georgia, Col. Shelby’s Regiment for western North Carolina, and
Col. Williams agreed to take the captured Tories to
Hillsborough, North Carolina, which was the temporary capital of North Carolina and South Carolina. One can imagine the joy on their arrival when
the town’s occupants heard of the victory!
Gov. John Rutledge of South Carolina granted
Williams $6,000 for recruitment, and Gov. Abner
Nash of North Carolina granted him $25,000 and
permission to recruit in certain counties of North
Carolina. Williams was successful in increasing
his regiment during this short period, in September 1780.
Williams was getting intelligence on the movements of Col. Patrick Ferguson’s British and Tory
Troops because he wrote in part the following to
the Southern commander, Gen. Horacio Gates, on
Oct. 2, 1780: “This moment another of my express
is arrived from Colonels McDowell and Shelby:
They were on their march, near Burk court house,
with one thousand five hundred brave mountain
men, and Colonel Cleveland was within ten miles
of them with eight hundred men, and was to form
a junction with them this day. I expect to join them
tomorrow, in pursuit of Colonel Ferguson, and,
under the direction of Heaven, I hope to be able
to render your honour a good account of him in a
few days.”
This letter, together with Williams’ intelligence
from his spy, Joseph Kerr, give credence to many
who believe that Williams was instrumental in the
defeat of Col. Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain
on Oct. 7, 1780.
Unfortunately, Col. James Williams was fatally
wounded in that battle, the turning point of the
Revolutionary War in the South.
One would think that the Williams family had
sacrificed enough for freedom and the American
Revolution, but sons Daniel and Joseph continued
to fight for our liberty under the command of Col.
Joseph Hayes at the Battle of Cowpens and possibly other battles.
On Nov. 19, 1781, Captain Daniel Williams, 19,
and his brother Joseph, 14, along with Col. Hayes
and other soldiers of the Little River Regiment
were captured and hung at Hayes Station on Col.
Hayes’ property in present day Laurens County.
The Tories also burned Williams’ home and all his
out buildings around the same time.
Major credit to James Williams: An American
Patriot in the Carolina Backcountry by William T.
Graves.
Walking in the footsteps
of our Founding Fathers
By David Johnson
SCSSAR Chaplain
Marion on any given weekend. Without them and
the countless others who fought and sacrificed in
our state, the Declaration signed in Independence
PHILADELPHIA — On Labor Day weekend my Hall may not have the same meaning today.
Under the drilling of Friedbrother, Compatriot Harold
rich Wilhelm von Steuben and
“Hal” Johnson, and I walked in
Nathanael Greene’s work as
the footsteps of Adams, Frankquartermaster at Valley Forge,
lin, Jefferson and Washington
the fortunes of the Continental
as we traveled to Philadelphia,
Army improved.
the birthplace of America.
The tide of the war turned
We visited Carpenter Hall,
with the victories at King’s
Declaration House and the
Mountain and Cowpens. Both
home of Betsy Ross, and we
are now National Parks.
paid our respects at the Tomb
I encourage everyone in the
of the Unknown Soldiers of
SCSSAR to visit them and the
the American Revolution, just
many other Revolutionary War
to name a few places, but as
sites in South Carolina, such
compatriots it was inspiring
as Ninety Six, Eutaw Springs,
to see the Liberty Bell with the
Musgrove’s Mill, Camden and
old Pennsylvania State House
others.
in the background.
Please don’t take for granted
Then we walked across the
what we have in our own backstreet and entered the room
yard.
where the Declaration of IndeSadly, much of Brandywine
pendence was signed.
Battlefield is now commercial
We also spent a day explorproperty, and here in Greening Valley Forge, and on our
David (left) and Hal Johnson
ville County we have lost access
way home, we made a stop at
to what we believe is the Great
Brandywine, where like Valley
Forge, the house Washington used as his head- Canebrake Battlefield.
I urge all SCSSAR compatriots to honor our
quarters still stands.
As I thought about all the historic places I had patriots and their sacrifices for the cause of libseen, I could not help but think of the good fortune erty, by participating in your chapter and attendwe have as South Carolinians, to be able to walk ing battle commemorations or grave dedications
in the footsteps of Morgan, Greene, Sumter and in your area.
Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to
subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may be more
dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon
any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our
swords. Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1776.
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Chapter Capsules
News items from SCSSAR chapters
SAR rededicates Springfield-Langston Cemetery
TRAVELERS REST — SCSSAR along with
DAR and CAR chapters and descendants of Dicey Langston gathered for the rededication of the
Langston-Springfield family gravesite Oct. 3.
Under the guidance of Johnnie Beasley of the
Col. Robert Anderson Chapter, about 30 people
from around the Upstate worked numerous Saturdays to clear overgrowth, cut down trees and place
new fencing in the graveyard. Beasley, himself a descendant of Dicey Langston, generated interest and
donations for the project from other descendants
across America.
Laodicia “Daring Dicey” Langston is best
known for warning the settlement of Little Eden,
S.C., of a raid by the Bloody Scouts, after walking through the night and crossing a swollen river
at age 15 to warn her brother and others located
there. Later in the Revolution, she prevented these
same Bloody Scouts from killing her father by positioning herself between him and the barrel of a
pistol. Her bravery so impressed one of the Bloody
Scouts that he stopped the raid.
Dicey married Thomas Springfield Jan. 9, 1783.
The family moved to the newly formed Greenville
County around 1793. Here, the Springfields raised
22 children, and Dicey was laid to rest after her
death on May 23, 1837 and Thomas in 1845.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — From left: Bill Kivett, Bev
and Curt Doherty and Mark Anthony.
COLOR GUARD — From left: Tom Weidner, Bill Krause,
Hal Johnson and William Ouvry.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR MONTH — Proclamation for Revolutionary War Month issued by the City of Camden accepted by members of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution and the Col. Joseph Kershaw Chapter.
Submissions
for The Palmetto Patriot
Curt Doherty (left), owner of the property that contains the
cemetery, and Johnnie Beasley, a descendant of Dicey
Langston [Photos by Thomas C Hanson].
Compatriots, The Palmetto Patriot is your
newspaper. It is one of the main ways that the
SCSSAR keeps in touch. Please send any articles, stories or pictures of your chapter events
to editor Tom Hanson at [email protected].
For the record
In the Fall issue, C. Dean Cullison was not listed
as being present at the Thomas Heyward Pilgrimage July 4.
The Patriot ancestor of Charles T. Terry, a new
SCSSAR member from the Cambridge Chapter, is
Andrew Hamilton,
The Palmetto Patriot regrets these errors.
SC Society salutes longtime members
By Mark Anthony
The following members have reached the following membership anniversaries during the
fourth quarter of 2009. Those members having anniversaries in the first quarter of 2010 will be recognized in the next issue of The Palmetto Patriot.
50 years
James R. Smith Jr., Walter W. Gregg Jr.
45 years
William W. Jones Jr., Nathan Kaminski Jr.
40 years
Julian V. Brandt III, Lyman A. Ducworth
30 years
Roger O. Harley, Don E. Kennedy, William H.
Long Jr., John W. Shaw III
25 years
Brett L. Faulkner, Edwin O. Merwin Jr.
20 years
S. Padgett Arrington, Harry E. Ulmer
15 years
O. Heyward Bellamy, Monroe Brown, Kirk D.
Fiedler, Jack A. Meyer, Barry F. Sanders, Willis N.
Sprague Jr.
10 years
James T. Gallahorn III, Harold R. Gault Sr., Paul
W. Harvin, John L. Haynes Jr., James M. Johnson,
Alan B. McNeel, Ted Morton Jr., Samuel C. Rabon,
Clyde W. Rogers Jr.
Five years
Thomas W. Dorn II, Charles E. Jordan, Wallace S. Plowden III, William D. Shafer, Arthur J.
Shepard Jr., Will C. Suggs Jr., J. Caldwell Warley
III, Charles H. Williams III.
These anniversaries are from the date that the
membership application was approved and are
not necessarily reflective of the number of years
that dues have been paid. For purposes of consideration for certain medals as well as emeritus status, dues payments are the determining factor.
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SCSSAR committee chairman announces
high school scholarship requirements
By Redding I. “Rick” Corbett III
Chairman, SCSSAR Scholarship Committee
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Society
SAR Scholarship is awarded annually to a high
school senior at the State Convention of the SC
Society SAR.
The scholarship is not awarded solely on academic achievement, but also on demonstration
of those characteristics that best reflect the principles and beliefs of the SAR, such as character,
good citizenship, patriotism, school and nonschool related extracurricular activities, and well
articulated, achievable goals. The amount of the
scholarship is determined annually by the South
Carolina Society SAR.
The following provides information on the
scholarship.
Qualifications:
l Applicants must be a high school senior in an
accredited public or private school.
l Applicants do not have to be related to a member of the Sons of American Revolution.
Application Rules and Requirements:
1. Application Package
A Completed Application Package will consist
of the following items described below:
l Completed application form (available on the
SCSSAR website at www.scssar.org)
l Recent picture of the applicant
l Official Transcript
l Two recommendations (forms available on
the SCSSAR website at www.scssar.org)
l Written personal statement of the applicant
2. Completed application form
l The application form must be downloaded
from the SCSSAR website, filled in and saved and
then printed.
l The application form must be signed by the
applicant.
l The application form must be signed by two
members (sponsors) of the Sons of the American
Revolution in good standing who know and recommend the applicant. These SAR members cannot be
related to the applicant or members of the South
Carolina Society Scholarship Committee. Signatures must be legible, and state and national numbers must be included. The status of recommending
members will be checked with the National Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution.
l The application form can only be submitted
by the applicant. Third parties may not submit applications.
3. Recent picture of the applicant:
l A recent picture of the applicant must accompany the application form when mailed.
4. Official transcript:
l A transcript covering all high school work
through the first session of the senior year is required with the application form.
l If school regulations require, transcripts may
be mailed directly by the school to the Scholarship
Committee chairman or e-mailed to SCSSAR_
[email protected]
l If submitted by the applicant with the application form, the transcript must be in a sealed envelope.
5. Letters of recommendation:
l Recommendation from two people other than
relatives or SAR members signing the application.
l A recommendation form available on the
SCSSAR website must be used. Letters will not be
accepted in lieu of the recommendation form.
l The recommender should have a knowledge
of the applicant’s academic record, patriotism,
community service and character.
l One recommendation must be from a high
school teacher.
l One recommendation must be from someone
not associated with the high school or any other
school the applicant has attended.
l Additional recommendations should not be
submitted.
l Recommendations must be submitted using
the proper form by e-mail by the person completing the recommendation to SCSSAR_Scholarship@
BellSouth.net.
l Recommendations submitted by mail or by a
third person will not be accepted.
6. Written personal statement of the applicant:
The personal statement must address each of
the following:
l Applicant’s achievements — (exclude your
academic record. Include achievements not evidenced elsewhere.)
l Applicant’s aspirations — (What do you want to
accomplish in life — professionally, personally, etc?
Your goals should be achievable and reasonable.)
l Applicant’s principles and beliefs — (What
New SAR Partnership with Amazon.com
The SAR has been accepted as an Amazon.com associate. This means that any purchase you make
from Amazon.com, be it a book, computer, camera or what have you, will result in a percentage of the
sale going to the NSSAR general fund, but, for the SAR to receive a percentage of the sale, you must go
to the Amazon.com website from links on the new National SAR website.
Here’s how you do it:
l Visit the National website at www.sar.org.
l You will be directed to a brand new NSSAR website that has many new features. Most notably you
will find the ability to log in and gain access to members only content.
l To gain access to this members only content, you need to click on the “login” button, which will
carry you to a screen where you can request access to the members only parts of the website.
l In the tab labeled “Compatriots” scroll down to the Member Services Tab. That’s where you will find
Amazon.com.
l Follow the instructions found there to shop and place your online order.
Residents of North Carolina and Rhode Island may not purchase items from Amazon.com. To all other
members of the SAR: Happy Shopping. Bob Bowen, NSSAR Executive Committee member.
do you believe in and how do you try to live that
out?)
l Applicant’s patriotism — (What is patriotism
to you and how do you observe it in your life?)
l Advice: Tell us what you would like us to know
about you. Be honest. Avoid conceit and grandstanding. Above all be real.
l The personal statement is important.
l The personal statement must contain the applicant’s name.
l The personal statement is to be submitted
in Microsoft Word format by e-mail to SCSSAR_
[email protected].
l Personal statements submitted by mail or by
third party will not be accepted.
7. Deadline:
l Completed application packages must be received by the Scholarship Committee chairman on
or before Feb. 28.
8. Confirmation of received material:
l All material submitted by e-mail will be confirmed upon reception to the originating e-mail
address.
l Confirmation of the reception of mailed material may be made by e-mail upon written request.
l No confirmation of the reception of material
will be made by mail or phone.
l Confirmation of mailed material will only be
made to the e-mail address of the applicant provided on the application form.
9. Contacting the committee:
l Applicants may contact the chairman of the
committee only at the contact points provided below.
l Contact of any other member of the selection
committee by either the applicant or anyone else
on behalf of the applicant will disqualify the application.
10. Selection Process:
l The selection of the scholarship winner is
based on a defined, proprietary point system with
weighted points for each category of criteria.
l All members of the selection committee have
equal votes.
l The committee chairman may conduct phone
interviews on behalf of the committee with applicants as deemed necessary by the committee.
l The committee chairman has the sole authority to break any tie.
11. Disqualification:
l The committee chairman has the sole authority to rule on the disqualification of a candidate.
12. Presentation:
l The scholarship will be presented at the South
Carolina Society SAR State Convention April 17,
2010.
l The recipient will be expected to attend the
presentation. Information on attendance will be
provided before the State Convention.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address: Redding I. Corbett, III, Ph.D.,
Chairman, SCSSAR Scholarship Committee, 2233
Marion St., Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
Phone: 803-779-3921
E-mail: [email protected]
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A Day to Remember in Saluda County
By Compatriot Jim Livingston
SALUDA COUNTY — History instructor Dean
Hunt led a Corps of Discovery Oct. 10 for about 50
people to a dozen historic sites in Saluda County.
Meade Hendrix, president Saluda County Historical Society, a sponsor of the tour, opened the
day with an on-site explanation of the history of
the Bonham House followed by a tour of the property.
Roy Vandergrift III, instructor and independent historian, provided a tour of the grounds and
interior of the Marsh-Johnson house, while detailing its importance as an example of early housing
for the area.
Charles Baxley, publisher, author, historian and
attorney, stood on the Mine Creek bridge and provided a history of the cause and importance of the
Mine Creek Massacre in 1775. His presentation
set the tone for the account of research, discovery
and confirmation leading to closely defining the
area of the massacre by the Gen. James Williams
Chapter.
Dean Hunt, along with the property owners,
provided a history of the Mary and Isaac Cloud
home site (May 1751), giving information that
Mary provided of the slaughter of her husband
and severe damage to herself, a heroine of the
American Revolution.
Dean Hunt and others provided an account
of the Watson family in Ridge Spring, and we
visited their important cemetery. After this, we
learned of the general location of the Odom
House, where President George Washington
stayed in 1791. It was interesting to hear Washington’s account of the housing and general description of the area.
Most difficult to reach was the site of Cloud’s
SALUDA COUNTY HISTORY TOUR — From left: Jim Livingston, Dean Hunt and Charles Baxley [Photo by Norm Pigeon]
Creek Massacre. A private dirt road of level ground
reaches most of the way. The site has an antique
stone by the lone grave with a descriptive marker
of more recent vintage erected by Daughters of the
American Revolution. Our three historians, Dean,
Roy and Charles, provided a great deal of information on Loyalist Bloody Bill Cunningham’s massacres and behavior.
Our convoy stopped on the bridge at Lorick’s
Ferry, where a landowner added more recent
color to the history provided by Dean.
We saw the Traffic Circle, site of an accidental
bombing in World War II, and were made aware of
the historic importance of the Cherokee Trail.
Last stop on the tour was just outside the private property of what was Saluda Old Town, a few
miles off SC Highway 121. Dean and Roy spent a
good amount of time on the published details of
Gov. Glenn meeting with the Native Americans in
this area.
Review of two Revolutionary War books
Drill manual and daily life of an ordinary soldier
By Jim Livingston
Those descended from back country Patriots
can likely better understand the militia than the
Continental Army. Militia heroes were mainly
family minding farmers content with what they
had until personally riled by some mother country transgression of Great Britain creating unreasonable hardships such as excessive taxation and
other limitations on liberty.
Revolutionary War Drill Manual
While book browsing, two small but important
books written in the Revolution War era came to
my attention. One was Baron von Steuben’s Revolutionary War Drill Manual and the other was a
Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier by Joseph
Plumb Martin.
The drill manual, a remarkably detailed work
book of correct and formal warfare, helped transform an informal ragtag military force into a formalized team without losing any of their rough
and ready pioneer ability that confounded the
proper British.
General Washington recognized the need for
the Baron and endorsed him completely. Von
Steuben’s manual was used until 1812. After the
coming of peace, von Steuben became an American citizen, retired and in 1786 New York State
granted him 16,000 acres.
Gen. Washington’s last official act as wartime
commander was to write a letter to von Steuben
commending his service.
The book, a facsimile reprint of the 1794 edition, is a delight to browse.
Narrative of a Revolutionary War Soldier
Following an informative introduction and
preface, Martin gives a daily account of Revolutionary War soldiering from the Campaign of 1776
through the Campaign of 1782. His easy to read
account issues from an ordinary young man of a
respected pioneer Yankee family using his chosen
pen name of Private Yankee Doodle.
Martin began his service as a 16-year-old member of the Continental Army in New England and
around New York under command of Gen. Washington with the discipline of Baron von Steuben.
Throughout the campaign, Martin (elevated to
NCO sergeant) suffers almost constantly from
hardships of extreme heat or cold in almost nakedness with the constant companion of hunger. He
was reduced on occasion to eating tree bark. Despite these hardships, he never neglected his duty
to serve the developing country.
Most of the compensation promised the soldiers never materialized. Martin details: “We were,
also promised six dollars a two thirds a month, to
be paid monthly . . . and what was six dollars and
sixty-seven cents of this ‘Continental Currency’ as
it was called, worth? It was scarcely enough to provide a man a dinner. Government was ashamed to
tantalize the soldiers any longer with such trash,
and wisely gave it up for its own credit” (page
247).
I find that the discovery of these two books, taken together, an enormously enriching encounter.
Arrival of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben at Valley Forge in 1778
By Jim Livingston
Picture a rather ragtag untrained military
force, unmanageable even when facing a despised
foe, and guided by an extraordinary leader, such
was Gen. George Washington in that awful winter
of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge leading the battle for
our American independence.
Then picture that confused Continental Army
suddenly without warning on Feb. 23 facing: “the
spectacle of the silk and fur-robed baron arriving
in grandiose twenty-four belled sleigh drawn by
black Percheron draft horses, caressing his sleek
miniature greyhound Azar. He was followed by
a retinue of African slaves, a French cook, his
aide-de-camp Louis de Pontiere and his seventeen-year-old private secretary, Pierre Etienne
DuPonceau” (Queers in History, by Keith Stern,
page 432).
In spite of, or perhaps because of such nerve,
I think Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, was Godsent to Gen. Washington to indoctrinate his troops
in essential discipline of warfare. How I would
love to have been there.
Winter 2009
Page 14
Center for Advancing American Heritage
needs your support
By Mark Anthony
SCSSAR Secretary
The SCSSAR continues to support
the Center for Advancing American
Heritage as detailed below. July 28, 2008
Sept. 30, 2008
Dec. 31, 2008
March 31, 2009
June 30, 2009
Oct. 15, 2009
$1,000 plus
Mark C. Anthony
Paul L. Grier
Abner P. Stockman Jr.
William B. Ten Eyck
$1 - $99
Joe M. Alexander
William T. Allgood
Ronald D. Althoff
SCSSAR
Membership
Total
Donors
Participation
Rate
Total Amount
Donated
Donations
Per Member
605
605
605
667
667
667
78
78
83
97
97
99
12.9 percent
12.9 percent
13.7 percent
14.5 percent
14.5 percent
14.8 percent
$10,200
$11,200
$11,960
$12,672
$12,697
$12,822
$16.86
$18.51
$19.77
$19.00
$19.04
$19.22
At the 2008 National Congress, three
benchmarks were established for the
Capital Campaign:
1) Each state society will have at
least 20 percent of its membership become donors to the Center for Advancing American Heritage.
2) Each state society will meet an
average gift of $250 per member within
the state society.
3) 100 percent of the recognized SAR
societies will meet these benchmarks by
Dec. 31, 2013.
To help meet these benchmarks, all
previous gifts and donors who contributed before 2008 will count toward the
goals. Obviously, the SC Society has a
long way to go to meet these benchmarks.
The participation rate benchmark is
the easiest one to meet. Based on current membership levels, 134 members
must be donors, which equates to an
additional 37 donors.
For the individual donation to be
credited properly, the individual donor
needs to complete the form found on
the CAAH website (www.sarfoundation.
org/thecenter.htm) and return it with the
donation to the national headquarters.
Any donation sent through the State Society will be credited to the state society
and not increase the number of individual donors.
The minimum donation needed for
an individual to receive credit is $10.
If you do decide to donate, please
keep the $250 per member benchmark
in mind — though any amount is welcomed and will help drive up the participation rate.
Please note that a $250 donation can
be spread over a five year period with an
annual pledge of $50 per year. Also, for
proper credit to be given with respect
to the established benchmarks, all donations need to be sent directly to The
SAR Foundation along with the completed donor form that can be found on
the National Society website under the
Foundation tab, which is located on the
top right of the page.
The following lists the 99 SCSSAR
compatriots who have already donated
to the Center for Advancing American
Heritage. Thank you for your support
that has brought the Sons of the American Revolution to this exciting moment
in time.
$500 - $999
Ladson A. Barnes Jr.
Eldon D. Bullington
J. Michael Farr
$250 - 499
Ernest Leon Hatchell Jr.
Capt. Dean J. Hewitt Jr.
Edward P. King
Ted Morton Jr.
Greg Ohanesian
South Carolina Society SAR**
Evelyn P. Tollison**
$100 - $249
James C. Antisdel
Dr. James R. Carroll
Lt. Col. Harvey M. Dick
James H. Gressett Jr.
Francis W. Lachicotte IV
Earl W. McCrackin
Nancy S. Pitts**
Gilbert A. Smith
David C. Waters
Richard G. Augur
O. Heyward Bellamy Jr.
Edward L. Benton
Jay D. Bilyeu
Thomas W. Broadway
Dr. Gorman L.D. Burnett
John T. Caskey
Andrew W. Chandler
Col. Chester F. Cotter
William H. Culley
Captain C. Dean Cullison
Dr. Max A. Culp
Charles E. Davis Jr.
Dr. Fletcher C. Derrick Jr.
Douglas B. Doster
Henry L. DuRant
Julian H. Foster
Gen. James Williams Chapter,
SCSSAR**
Rev. George B. Goldsmith Jr.
Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter,
SCSSAR**
Hudson S. Green
Greenville Chapter, NSCAR**
William B. Helene
George B. Hodgkiss Jr.
Hugh C. Horry
Elder H. Jones Sr.
Nathan Kaminski Jr
Joseph F. Kirby
Herbert D. Kleine
W. Thomas Logan
John D. Magruder
Arthur C. Moss
A. Daniel Patton Jr.
Rev. Dr. Robert E.H. Peeples
Dallas L. Phelps
William C. Prewitt
Dr. Benjamin F. Sheftall
Ernest J. Sifford Jr.
The Honorable Carl J. Smith
Jasper K. Smith
John T. Smith
Robert P. Smith
John R. Stillwagon Jr.
Wendell H. Tiller Sr.
Dean V. Traxler
James D. Trout Jr.
Max B. Trout
James Trowbridge
Frank Vartorella
Ronald E. Waldhour
Lt. Jg. Richard G. Watson Jr.
Dr. Ralph Welton
Howard H. Whitehurst
Dr. Ward C. Worthington Jr.
**Not an individual member of the
Godfrey Dreher Chapter chartered
By Redding I. “Rick” Corbett III, PhD
Vice President for New Chapter Formation
and Development
COLUMBIA — At the Oct. 10 Board of Governors meeting, a charter was granted to the South
Carolina Society’s newest chapter — the Godfrey
Dreher Chapter.
Previously, the petition filed by 11 founding
members had been approved by the executive
committee of the South Carolina Society. President General Edward F. Butler Sr. presented the
charter. This is the first time that a charter has
been presented by the president general to a new
South Carolina Society chapter.
The Godfrey Dreher Chapter was formed after
it was determined that there was sufficient interest in Lexington County and that the formation of
a new chapter would not injure nearby chapters,
especially the Col. Thomas Taylor Chapter in Columbia. The Col. Thomas Taylor Chapter was the
sponsoring chapter for the petition.
Several members of the Godfrey Dreher Chapter will maintain dual membership with the Col.
Thomas Taylor Chapter, and the presidents of each
of these chapters have promised to work together
for mutual benefit. It is hoped that this pledge of
cooperation and its ultimate results will be a model
for other chapters. Ten additional applications are
in process, and a number of possible applicants
have been identified.
Godfrey Dreher was one of South Carolina’s
many little known patriots. He was a member of
the first Provincial Congress Committee, when the
Battle of Lexington was fought. He was a grand
juror, and also when the Revolution reached the
Back Country, he built a fort on his property. The
fort site is below the current Lake Murray Dam
beside Zion Lutheran Church.
This chapter has a special interest in and duty
to promote the Revolutionary War history of Godfrey Dreher and Lexington County.
Objects of the most stupendous magnitude, and measure in which the
lives and liberties of millions yet unborn are intimately interested, are now
before us. We are in the very midst of a revolution the most complete,
unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations. John Adams,
letter to William Cushing, 1776.
Winter 2009
Page 15
Summary of business conducted
at October Board of Governors meeting
COLUMBIA — The Board of Governors of the
South Carolina Society met at the Cayce-West Columbia Branch of the Lexington County Library in
Columbia Saturday, Oct. 10. The meeting was called
to order at 10:01 a.m. by President Douglas Doster.
President General Ed Butler was in attendance
for this meeting.
The Reports Package that was prepared before
the meeting contained reports from 15 of 16 chapters, 15 of 16 committees, and 15 of 19 officers.
The meeting began with the chartering of the
new Godfrey Dreher Chapter of the South Carolina
Society, which will serve the Lexington County area.
President General Butler presided over the chartering and administered the oath of office to the chapter officers. Afterward, he commented that this was
the first time he had ever chartered a chapter.
During the Chapter Reports, various chapters
l On behalf of the State Registrar, State Secretary Anthony discussed the new dues and fees that
were approved at the 2009 National Congress along
with the related deadlines (see article page 4).
l Redding I. “Rick” Corbett III, vice president
of Chapter Formation and Development, reported
on the progress for chartering new chapters. The
next target for expansion is in the Walterboro area.
One idea that is being considered is to place new
chapters not only with respect to population but
also with respect to distance from existing chapters to maximize attendance.
l Mike Farr, vice president of Chapter Renewal
and Revitalization, mentioned that he has contacted each chapter and offered his services to each
with no response to date.
Reports were heard on the following events:
l Musgrove’s Mill Celebration sponsored by the
Gen. James Williams Chapter
l Kirkpatrick Grave Dedication co-sponsored by the Col.
William Bratton Chapter and a
chapter of the Colorado Society
l Springfield-Langston Cemetery Rededication sponsored by
the Col. Robert Anderson Chapter
l South Atlantic District Meeting in Gaffney
l Kings Mountain Reception
sponsored by the SC Society
l Kings Mountain Celebration co-sponsored by the South
Carolina and North Carolina Societies
l McClanahan Grave Dedication sponsored by the Gen. Daniel Morgan Chapter
The following Old Business
was considered:
l The 2010 Annual State Meeting will be conducted Saturday,
April 17, in Columbia. This will
CAMBRIDGE MEMBERS — Members of the Cambridge Chapter pose with be a one day meeting instead of
the president general. From left: Emmett Brooks, President General Ed Butler,
the normal two day event. The
Pierce Stockman, Greg Ohanesian and Ted Morton. [Photos by Don Wilder]
location will be announced at
the January Board of Governors
announced next meetings and their most recent meeting.
events. The Col. Joseph Kershaw Chapter presented
The following items of New Business were cona letter to President General Butler asking for the sidered:
National Society to endorse an effort by the Caml A motion was made by the 2014 Congress
den community to have the Camden battlefield des- Committee to add a $5 surcharge to the annual state
ignated as a National Park and Battlefield.
dues billing through the 2014 dues billing. This surDuring the Committee Reports, the following charge will provide funding for the Host Society
main items were discussed among other items:
Reception. This motion was passed unanimously.
l Mark Anthony, 2014 Congress chairman, rel A motion was made and passed to contribute
ported that the South Carolina Society had been $163 to the Center for Advancing America’s Heriapproved as the host of the 2014 National Con- tage to bring the total donation from the state sogress and that the committee would have a motion ciety to $1,000.
to make during New Business.
l Americanism Chairman Anthony made a mol Carroll Crowther, Historic Sites and Patriots
tion on behalf of the committee to use the unexGrave co-chairman, discussed the new database pended, budgeted funds for the committee to pay
that has been developed to document the gravesites for the expenses related to the President General’s
of patriots buried in South Carolina. This database visit. The motion was approved.
has 1,100 names either listed or to be listed. The
l The Publicity and Communications Commitcommittee asks that all members help complete tee made a motion to contract with Hanson Comthe database by providing a photograph, tomb- munications for professional services related to
stone transcription and GPS coordinates.
the production of The Palmetto Patriot.
l The various Youth Programs committees
The original motion called for a payment of
mentioned the need for more participation. The $200 per issue. This amount was amended to $100
State Secretary was directed to send out the cur- per issue and passed.
rent Youth Programs Brochure to each chapter.
l A discussion was conducted about the upcomDuring the Officers Reports, the following items ing 230th anniversary commemoration of Buford’s
were discussed:
Massacre. A motion was made to have the Col. Le-
PRESIDENT GENERAL — Ed Butler speaks to the Board
of Governors Oct. 10.
muel Benton, Col. William Bratton, Gen. Francis
Marion, and Col. Joseph Kershaw chapters collaborate on this ceremony. The motion passed.
Announcements were made concerning upcoming events and other items of interest. Greg
Ohanesian, State Treasurer, presented the President General with a membership in the Gen.
Francis Marion Chapter as well as a copy of the
book authored by the late Joe Goldsmith on the
Revolutionary War battles in South Carolina.
President General Butler then spoke to the as-
NATIONAL AWARD — Mark Anthony (left) receives the
National Meritorious Service Medal for his service as aide
de camp as well as for serving on national committees including the Center for Advancing America’s Heritage Task
Force and the Registration Reporting and Education Task
Force. President General Ed Butler made the award.
sembled compatriots updating them on the progress that the National Society is making in building the new Genealogical Library and other items
of interest.
Of these items, the most significant is a new
partnership between the SAR and the Smithsonian
Institute to have the SAR Museum in Louisville be
named a Smithsonian partner and official Museum
of the American Revolution He concluded by thanking the society for its hospitality during his visit.
The meeting adjourned at 12:08 p.m.
Winter 2009
Page 16
229th anniversary of victory at Kings Mountain
SAR CONTINGENT — Celebration of the 229th anniversary of the Patriot victory at Kings Mountain, Oct. 7. [Photo by Bob Yankle]
President General Ed Butler leads celebration
BLACKSBURG — The celebration of the 229th
anniversary of the Patriot victory at Kings Mountain began in Gaffney, South Carolina, on the evening of Oct. 6 with a reception hosted by the South
Carolina Society.
Grave of
Col. Frederick Hambright
1727-1817
Visiting SAR and DAR members from other
states were entertained including President General Ed Butler and his wife Robin; Secretary General David Sympson; Historian General Lindsey
Brock; Registrar General Stephen Leishman; and
President General Larry McClanahan, president
general (2001-02).
On the morning of Oct. 7, members of the
SAR met at the Kings Mountain Visitors Center
to assemble and travel to the top of the mountain.
Along this path they passed the gravesite of Col.
Patrick Ferguson, commander of the British forc-
es, who said that “God himself cannot remove me
from this mountain.”
At 11 a.m., the ceremony began with a procession of flags by the combined NSSAR Color Guard
consisting of nearly 50 compatriots representing
nine state societies.
The program featured an address by President
General Butler and the presentation of nearly 90
wreaths from the SAR, DAR, CAR, descendants
and other hereditary organizations.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, SCSSAR
State President Doug Doster offered thanks to
those attending.
SAR, CAR promote Wounded Warriors Project
PATRIOT ANCESTOR — President General Ed Butler at
the grave of Patriot ancestor Frederick Hambright. [Photo
by Ron Clemmons]
2009 SCSSAR Membership Statistics
Membership as of Jan. 1
New Members
Reinstated Members
Deaths
Transfers Out:
Membership as of Aug. 31
Growth for 2009
667
58
21
(7)
(1)
738
10.64 percent
Dues notices for 2010 were mailed beginning the last
week of October. Please remit these payments
well before the Dec. 31 deadline.
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT — Ed Butler, NSSAR
president general (left) presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Sagen Blackwell, national assistant registrar,
NSCAR, at the 229th anniversary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, Oct. 7, for her work with the Wounded Warrior
Project. October marked the third anniversary of the Carolinas Challenge Bicycle Ride for members of the Wounded Warrior Project. To date, Sagen has raised more than
$140,000. [Photo by Steve Blackwell]
CAROLINAS CHALLENGE BICYCLE RIDE — Mark Anthony, SCSSAR state secretary, presents an SAR Challenge coin to USMC Gunnery Sergeant Tai Cleveland of
Montclair, Virginia, before the start of the third Annual
Carolinas Challenge Bicycle Ride. Mark present Challenge
coins to each of the 21 Wounded Warriors who participated in the bicycle ride. [Photo by Steve Blackwell]

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