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SAR Conference The Founders on the Future T he 2013 SAR Annual Conference on the American Revolution convened in St. Louis on June 21-23. The topic for this year's conference was Revolutionary Prophecies: The Founders on the Future. Robert M.S. McDonald of the U.S. Military Academy once again served as the SAR Distinguished Scholar and facilitated the event. Each scholar presented a paper on a particular founder and what that founder expected for the future of the United States. The theme of the conference determined the location. Many founders anticipated America's westward expansion, and St. Louis is considered the Gateway to the West. The conference took place at the Millennium Hotel, and all attendees' rooms had a view of the Gateway Arch. Among the presenters were Robert Ferguson of Columbia University, who spoke on Benjamin Franklin; Kenneth R. Bowling of George Washington University, who spoke on George Washington; and Drew McCoy of Clark University, who spoke on James Madison. The conference was dedicated to the late Lance Banning of the University of Kentucky. Many of the presenters—Todd Estes (Oakland University), Patrick Mullins (Marymount University), Michael Schwartz (Ashland University) and several others—had been doctoral students under Banning. Legendary scholar John Murrin of Princeton University also attended, and participated in the tribute to Banning, who had been one of Murrin's doctoral students decades earlier. Peter S. Onuf of the University of Virginia and the American History Guys led a roundtable discussion of the various papers, examining overarching themes in the Founders' visions and fears for the future of the republic. Onuf will assist McDonald in editing the published volume of the conference papers. ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1492-1692 HONOR YOUR ANCESTOR WHO FOUNDED NORTH AMERICA Become a Charter Member of the Order of the Founders of North America, 1492-1692. The Order is open to men and women who can prove lineal descent from an ancestor in North America before 1692 or from royalty who contributed to the exploration and settlement of the New World. See our website at www.o-f-n-a.org for membership details PG Leishman Attends C.A.R. Convention President General Stephen Leishman, left, brought greetings at the 118th Annual Convention of the National Society, Children of the American Revolution. At the banquet, Leishman presented the SAR Traveling Banner to Kathryn Turner, state president of the Pennsylvania Society, C.A.R. for being the state with the highest number of C.A.R. members joining the SAR. SUMMER 2013 27