The SAR MAGAZINE is the official quarterly publication of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution published quarterly.
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Frenchman who served as an artilleryman under the Spanish Gen. Bernardo de Galvez. De Galvez led troops to major victories at Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile and Pensacola. Got Proof! My Genealogical Journey Through the Use of Documentation, is available through Amazon.com. Sons of Liberty Chapter Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter The Blue Ridge Mountain Chapter has been playing "double headers." The chapter's Patriots Day celebration was held April 19 and the Robert Wolfersteig grave-marking, a joint ceremony with the Old Unicoi Trail Chapter NSDAR, took place on April 20. The outdoor exhibit scheduled for Patriots Day was rained out, but the traveling trunk and other items were displayed in the Union County Historical Society Center. At the grave marking, the chapter color guard posted the colors, placed a wreath and uncovered the SAR grave marker previously placed on the stone. Approximately 50 SAR and DAR members attended. A second double header occurred on Memorial Day, May 23. The Blairsville Memorial Day parade included the chapter's float, which was awarded third place. At the same time as the parade, the chapter's traveling trunk was displayed at the Blairsville Art Festival. Approximately 45 people visited the display, including two young Boy Scouts. The month of June included a Flag Day display at the Union County Courthouse using the traveling trunk. The Betsy Ross and the SAR flags were posted at the display case, and SAR flag brochures were provided for the public. A flag display also was placed in the Blairsville Public Library. Also on Flag Day, the chapter conducted a flag-retirement ceremony with Boy Scout Troop 101, members of American Legion Post 121 and the Old Unicoi Trail Chapter NSDAR. The chapter color guard posted the colors and performed the musket salute. During the first part of June, Flag Certificates were presented to the Union General Hospital and the Union County Government. Double headers all around! Button Gwinnett Chapter At the June chapter meeting, Chapter President Bruce Maney received a copy of Compatriot Michael Henderson's new book, Got Proof!, a memoir detailing Henderson's "genealogical journey through the use of documentation." Henderson, immediate past president of the chapter and the Georgia Society's first black member, shares in his recently released book his genealogical quest, which led to the discovery of a Louisiana patriot of the American Revolution and membership in the SAR. Mathieu Devaux dit Platilla, Henderson's fourth-great-grandfather, was a 34 The Sons of Liberty Chapter last year received more than 100 poster entries from fourth-grade classes at area elementary schools. A poster created by Mary Shaw of McGarity Elementary School won and was submitted for state competition. Now, for the rest of the story: Last month for a class assignment, each student in the fifth grade at McGarity Elementary was asked to write a story on the "best day of my life." All of the students submitted their reports and the one that stood out was authored by Mary Shaw. Her paper was entitled "The Courthouse"; not coincidentally, last year's poster theme was Guilford Courthouse. The story she told was about the day she won the poster contest. Due to the financial cutbacks imposed upon the schools, the teachers cannot purchase the poster boards as they did last year. To keep the educational opportunity alive, the chapter has purchased 200 posters to give to the classes who wish to participate. Another student will have a chance at experiencing "the best day of my life." On May 25, the Illinois Society Color Guard marched in the annual Chicago Memorial Day Parade, one of the nation's largest parades. ILLINOIS SOCIETY On May 6 at 6 p.m. the La Grange-Le Portage Chapter DAR and members of the Salt Creek and Fox Valley Chapters SAR, in color guard dress, and a group of Brookfield residents held a dedication ceremony for the new oak in Kiwanis Park. The ILSSAR performed the flag ceremony. A storm on June 21, 2011, which produced wind gusts of up to 75 mph, leveled trees throughout Brookfield, and one of the casualties was a magnificent white oak—the Constitution Oak, so named because it was standing at the time the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787. The tree received the designation in 1987, the bicentennial of the Constitution's signing. SAR MAGAZINE