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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National Historical Park, Vincennes, Ind., mark- ing the 235th anniversary of the British surrender of Fort Sackville. To halt Native American raids into Kentucky, Clark was authorized to attack the British forts north of the Ohio River. In 1778, he captured Kaskaskia and Cahokia, and occupied Vincennes. With 500 men, Lt. Gov. Henry Hamilton of Canada counterattacked and retook Vincennes, named it Fort Sackville, and, with 90 men, set- tled into winter quarters. Clark marched through often-flooded lowlands with 127 men to attack Fort Sackville. After a short siege, Hamilton sur- rendered to Clark on Feb. 25, 1779. Clark's victory roughly doubled the size of the United States. Better known as the Northwest Territory, we now know the region as the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. PPP Compatriots from the Central Indiana area INSSAR Color Guard presented a program at Hazel Dell Elementary School in Noblesville, Ind., on Feb. 28. INSSAR Past President Dave Betzner was the moderator, with his wife, Donna, partici- pating in period clothing. Compatriot Earl Salisbury displayed a dra- goon uniform and demonstrat- ed how a dra- goon would be used in battle. Compatriot Dennis Boone presented a meeting by his ancestors Squire Boone and Daniel Boone in the middle of a forest in Kentucky after being sepa- rated six months. Compatriot Rodney Sherard discussed his ancestors, one of whom was from Culpepper, Va., as he pre- sented the Culpepper militia flag. Compatriot Stuart Hart displayed a militia uniform and the accoutre- ments and discussed their use. Betzner mod- erated and presented various flags and other information not found in history books. Donna Betzner talked about "Mad Ann" Bailey. Approximately 600 students viewed the group, above, make the presentation live or via video conferencing. IOWA SOCIETY Past President Mike Rowley presented Cadet Zachariah Grissom, left, a senior from Davenport, Iowa, with the SAR Bronze Good Citizen ship Medal at a ceremony at Marshall town High School on March 9. The award recogniz- es people whose achievements are note- worthy in their school, community or state. KENTUCKY SOCIETY "… on the eighteenth of April in '75 …" those are the words from a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Paul Revere's renowned ride. It was the eighth of April in '89—1889 to be exact—that Kentuckians found to be noteworthy. On that day, Kentucky Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner host- ed a meeting, based on an invitation from William O. McDowell of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the Revolution, to organize a co-equal sister society in every state and territory in the Union and in France. Buckner called on anyone eligible to join to meet in the Senate Chamber at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort on April 8, 1889. Thirty-one people responded to this invita- tion. At the meeting, it was resolved to form a Kentucky Society of Sons of the Revolution. The Kentucky Society was founded on that day, and Buckner became the first member, with his wife, Delia Claiborne Buckner, becoming the sec- ond member. Of particular note: Of the first 44 members of the Kentucky Society, 19 were female. Women were exempt- ed from fees and dues. The initiation fee was $1; annual dues were $2; and a life membership was set at $50. In 2014 dollars, this equates to: $25.64 for initiation fee; $51.28 for annual dues; and $1,282.05 for a life membership. SPRING 2014 The INSSAR Color Guard in the Rotunda of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. SPRING_14_sar28-39.indd 31 5/7/14 5:24 PM