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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SPRING 2014 37 Ball Chair Greg Ohanesian thanked all who assisted in the successful event, including his wife, Barbara. He reminded all contributors that net proceeds go to patriotic education. Daniel Morgan Chapter President General Joseph W. Dooley led the 233rd anni- versary commemoration of the Battle of Cowpens on Saturday, Jan. 18. The celebration began with the placement of carnations at the base of the Daniel Morgan Statue in downtown Spartanburg the day before. Attendees were greeted by John Slaughter, superintendent of the Cowpens National Battlefield and Ninety Six National Historic Site. The NSSAR Combined Color Guard—representing South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia—presented the colors. Representatives of the SAR, DAR and C.A.R. took part in the ceremony that drew about 90 people. Following the statue ceremony, the SAR adjourned to the Quality Inn & Suites for the South Atlantic District Meeting and Cowpens reception. Reports were heard from the four state societies of the district—South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. For the second year, the SCSSAR sponsored the annual Cowpens Lecture in cooperation with the National Park Service and Backcountry Revolutionary War Roundtable at Wofford College. Scott Hodges presented a lecture as Gen. Andrew Pickens, providing insight into the motivations of the backcountry in picking sides and fighting during the Revolution. Following the lecture, NSSAR PG Dooley and SCSSAR President Carroll Crowther presented Hodges with the 2014 SCSSAR Lectureship Award, which includ- ed a check for $500. The SAR wreath ceremony on Saturday started the day's activi- ties at the battlefield, which included lectures, children's activities, a living history encampment, small arms demon- strations and battlefield tours. PG Dooley was the keynote speaker, after which 85 wreaths were pre- sented at the United States Monument in front of the Cowpens headquarters building. The NSSAR Combined Color Guard again presented colors before leading a procession onto the battlefield. This procession marched through the living histo- ry encampment en route to the Washington Light Infantry Monument, which stands at the approximate location of Gen. Daniel Morgan's second line of battle. The monument was the first placed on the battlefield 75 years after the battle. While the color guard was taking the field, the SCSSAR participated in a genealogy discussion led by the SCSDAR. Representing the SCSSAR was Crowther, who also is acting registrar. Special thanks are extended to Compatriot Lynwood Jordan Sr. of the Daniel Morgan Chapter, who spearheaded for the first Cowpens celebration in the 1980s, for collecting the names of the wreath pre- senters, and to Crowther. Gov. Paul Hamilton Chapter The Paul Hamilton Chapter recognized Jake Giammatteo, a Lady's Island Middle School fifth-grad- er, Nov. 8, 2013, for his efforts to convince the Beaufort County School District and Board of Education to observe Veterans Day as a school holiday. Jake's letter and his obtaining signatures of students on a formal petition while a fourth-grader at Coosa Elementary School—along with his gesture of respect of wearing a tie every day to school in honor of our military heroes—led to the decision of the board to make Monday, Nov. 11, a dis- trict-wide holiday. Chapter President Jody Henson had given Jake several ties last year when he heard of the program. The school pre- sented a Veterans Day event for teachers, students, parents and veterans featuring the Parris Island Marine Corps Band and a Veterans Day video. Jake, one of the featured speakers, was presented several certificates and awards by military, state and Congressional representatives. Compatriot and retired U.S. Army Col. Charles Stockell spoke of his World War II experiences. Several chapter members who are veterans attended. TEXAS SOCIETY The Tarrant County Veterans Day Parade attracts thou- sands to downtown Fort Worth each year. The event includes veterans organizations, military units, high school JROTC units, middle school Junior Cadet Corps and many local sup- porters of our veterans. For 2013, opening ceremonies in the new Fort Worth Sundance Square featured the Proclaim Liberty Traveling Liberty Bell and Ten Commandments, Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard, North Texas Honor Guard and Marine Corps League bugler. Mayor Betsy Price read the Fort Worth Veterans Day Proclamation and then joined the grand marshal, five addi- tional city mayors, the Naval Air Station Fort Worth commander and military, civic, business and govern- ment dignitaries on the reviewing stand. Center stage as the parade passed in review were TXSSAR Color Guard Commander and Belladier Bob Northcraft with the Liberty Bell, accompanied by Major K.M. Van Zandt Chapter members, TXSSAR District 5 Vice President James Alderman, and Compatriots Chuck Hield and Randoll Reagan. The parade is produced by the Tarrant County Veterans Council in cooperation with the city of Fort Worth and other government, civic President General Joseph W. Dooley, right, led the processional at the 233rd anniversary of the patriot victory at Cowpens, with State Secretary Mark Anthony, left, and NSSAR Color Guard Commander Mike Radcliff. [Photo by Thomas C. Hanson] SPRING_14_sar28-39.indd 37 5/7/14 5:24 PM