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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T he 124th Congress, hosted by the South Carolina Society July 18-24, drew 555 compatriots and guests to Greenville, making it one of the largest on record. Greenville, in the southern foothills of the Smoky Mountains, is best known as the North American headquarters of BMW and for having an amazing downtown park system. The park is built around the rolling falls of the Reedy River, with the curved, cantilevered, one-of-a-kind Liberty Bridge that rises above the falls. Saturday's schedule included an all-day trip to two upstate Revolutionary battlefields—Kings Mountain and Cowpens. The welcome reception was hosted by the South Carolina Society at the downtown Hyatt Regency hotel. It featured speed painter Charlie Pate, who in the event's 90 minutes, created a large painting of Gen. George Washington on horseback with his sword drawn. The painting was displayed at the front of the Regency Ballroom, which was used for most meetings and banquets throughout the Congress. The Sunday Memorial Service (see related story on page 8) was held at Christ Church Episcopal, four blocks from the hotel. The Ladies Tea and Open House also was held at Christ Church Episcopal later the same day. Sunday night's highlight was the finals of the Joseph Rumbaugh Oration Contest, which again drew a near-capacity crowd. Paul R. Callanan, chairman of the NSSAR Congress Planning Committee, and Mark C. Anthony, chairman of the South Carolina Planning Committee, directed the SUMMER 2014 5 The 124th Annual National Congress The 124th Annual National Congress Greenville Welcomes the SAR to South Carolina's Upstate South Carolina Society President Dan Woodruff joined President General Joseph W. Dooley to cut a cake during the welcome reception.