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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12 SAR MAGAZINE M embers of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Children of the American Revolution traveled to Bermuda in August to commemorate the 240th anniversary of the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot. The 55-member delegation was led by Vice President General Michael J. Elston and included Compatriots from Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. National officers from all three organizations, including Secretary General J. Michael Tomme, President General (2013-2014) Joseph W. Dooley, and President General (2007- 2008) Bruce Wilcox dedicated three historical markers in separate ceremonies in Southampton Parish and the Town of St. George. The DAR was represented by Historian General Bana Weems Caskey. National President Erin Jackson and Senior National First Vice President Joanne E. Zumbrun led the C.A.R. delegation. On Thursday, Aug. 13, the group dedicated a bronze DAR-SAR-C.A.R. marker near the site of the birthplace of two patriots of the American Revolution: Thomas Tudor Tucker and St. George Tucker. Their birthplace is now a world-class golf course, the Port Royal Golf Club. The plaque will be installed near the clubhouse. Acting U.S. Consul General Linda Rosalik hosted a reception for the group that evening. Tomme presented her with the SAR Bronze Good Citizenship Medal. Rosalik assisted in the presentation of three SAR-C.A.R. appreciation medals to C.A.R. members who played a role in the various ceremonies. On Friday, Aug. 14, Bermuda Gov. George Fergusson hosted a reception for the group at Government House, which is set high on a hill overlooking the northern shore of Bermuda. Gov. Fergusson received the SAR International Medal along with a copy of the SAR Magazine with Queen Elizabeth II on the cover. During the reception, the group presented checks totaling $4,200 to representatives of the Bermuda National Trust, the St. George's Foundation, the Friends of St. Peter's Church, the Family Centre and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bermuda. These Bermuda charities were chosen to receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of commemorative pins in order to help "pay Bermuda back" for gunpowder "borrowed" 240 years ago. The reception ended with a short re-enactment of the beginning of the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot, featuring St. George Tucker, his father, Henry Tucker Sr., and George Washington. The group attended a luncheon with Michael Dunkley, MP, premier of Bermuda, at his official residence, Camden, in Bermuda's beautiful botanical gardens on Saturday, Aug. 15. Dunkley also received the SAR International Medal and the same edition of the SAR Magazine. That afternoon, the mayor of St. George's, Quinell Francis, greeted the delegation. Following a re-enactment of the meeting between Governor Bruere and St. George Tucker, the group dedicated a bronze DAR-SAR-C.A.R. historical marker near the site of the gunpowder magazine. From there, the group went down to Tobacco Bay, where the gunpowder was loaded on to small boats in the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 1775, and taken to two American Celebrating the Anniversary of the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot From left, Secretary General J. Michael Tomme, DAR Historian General Bana Weems Caskey, C.A.R. National President Erin Jackson, C.A.R. Senior National First Vice President Joanne E. Zumbrun and International District VPG Michael J. Elston. Left, a re-enactment of the beginning of the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot, featuring St. George Tucker, his father, Henry Tucker Sr., and George Washington; right, the bronze DAR-SAR-C.A.R. historical marker near the site of the gunpowder magazine.