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T he highlight of the Fall Leadership Meeting, Sept. 25-27 in Louisville, was a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony for the museum/exhibit space of the SAR Center for Advancing America's Heritage. Attended by nearly 200 people, the event featured a U.S. representative and the Louisville Metro Council president. After opening remarks by President General Lindsey C. Brock, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth called the future addition to Louisville's Museum Row "a vibrant tool in the education of our children and future generations." Metro Council President Jim King, also a member of the board of Simmons College (which purchased the former SAR Headquarters property), discussed the ongoing project as a major "economic development" for the city. Leading up to the actual ribbon cutting, letters were read from U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and others. SAR Foundation President Dr. Sam Powell rounded out the speakers who graced the podium in the center of the vast hall that is taking shape on Main Street immediately next door to the completed SAR Genealogical Library. "We've made so much progress," Powell said. "There is still a ways to go." The event, held during a break in the national SAR committee meetings at the historical Brown Hotel, drew the attention of the local media, including public radio, several television stations and local newspapers. The three-day meeting began on Thursday with the first Executive Committee meeting held in the new SAR Headquarters offices. Several other committee meetings followed, and the evening featured a candidate forum for those seeking national office. Friday featured more committee meetings, an SAR Ladies Auxiliary program by VPG Mark Anthony on "The Revolution as Told by Its Flags," a well-attended genealogy workshop, and the evening banquet. The banquet speaker was the highly entertaining George McKee in a Kentucky Chautauqua performance as Henry Clay, beginning with the tale of a 1780 raid on the Clay farm by troops commanded by Banastre Tarleton. As Clay, McKee began by saying, "I have no clear memory of my father, but I remember what happened several days after his funeral …" The Fall Trustees Meeting was held on Saturday morning and was attended by seven Presidents FALL 2014 5 Fall Leadership Meeting Ribbon Cutting Takes Center Stage at the Photos by MGM Photography/Bob Gardner U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth spoke at the ribbon cutting.