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 most debated issue during the Fall 2015 Leadership Meeting was a motion to fund a three-year traveling scholar at King's College in London. As outlined previously in SAR Magazine, the three-year opportunity would allow a scholar to study recently discovered personal papers of George III, which may or may not contain extensive information on the American Revolution from the British perspective. "We don't know what is there until we look," said Virginia Compatriot Michael Elston, who introduced the motion. Without the support of Presidents General Thomas E. Lawrence, Nathan White and David Appleby, the motion went to the Trustees and passed 40-23. Alabama Compatriot Bill Stone introduced John Murphy of Solid Light, who presented a virtual walk-through of the 6,000-square-foot exhibit space planned for the first floor of the SAR Headquarters building. Centered on interactive exhibits and characters, the plan will be presented in greater detail at the Spring Leadership Conference (Feb. 25-27 in Louisville) and is discussed in the President General's Letter on page 3. Texas Compatriot Bill Marrs discussed Web- based membership applications and updates to the website that will be up and running in 2016. The Trustees approved the 2016 budget and several items needed in the ongoing headquarters construction. 14 SAR MAGAZINE Clockwise from top, the first meeting of the Council of Youth Programs was held during the Fall Leadership Meeting. Rick Kincaid, program director of Operation Ancestor Search, was thanked by President General Thomas E. Lawrence for his service to SAR. Among the speakers were: Christopher Hammonds, Ph.D., the dean of the School of Humanities and a professor of government at Houston Baptist University; Doug Logan, the 2014 winner of the Tom & Betty Lawrence American History Teacher of the Year; and Padric G. Hennessee, the winner of the 2015 Eagle Scout Scholarship. Fall Leadership Meeting