The SAR Magazine

NOV 2015

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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26 SAR MAGAZINE The color guard gets to meet many interesting people while performing its duties. During the May 1 ceremonies Judge Marquez sought out the color guard to thank them for performing in the naturalization ceremonies. We were also honored to meet World War II P47 Thunderbird Pilot Bob Mathews. CALIFORNIA SOCIETY Orange County Chapter Lt. Col. Hans F. Hunt, USA (Ret.), a member of the Orange County Chapter, presented an Admiral William R. Furlong Memorial Award Flag Certificate to Tyler Poe, manager of the Chick-fil-A in La Habra, California. The July 15 presentation was in conjunction with a flag-raising ceremony by JROTC cadets from Sonora High School. The cadets also led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. There was a large gathering from the city of La Habra as they honored WWII veteran pilot Bob Sivertsen from La Habra American Legion Post 267. The American Legion, La Habra City Council, city commissioners, 15 La Habra police officers, various veterans, Sonora High School Principal Dr. Adam Bailey and JROTC cadets attended. Compatriot Hunt is the senior Army instructor at Sonora High School. Chick-fil-A sponsors an event monthly to recognize veterans. San Francisco Chapter The first chapter of Sons of the American Revolution— founded July 4, 1876—has recruited celebrities as members and speakers, and now has a television newsman as its president. Dan Ashley, nightly news anchor on KGO-TV, channel 7, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco, was inaugurated as president of the chapter on Jan. 22. SFSAR, whose founding members included Sam Adams' grandson, J.M. Adams, has a history of recruiting new members as chapter officers. Compatriot Ashley succeeded Tony Bothwell, who was elected chancellor a few minutes before being sworn in as a member and, after a year as the chapter's lawyer, served four years as president. William (Billy) Beane III, general manager of the Oakland A's, and his son, Brayden William Beane, were inducted as SAR members along with Ashley by Ashley's predecessor, assisted by Registrar Grant Noah. In the same meeting, the SAR 125th Anniversary Medal was presented to Brayden. Other Beane family members newly admitted to membership were William Lamar Beane Jr. and Tommy Liske Beane, as well as Compatriot Billy's nephews, Edward Thomas Mastripolito, William Thomas Mastripolito, Thomas Charles Mastripolito and James Patrick Simpson. Also admitted as new members were Compatriot Ashley's sons, both college students, William Ashley and Winston Ashley. Other recent recruits include Robert Wesley Burnett, co-founder of the multinational Silicon Valley firm Cisco Systems, Inc. SFSAR's guest speakers in the past few years have included NASA Astronaut Ricky Arnold, the space walker who installed the solar panels on the International Space Station; Lt. Cdr. Ted Robinson, USN (ret.), who rescued Lt. John F. Kennedy after the PT-109 was sunk by a Japanese warship in 1943; Maj. Gen. Mike Myatt, USMC, a liberator of Kuwait City; and Dr. Harry Ong, brother of flight attendant Betty Ong, heroine of American Airlines Flight 11, whose call alerted the world to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sons of Liberty Chapter The bicentennial of the death of John Sevier, Tennessee Patriot and hero of the Battle of Kings Mountain, was celebrated Sept. 24. Sevier went on to serve as Tennessee's first governor. California Compatriot Camille Chidiac of the Sons of Liberty Chapter and a fifth-great-grandson of Sevier, with support from the Gov. John Sevier Memorial Association, the Sevier Family Association and the East Tennessee Historical Society, organized a historic wreath- laying ceremony at the Old Knoxville Courthouse lawn. That evening, Chidiac hosted a dinner at the Marble Springs State Historic Site of John Sevier's home. Local historians and other Tennessee compatriots gathered to honor Sevier, one of Tennesssee's founding fathers. Chidiac also arranged for the cleaning of various historic markers on the courthouse lawn, including the John Sevier monument and other statues and commemorative stones, as there were no city funds available. "It needed to be done and was the right thing to do," said Chidiac. CONNECTICUT SOCIETY Litchfield, Connecticut's Independence Day ceremonies began at noon when the Gov. Oliver Wolcott Sr. Branch, SAR, and the Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter, DAR, held a traditional ceremony at the graves of Gov. Oliver Wolcott Sr. and Col. Benjamin Tallmadge in East Cemetery.

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