Last Modified: 09 July 2024

July 2024 Jul. 10- Jul. 16 SAR Annual Congress Lancaster, PA The 2024 NSSAR Congress in Lancaster, PA from July 10-16, 2024, at the Lancaster Marriott Penn Square Hotel. General Membership Meeting minutes from Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 are to be approved at the Ladies Auxiliary Meeting on SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2024, following the Youth Awards Luncheon, approximately 2:30 PM. Garnet Pin Proposal:Proposal 2024 PA Congress Clothing Sale flyer:Clothing flyer Saturday - Auxiliary Meeting after Youth Awards Luncheon - casual - Program:Sweet Beginnings by Milton Hershey (Sweet Start) in Lancaster flyer Dr James McMahon February 2024 Feb. 29- Mar. 01 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership Meeting The Ladies Auxiliary meeting is open to all Leadership attendees and will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday in the Ballroom on the 16th floor of the Brown Hotel at 10:00 a.m. Program: "Our Own National Treasure - The NSSAR Archives" - Do you have 2D artifacts that could find a future home in the NSSAR Archives? Curator & Director of Collections Zac Distel describes what the NSSAR Archives is looking for - and it is not just 18th century two-dimensional documents and artifacts! See flier. See flier Karen Dodd, First Ladies Luncheon, Saturday, 2 March 2023, noon, 16th Floor Ballroom. Our speaker for the luncheon will be Karen’s cousin, PG Joe Dooley, who will give us a brief talk about Sons of the American Revolution Academic Conference on the American Revolution (SARACAR) Zac Distel PG Joe Dooley September 2023 Sep. 22- Sep. 23 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership Meeting The Ladies Auxiliary meeting is open to all Leadership attendees and will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday in the Ballroom on the 16th floor of the Brown Hotel at 10:00 a.m. Program: "A Stitch in Time" - An homage to quilting in America. Journey back in time with quilter Peggy Anderson, as she tells the story of her award-winning heritage applique quilt. See flier. See flier Peggy Anderson July 2023 July 13-July 20 SAR Annual Congress Orlando, FL The 2023 NSSAR Congress in Orlando, FL from July 13-20, 2023, at the Rosen Hotel. General Membership Meeting minutes from Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 are to be approved at the Ladies Auxiliary Meeting on MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023, following the Youth Awards Luncheon, approximately 2:30 PM. The minutes are listed below for your review prior to the Ladies Auxiliary Meeting on Monday. 2022-Sept-30 Board Meeting Minutes 2022-Sept-30 General Meeting Minutes 2023-March-03 Board Meeting Minutes 2023-March-03 General Meeting Minutes Listed below are events of interest to all ladies. Please see the Congress schedule for tour details and Hospitality room hours. Colonial Clothing Sale for Men and Ladies in Hospitality Room Sunday - New Attendees Orientation 11:00 AM -12:00 noon Salon 11/12 - Memorial Service - Colonial or Church attire 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, St. Luke's United Methodist Church - First Lady's Tea & Open House 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, St. Luke's United Methodist Church Monday - Auxiliary Meeting after Youth Awards Luncheon - casual - Program:Auxiliaries in Action Presentation flyer - 20th Anniversary Celebration - Vote on Bylaws changes - Recognition Night 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Grand Ballroom A Tuesday - First Lady s Luncheon - traditionally hats are worn, Board Buses at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Island Grove Winery - Tuesday evening - PG Banquet - Colonial or Formal, Cocktails 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Banquet 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Grand Ballroom B/C/D Wednesday - Last Day of Congress - Tours if you signed up for them - Installation Banquet - Formal Attire, Cocktails 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Banquet 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Grand Ballroom B/C/D March 2023 Mar. 2-Mar. 4 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership Meeting NLASAR board meeting Friday March 3, 2023, 8:00 AM, 3rd Floor Boardroom, The Brown Hotel. NLASAR general meeting Friday, March 3, 2023, 10:00 AM, 16th Floor, The Brown Hotel follows a program by First Lady Karin Guzy. Karin has prepared a talk for us on the Founding Gardeners featuring the book of the same name by Andrea Wulf. See flier Please join us for Karin s informative speech and our NLASAR general meeting immediately following Karin s presentation. Ladies luncheon - Saturday, March 4, 2023, 16th floor, The Brown Hotel. Speaker Madame Foo-Foo, the hat designer for the Brown Hotel Gift Shop will be here, along with two employees, who will be modeling hats from the Gift Shop. Madame Foo-Foo is the maker of 90% of the hats sold in the gift shop. Madame Foo-Foo will be talking about all the hats that are modeled. Be sure to make luncheon reservations. Karen Guzy September 2022 Sep. 29-Oct. 2 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership Meeting The Ladies Auxiliary meeting is open to all Leadership attendees and will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday in the Ballroom on the 16th floor of the Brown Hotel at 10:00 a.m. Speaker: SAR Compatriots Have you ever wondered what our compatriots carry as part of their uniform? . See flier SAR Compatriot July 2022 July 10-15 SAR Congress Savannah, GA See congress schedule for various tours and scheduled events which also include ladies as well as the Ladies Auxiliary Hospitality room. Monday-Memorial Service- Colonial or Church attire Tuesday Auxiliary meeting after Youth Luncheon-casual-election of new officers- vote on Bylaw New Officers to be elected from the following candidates: President - Pat Wilson-Perkins. Connecticut Society 1st Vice President - Becky Anne Osbourn. Missouri Society 2nd Vice President - Diane Ungvarsky. North Carolina Society 3rd Vice President - Becky Moyer. Pennsylvania Society Treasurer - Cyndi Weissinger. Washington State Society Secretary - Laurie Bredenfoerder. Ohio Society Chaplain, Historian and Parliamentarian are appointed by the President Ladies will consider the following bylaw change: Should the Executive Committee of the NSSARLA deem it necessary a meeting of the NSSARLA may be held entirely by means of telephonic, electronic or other communications facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting. Wednesday- First Lady s Luncheon-traditionally hats are worn Wednesday evening-PG Banquet-Colonial or Formal Thursday evening-Installation Banquet- Formal Fred Olive March 2022 March 3-6 SAR Spring Leadership Louisville, KY Friday, March 4, 2022 8:00 AM Ladies Auxiliary Board Meeting Place to be announced Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 10:00 AM 16th floor Ballroom Saturday, March 5, 2022 Ladies Luncheon, 12:00 PM 16th floor Ballroom Speaker to be announced. NSSARLA drawings and announcement of Silent Auction to follow the luncheon. Sue Petres July 2020 July 10-15 SAR Congress Richmond, VA This event has been cancelled by the Sons of the American Revolution Please read this letter from NLASAR President Billie Brock. NLASAR President Billie Brock July 2019 July 6-11 SAR Congress Costa Mesa, CA See congress schedule for various tours and scheduled events which also include ladies as well as the Ladies Auxiliary Hospitality room. Sunday, July 7: First Lady's Tea Monday, July 8: Ladies Auxiliary Meeting at 2:30 Speaker newly installed NSDAR President General "Raising the Revolutionary Generation" Tuesday, July 9: Ladies Luncheon (Advance reservation required) Denise Doring Van Buren Spring 2019 Feb 28-Mar 2, 2019 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership Meeting NLASAR board meeting Friday March 1, 2019, 8:00 a.m. in the Brown Hotel 3rd Floor Boardroom NLASAR general meeting Friday, March 1, 2019, 10.00 a.m. 16th Floor, Brown Hotel followed by a program on The SAR Education Center and Museum presented by Joseph W. Dooley and John Murphy. Ladies luncheon Saturday March 2, 2019, 16th floor, Brown Hotel. Speaker Sue Kelly Ballard, Author. Be sure to make luncheon reservations. Joseph Dooley John Murphy September 2018 Sep. 27-29 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership (Trustees) Meeting NLASAR Fall Ladies Luncheon: The Conrad-Caldwell House Museum and Victorian Tea See flier. The Ladies Auxiliary meeting is open to all Leadership attendees and will be held at 10:00 a,m on Friday in the Ballroom on the 16th floor of the Brown Hotel at 10:00 a.m. Speaker: Venie Hinson Baskets of the Colonial Era . See flier Conrad-Caldwell House July 2018 Jul. 14-18 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 128th Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution NLASAR Hospitality Room is located on the 3nd floor, Hibiscus Room 1 & 2 Immediately following the NSSAR Memorial Service at the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church on Sunday July 15, 2018 is the First Lady's Tea open to all SAR Ladies. Ladies Auxiliary Executive Board closed meeting will be held in the Cottonwood Room of the Houston Westin Memorial City Hotel on Monday morning July 16, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. following the congress opening. The NLASAR meeting will be held following the Youth Awards Luncheon on Monday afternoon July 16, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. on the second floor, Magnolia Ballrooms one and two. The speaker will be Carolina Castillo Crimm, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus from Sam Houston State University. See flier. The Ladies Luncheon is Tuesday July 17 and will be held at the Junior League of Houston. The speakers will be curators from the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. See flier. Carolina Castillo Crimm March 2018 Mar. 1-4 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership (Trustees) Meeting NLASAR board meeting Friday March 2, 2018, 8:00 a.m. in the Brown Hotel 3rd Floor Boardroom NLASAR general meeting Friday, March 2, 2018, 10.00 a.m. 16th Floor, Brown Hotel followed by a program on Unsung Heroines of the American Revolution presented by Kay Anderson. NLASAR luncheon Saturday March 3, 2018, 16th floor, Brown Hotel. Speaker Steve Vest, Editor and Publisher. Be sure to make luncheon reservations. Kay Anderson Steve Vest September 2017 Sept 28-30 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Nancy Billings Title: Is This Bigger Than a Breadbox? Event flyer Ladies Luncheon Allan Steinberg,featured speaker for the First Lady's Luncheon   June-July 2015 June 26 - July 1 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 125th Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution Featured Speaker: Kelly A. Ryan, Ph.D. Title: "Creating a Chaste Republic: Efforts to Clean Up Sexuality in Massachusetts 1780-1820 Republic Event flyer Kelly A. Ryan March 2015 Mar. 6-7 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2015 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Un Hui Yi Title: "Korean Traditional Dance Event flyer Un Hui Yi September 2014 Sep. 26-28 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2014 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Mark C. Anthony Title: "The Revolution as told by its Flags VPG - South Atlantic Division Event flyer Mark C. Anthony July 2014 Jul. 18-23 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 124th Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution Featured Speaker: Nancy Bunch Title: "Collections of the South Carolina Governor s Mansion Curator & Tour Director Event flyer Governor's Mansion February 2014 Feb. 28 Mar. 01 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2014 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Featured Speaker: Joseph W. Dooley Title: "Irish Patriots of the American Revolution SAR President General Event flyer Joseph W. Dooley September 2013 Sep. 27-29 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2013 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Bruce Maney Title: "The Colonial Traveling Trunk, an Educational Experience Georgia Society SAR Regional Vice President Event flyer Bruce Maney July 2013 Jul. 5-10 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 123rd Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution Featured Speaker: John W. Forbes Title: "The Life of Sarah Ruddell 1768-1865 Kansas Society SAR State Historian Event flyer John W. Forbes March 2013 Mar. 1-2 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2013 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Robert F. Towns Title: "Frauncis Tavern . . . where it all began Historian General NSSAR Event flyer Robert F. Towns September 2012 Sep. 28-30 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2012 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Colleen Wilson Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware, History through Art Bio: Acting Director, Center For Advancing America s Heritage Event flyer Colleen Wilson July 2012 Jul. 6-11 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 122nd Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution Featured Speaker: Ann Howard Title: The Ancient Hohokam Indians of Southern Arizona Bio: Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer of Archaeology, Arizona State Parks Event flyer Ann Howard March 2012 Mar. 2-3 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2012 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Stephen A. McLeod Bio: Assistant to the President and CEO at George Washington s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum and Gardens. He holds a BA in communications from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and an MA in history, with additional certification in museum studies, from Florida State University, Tallahassee. He has worked with the Florida Department of State s Division of Historical Resources, and England s National Trust. McLeod was editor of "The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: 150 Years of Restoring George Washington's Home" (2010), and "Dining with the Washingtons: Historic Recipes, Entertaining and Hospitality from Mount Vernon" (2011). Event flyer Stephen A. McLeod September 2011 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2011 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker: Janet Jarrett "Redwork Yesterday and Today" Event flyer Janet Jarrett July 2011 Jul. 8-13 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 121st Annual Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution Featured Speaker: Josh Howard "Research Historians and the Revolution" Event flyer Josh Howard March 2011 Mar. 4-5 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2011 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speakers Past NSSAR First Ladies: "Those Were the Days" Event flyer September 2010 Sep. 24-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2010 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Tori Murden McClure  "A Pearl in the Storm" Event flyer Tori Murden McClure June 2010 Jun. 26-30 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Congress John J. Grabowski (bio) "George Washington at Western Reserve Historical Society: A review of collections both mundane and wonderful relating to our first president" Bylaw Revision Event Flyer John J. Grabowski March 2010 Mar. 5-6 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2010 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Mary Park  "Dutch Women of the American Revolution" Event flyer Mary Park September 2009 Sep. 24-26 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2009 Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Billie Brock "Little Known Women of the Revolution" Event flyer Billie Brock July 2009 Jul. 6-10 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 119th Congress Featured Speakers Camille R. Baxter and Robin R. Towns, NLASAR members "The Salzburgers: Georgia Pioneers" - The presenters are descendants of the two brave women who they portray, Maria Riedelsperger Eischperger, the immigrant from Salzburg in Bavaria, and her daughter, Mary Eischperger Greiner, who was born in Georgia. They share the story of hardships, triumphs and the struggles of the American Revolution of the early Georgia Colony. Towns, Baxter March 2009 Mar. 5-7 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Abigail Adams played by Kim Hanley Kim is an actor, dancer, singer, choreographer and costume designer who has loved history all of her life. Kim Hanley July 2008 Jul. 5-9 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 118th Congress Featured Speaker Benjamin Franklin played by Dick Fowler For some time, whenever I wore my SAR uniform, people have likened me to Benjamin Franklin and often call me Ben. My objective is to play Benjamin Franklin and tell you about his involvement with the American Revolution. Dick Fowler February 2008 Feb. 22-23 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker Stephen Vest, Editor of the Kentucky Monthly and SAR Magazine September 2007 Sep 28 - 29 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Leadership (Trustees) Meeting Featured Speaker TBD July 2007 Jul 6-11 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 117th Annual Congress Featured Speaker Janea Whitacre Colonial Williamsburg Millinery Janea's program will be illustrated in clothing and accessories as she talks about the Colonial Williamsburg Millinery trade. You will be drawn into the world of Margaret Brodie Mathews: Mantua-maker, mother, survivor of the revolution and wife of a spy. Col. Williamsburg February 2007 Feb 22-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring 2007 Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker Helen Newton Maine Mystique Helen will delight us with "Maine Mystique", cultural information she learned upon her arrival as a resident in the state of Maine. Helen Newton September 2006 Sept. 28-30 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall 2006 Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker James J. Holmberg "By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis" Jim will discuss Lewis's tragic death in October 1809 in Tennessee and the suicide vs. murder debate that rages still today. James J. Holmberg July 2006 July 8 - 12 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR 116th Annual Congress Featured Speakers Jim & Mary Lynn Johnson "The Arts of the American Revolution - Painting through the eyes of John Trumbull, Literature through the books of Thomas Jefferson, and 18th Century Music through the keyboard of Mary Lynn Johnson." Jim & Mary Lynn Johnson February 2006 Feb. 24-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Leadership Meeting Featured Speaker Sylvia Marrs "Exploring American Indian Music" Sylvia Marrs September 2005 Sep. 30-Oct. 1 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Karin Guzy "Arranged for You" Karin will give us some new ideas about patriotic flower arranging for those many occasions that we decorate for banquets and luncheons and even grave dedications! Karin recently launched her website http://www.arrangingsupplies.com to offer learning and supplies for this ancient art form. Karin Guzy July 2005 Jul. 4-6 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Congress Featured Speaker Suzanne Fife "George Washington Through the Eyes of Martha" Suzanne Homan Fife portrays "Martha Washington" bringing highlights of the life and times of her husband George Washington from childhood to death. Suzanne Fife March 2005 Mar. 11-12 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Kathy Watson "Spy Letters of the Revolution" During the revolution, intelligence letters were used frequently by both the British and American forces. These letters contained information regarding the military strategies of the opposing force, usually obtained by spy networks. This method and other methods (e.g. invisible ink, secret codes) will be explored in this informational session on the Spy Letters of the Revolution . Kathy Watson September 2004 Sep. 24-25 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Fall Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Kay Nelson "The Role of Women in the Revolution" Everyone is proud to have a patriot ancestor in their family. But if you look at a list of those patriots, with very few exceptions, they are all men. Have you ever wondered what women were doing during the struggle for independence? We take a look at what women were doing during the colonial period and how their lives changed during the Revolutionary War. Kay Nelson July 2004 Jul. 5-7 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Congress Featured Speaker Franklin LaCava "The Story of the Fort Pitt Blockhouse" Franklin began his professional career as a correspondent for the Greensburg Tribune-Review and he joined the Fayette County Historical Society to get story ideas. The group operated a small museum in the Searight Tollhouse on the old National Road. They asked him to volunteer and he was hooked. After a two year stint as President of that organization and five summers in the tollhouse, he wrote a book, "Bake Slow and Sure: Heirloom Recipes of the National Road Era." The book was placed the book at the Fort Pitt Museum and Franklin was asked to work there for the summer. The DAR ladies read the book and asked him to work at the Blockhouse as curator were he has been since September, 2002. Franklin LaCava February 2004 Feb. 27-28 NLASAR Meeting - NSSAR Spring Trustee's Meeting Featured Speaker Anne Donahue Lampman "of Small Things Remembered" a discussion of archeological finds at Mount Vernon and the conclusions drawn from the artifacts about the everyday lives of the Washington family, the mansion slaves, the field hands and the overseer's family. Anne Donahue Lampman

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