Chapter News - Events Calendar
2010 Chapter Meeting Dates
(All meetings held at the Hilton Executive Park Hotel, 5624 Westpark Drive in Charlotte, NC 704-529-5963. Click here for directions to the hotel.)
16 September, 6:00pm - Our guest speaker will be "Anna Lee", the grand-daughter of General Robert E. Lee! Also Jane Johnson from the Central Library will bring a large Civil War collection of memorabilia from Mecklenburg! Download your RSVP Letter here!
18 November, 6:00pm
2010 Event Calendar
10 August New Chapter Induction Ceremony at 6:30pm in Forest City, NC
The Captain George Dickey Chapter
Rutherfordton, NC
Compatriots of the Great State Society of North Carolina, Sons of the American Revolution. We would like to invite you to attend the ceremony as we welcome our newest Chapter to join the Great State Society of North Carolina.
The ceremonies will be held on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 beginning at 6:30pm
at The Hickory Log BBQ Restaurant
1163 West Main Street, Forest City, NC 28043
(click for directions)
(828) 245-6241
Dinner will be served with choices from the restaurant menu (prices ranging from $8 - $15) at each person's cost.
Patriotic attire is requested. Coat and tie, please.
Agenda includes remarks by incoming new Chapter President Jim Brewer,
Induction Ceremony for new members led by Tim Berly, President, Mecklenburg Chapter,
New Chapter Petition signing led by Jim Wood, Vice President, Mecklenburg Chapter,
Installation of Chapter Officers led by Past NCSSAR President & District VPG Dr. Sam Powell,
Welcome to new Chapter led by NCSSAR President John Thornhill,
Presentation of Flags to Chapter
To RSVP, please contact Jim Wood at jim@mecklenburgsar.org .
14 August Mecklenburg Chapter Social Event - Group tour of the 1774 Hezekiah Alexander Homesite in Charlotte at the Charlotte Museum of History at 2:00pm and an early social dinner afterward! Admission is only $4 per person and you pay for your dinner at a restaurant afterward. Our own Mecklenburg Chapter Past President Tom Phlegar will be our personal docent! Click here to email Jay Joyce to RSVP your space for this fun social and educational event! RSVP now!
4 September 229th Anniversary of the Battle of Eutaw Springs in Eutawville, SC.
23-25 September National Fall Leadership Meeting (Trustees) & NSSAR Library Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at SAR Headquarters in Louisville, KY
7 October 230th Anniversary of the Battle of King's Mountain. Join us as we honor those who fell in the Battle of Kings Mountain. The wreath laying ceremony will be held at 11:00am.
16 October Fall BOM Meeting ($15 per person - Registration form coming soon) at 11:00am at the Chapel Hill Country Club. Click here for directions.
2011 Event Calendar
15-17 April 2011 NCSSAR State Meeting & Convention in Raleigh, NC
9-13 July 121st National SAR Congress at Winston-Salem, NC
