Official Publication of the WA State, Alexander Hamilton Chapter, SAR Volume V, Issue I (Jan 2019) Editor Dick Motz In This Issue Upcoming Events Revolutionary War Battles in Jan ...... 2 Revolutionary War Quiz ...... 2 Message from the President ...... 2 How The 13 Colonies Were Named ...... 3 Link to SAR National Congress Site ...... 3 Two Red Penguins ...... 4 What is the SAR? ...... 4 16 Feb: Chapter meeting Price Increase ...... 4 Johnny’s at Fife, 9:00 AM. Jan Birthdays ...... 4 18 Feb: Memorial Meeting Highlights ...... 5 Guest Speaker ...... 6 University of Washington, 10:00 AM. Chapter Web Site ...... 6 23 Feb: Massing of the Colors Member Directory update ...... 6 Stadium High School, 2:00 PM. Wanted/For Sale ...... 7 Revolutionary War Art ...... 7 16 Mar: Chapter meeting Johnny’s at Fife, 9:00 AM. Plan ahead for these 12-13 Apr: Washington SAR Annual Special National Dates in February Conference. Red Lion hotel, 2300 01 Feb: Freedom Day Evergreen Park Drive SW, Olympia, 02 Feb: Groundhog Day Washington 4 Feb: Thank A Mail Carrier Day 5-11 Jul, 2019: SAR National Congress, 5 Feb: Shower with a Friend Day Costa Mesa, California 7 Feb: Send A Card To A Friend Day 8 Feb: Boy Scouts Day 12 Feb: Plum Pudding Day 14 Feb: Valentine’s Day 18 Feb: President’s Day (3rd Monday in Feb) 20 Feb: Chery Pie Day 27 Feb: Polar Bear Day

Seems there is a National day for just about anything (National Day Site)

Official Publication of the Alexander Hamilton Chapter, WA Sons of the American Revolution Vol 5 Issue 1 – Jan 2019

Revolutionary War Battles that occurred in the month of Jan. Battle Date Colony/State Outcome British bombard Norfolk and Burning of Norfolk Jan 1, 1776 Virginia Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold Capture of Trincomalee Jan 11, 1782 Ceylon British victory Siege of Brimstone Hill Jan 11-Feb 13, 1782 St. Christopher Franco-Patriot victory Battle of Cape St. Vincent Jan 16, 1780 Portugal British victory Battle of Cowpens Jan 17, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory Second Jan 2, 1777 Patriot victory Battle of Videau's Bridge Jan 2, 1782 South Carolina British victory Battle of Millstone Jan 20, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory Action of 22 Jan 1783 Jan 22, 1783 Virginia British victory Demerara & Capture of Demerara & Essequibo Jan 22-Feb 5, 1782 Franco-Patriot victory Essequibo Battle of Saint Kitts Jan 25-26, 1782 St. Christopher British victory Patriot victory: Patriots defeat a Jan 3, 1777 New Jersey small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey Battle of Jersey Jan 6, 1781 Jersey British victory Battle of Mobile Jan 7, 1781 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory Action of 8 Jan 1780 Jan 8, 1780 Spain British victory Patriots harass remaining British Forage War Jan-Mar 1777 New Jersey forces in New Jersey

Revolutionary War Quiz: (answer on page 7) Q: Why did the British troops call the rebels "Yankee Doodles?" A: Because of their fighting spirit. B: Because they were not well armed. C: Because of where they came from. D: Because of their uniforms.

Message From The President Compatriots: I am excited about the next two years for Alexander Hamilton! We started this year with a big bang! Kent Troy brought us a donation of books that came from the military library of civil war General Robert H. Hall. These books were specifically donated for our chapter members. They are being sold to our members at 25% of resell value. This makes the books affordable to our members and at the same time raises some money for the chapter. At our first meeting of the year we raised $310! I am proud to announce my “President’s Initiative.” The chapter will take on at least one service project each year during my term as president. I have two requirements when choosing the project. It must benefit the community and it must have an end date. Some examples of what this project could be include: having a revolutionary war book drive for an elementary school, clean the grave markers of three actual sons whose fathers were in the American Revolution, or move the Washington State Liberty Bell to a more prominent location. But the project I have chosen is to redesign and implement a Revolutionary War exhibit at the Veteran’s Museum located in Chehalis. At our January meeting we had a brain storming session about what the exhibit might include. I think this will be a great project to benefit the community while at the same time being a lot of fun for our members! We have a bright future ahead of us. Together we can do great things! Respectfully submitted, Viren Lemmer, President, Alexander Hamilton Chapter, Washington Society, Sons of the American Revolution

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How The Original 13 Colonies Were Named 1. NEW HAMPSHIRE: This New England colony 7. PENNSYLVANIA started out as the Province of New Hampshire. It This colony, of course, was named after founder was named by John Mason after the county of William Penn. And "sylvania" is Latin for woods Hampshire in England (home of Jane Austen and or woodland, so "Pennsylvania" means Penn's Charles Dickens). woods. If you're curious about how Penn got to 2. MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts was originally name the state after himself, here's a clue—the the Province of Massachusetts Bay. It was named 1680 charter was provided by King Charles II, and after an Algonquian tribe, the Massachusett, the Penn family were great friends of the English which translates to something along the lines of monarch. "people of the great hill" or "at the place of large 8. GEORGIA: Georgia is another one named for a hills," referring to the famous Blue Hills. King—King George II, of course. George granted 3. RHODE ISLAND: Rhode Island is just a the charter in 1733, stipulating that the territory colloquialism—the official name is the State of bear his name. It was the last of the 13 colonies. Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 9. VIRGINIA: This colony was named after Queen Basically, Italian explorer Giovanni Verrazzano Elizabeth I, the "virgin queen" who married compared what is now Block Island to the Island England instead of a husband. West Virginia of Rhodes in size. And in 1636, Roger Williams wasn't a separate state until 1861. was given some land at the top of Narragansett 10. MARYLAND: The Free State received its name by Bay by Indian chiefs Canonicus and Miantonomi. edict, not by choice. Cecil Calvert, the second Williams decided to call the land "Providence Lord Baltimore, received a charter from Charles I Plantations"• because he felt that God had of England for this new colony. But there was a guided him there. The story is longer than this, catch: the colony must be named after Charles' and it's actually really interesting. You can check wife, Queen Henrietta Mary (she went by Queen it out at the Rhode Island Office of the Secretary Mary). of State. 11. NORTH CAROLINA: Both N & S Carolina colonies 4. CONNECTICUT: Connecticut got its name thanks were considered one big unit until they divided to the Connecticut River (which obviously wasn't up in 1729. By this time, King Charles II was in named that at the time). The word comes from power and provided the charters, specifying that the Indian word "Quinnehtukqut," which means, they be named after his father, King Charles I. roughly, "beside the long tidal river." So the The Latin version of Charles is "Carolus," from Connecticut River is called "Beside the Long Tidal which "Carolina" is derived. River River," sort of. 12. SOUTH CAROLINA: See above 5. NEW YORK: You'll see in a minute that King 13. DELAWARE: According to the book State Names, Charles I and II basically included shout-outs to Seals, Flags, and Symbols, the state of Delaware their friends and family all over the 13 colonies. is named after the Delaware River. The Delaware And New York is one of them. It was originally River, in turn, is named after Sir Thomas West, called New Netherland when the Dutch founded Lord de la Warr. it—it was when the British took over in 1664 that it received its current name. But why? To honor And, a bonus: Vermont, which was not one of the 13 King Charles II's brother, the Duke of York and colonies, is named because, after seeing the Albany (see?). Green Mountains, Samuel de Champlain referred to it as "Verd Mont" (green mountains) on a map 6. NEW JERSEY: New Jersey got its name from an in his native French. island in the English Channel, named, appropriately, Jersey.

Mark Your Calendars: 12-13 Apr WASSAR Annual Conference – Olympia WA, Red lion Inn 5-11 July 2019 SAR National Congress, Orange County Hilton at Costa Mesa, California

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A big welcome back to Compatriot Art Dolan and his wife Lori, two red penguins that sent us a “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” from Antarctica. They spent the holidays down below in Antarctica where it is summer this time of year. Laurie said they had “Sunshine at least 21 hours a day and the bluest skies we’ve ever seen!” When asked where they stayed Lori said “On the boat. There are no places to stay there“. When told on FB that “It looks warmer than Massachusetts”, she replied “It is warmer! 28-40 degrees during the day, with lots of snow at night”. When asked about transportation, she replied “Zodiacs to take you to shore, then just walking around.” Sounds like they had a great time.

What Is The SAR? SAR is GIVING *Gifts to Veteran Homes – Retsil Veterans Home in Port Orchard, WA is presented with Christmas gifts collected throughout the year by the John Paul Jones Chapter.

(To be continued next issue)

Found the above site while surfing the web the URL is: http://www.the-aha-society.com/ Do you shop at Amazon.com???

If you do, you can help raise some funds for your Alexander Hamilton chapter!!!

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Birthday Wishes To All Those Born In January

David L Morse Keanan Spear Ogilvie Ryan David Meacham Jaron Joseph Spoja Jr Kenneth Doster Roberts William Wilbur Mason

SAR Store to increase Prices: Merchandise will have a price increase that will be basically across the board of 5% and rounded to the nearest quarter dollar. This will go into effect on March 3, 2019. Starting now through the end of February, orders placed online can use the promo code DISCOUNT for 10% off $25 or more. If you have placed an order online within the previous 7 days over $25, you can email [email protected] with your order number and information. Although we are unable to give cash refunds, we are willing to discount additional items up to the amount you would have received as your discount if that is something you would like to do. This request needs to take place before the end of the day on January 25, 2019 so we can make sure they are completed by the end of the day on the 26th, no exceptions. New order forms will be available for pickup at Spring Leadership.

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19 Jan - Meeting Highlights: Awards & Presentations:

Roger Dent presented Kent Gossman with a Supplemental Ken Roberts received 2 awards, Fire Safety Commendation (Presented for accomplishments and/or outstanding contributions in an area of fire safety and service) & a Silver CG Medal

Viren Lemmer presented Kent Troy with a 10 year Award

Art Dolan also received the Silver CG medal (For service at the District and National levels. The medal is awarded for at least three years of service in the Color Guard at the applicable level.). Bob O’Neal did the honors and commented the he had a hard time finding a place to put it

Chuck Waid received a 20 Year Award. Tom Pickford is sworn in as trustee by State President Tony Abbott

Finished: Back in Nov

Norman Dodge received the Bronze Roger Sherman Medal of last year, Dick Motz for his work with the Scout program. The medal is won a puzzle in the awarded to a compatriot in recognition of, and in raffle. He thought all appreciation of, outstanding services rendered to a would like to see what Chapter. it looked like completed. Said “it took about a month and a half to do”

Page 5 For corrections plase contact the Editor Our Guest Speaker this month was Lee Gentamen from the Mary Ball Chapter of the DAR. Lee has been in the DAR for almost 20 years. After holding several offices during those years, she just completed two terms as Regent of her chapter. Her presentation illustrated the close relationship between the Mary Ball Chapter (DAR) and the Alexander Hamilton Chapter (SAR) and how both organizations complement each other. She provided us with several handouts containing great information. Some of these that may become a part of our chapter. Her description of the DAR as “A Service Organization with Genealogy Anchor” I think also fits the SAR. Maybe we should start using it??? Your thoughts????

Our new president, Viren Lemmer, introduced a new “Chapter Project” for the coming year. We are to be involved in updating the display case at the Veterans Memorial Museum (Virtual Tour) in Chehalis, Washington. Address of the museum is 100 SW Veterans Way, Chehalis, WA 98532 The display case (right) is approximately 6’ X 8’ and in need of a general facelift. Ideas from the meeting include:  Betsy Ross Flag,  Utensils  Documents: Declaration of Independence, Articles of  Musket (present) Confederation, Constitution, Federalist Papers  Bible  Picture of a soldier going to war  Farm Equipment  Battle Scene  List of major battles: Long Island, Valley Forge, Yorktown  Gadsen Flag  Reproduction of a "Stamp" from the Stamp Act  Colonial Flag (Bunker Hill)  Sample of "Tea" for the Tea Party  Minuteman Statue  Role of Women in the Revolution  Life sized Uniformed Patriot Mannequin (present)  Blind statue of "Justice" Museum project Volunteers (so far) are Dick Motz, Chuck Waid, Dennis Case and Ken Roberts. Reports: Genealogist: 116 Active members. Lost34 in the past year Treasurer: $6,020.50 in chapter account Eagle Scout Committee: 6 in Dec 18 & 6 in Jan 19 Book Raffle: The chapter held a raffle of some 40 donated books from the private collection of Brigadier General Robert H. Hall. General Hall fought for the Union during the Civil War. The books were on the subject of the Revolutionary War and were all over 100 years old. The books were all published from 1815-1910. Several of our compatriots were able to acquire a book or two.

Chapter Web Site: The link to our chapter web site is: https://wasar-ah.org/

Member Directory Update: If you have not done so yet, it is requested that all members please submit a photo of their choice for publication via E-Mail to the Cannonball Editor, OR: If you decline to have your photo published, please indicate this via E-Mail to the Cannonball Editor. In either case, please respond and indicate your preference. The member directory is available on the chapter web site. (Above)

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Note From The Editor: If you have anyone that would like to get a copy of our newsletter, let me know and I will add them to the distribution list. I still need input from the membership!! Please send me any items that may be of interest to the chapter. Feedback: In order to make this a great newsletter I need your help. Please let me know your thoughts. What would you like to see in future issues? What do you like and/or dislike? Please let me know…..Respectfully, The Cannonball Editor.

SAR Related Items Wanted Or For Sale Wanted Name Item Size Contact

For Sale: Name Item Size Cost Contact

If you have anything you want or have for sale, please send information to the Cannonball Editor Revolutionary War Quiz answer: Why did the British troops call the rebels "Yankee Doodles?" B: Because they were not well armed. Revolutionary War Art:

Lexington Green 19th of April 1775 by Don Troiani

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