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AMERICAN REVOLUTION CENTENNIAL HISTORY 1895-1995 ------~---- ,,,,: (This page is blank) • • HAWAII SOCIETY SONS ' OF THE AMERICAN • REVOLUTION ' CENTENNIAL HISTORY • 1895-1995 • Compiled • By Raymond Earl Woodstock HISSAR Historian • June 1995 • • • • • • (This page is blank) • • • • • • • TABLE OF CONTENTS • Title Section ----------------------------------------------- PHOTO OF HISSAR OFFICERS 1995 PHOTO OF RECENT HISSAR PRESIDENTS • NARRATIVE HISTORY A LIST OF OFFICERS B LIST OF MEMBERS: ALPHABETICAL c • BY SAR NUMBER D LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTORS: ALPHABETICAL BY HISSAR MEMBER E ALPHABETICAL BY REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTOR E1 • TABLE OF MEMBERS, BY YEAR F CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS G SELECTED ADDRESSES & PROCLAMATIONS: H ADDRESS TO THE NSSAR, DATED MAY 22, 1897 • ADDRESS TO THE HISSAR, DATED APRIL 22, 1926 HISSAR CENTENNIAL DAY, 17 June 1995 LET FREEDOM RING DAY, 4 July 1995 SOURCES OF INFORMATION I • DISTRIBUTION J • • I • • • • • • (This page is blank) • • • • • • THE HAWAII SOCIETY • SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OFFICERS FOR 1995 • • • WARREN M. YARBROUGH PAUL D. WINTER JOHN M WILLIAMS PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY • & HISTORIAN & TREASURER • RAYMOND E. WOODSTOCK EDWARD L. MciNTOSH WILLIAM G. BURLINGAME • REGISTRAR CHAPLAIN PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN & MEMBERSHIP • • - . ~ '1··- ' ,, ·~ GORDON L. PICKERING ELWIN L. SPRAY EVERETT C. HIGGINS EAGLE SCOUT AWARDS R.O.T.C. AWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT • CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN AWARDS CHAIRMAN • • • • • (This page is blank) • • • • • • • • PHOTO OF PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS OF THE • HAWAII SOCIETY SAR • • • • From Left to Right: • M. ROGER MONSARRAT President 1957 RAYMOND EARL WOODSTOCK President 1988-1989 • WARREN MAURICE YARBROUGH President 1993-1995 EDWARD LEE MciNTOSH President 1990 • JAMES OTHO SANDERS President 1987 • • • • • • (This page is blank) • • • • • • • • • • NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE • HAWAII SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION • • • • • • • • • • (This page is blank) • • • • ... • NARRATIVE HISTORY The Hawaii Society Sons of the American Revolution (HISSAR) is affiliated with the National society sons of the American • Revolution (NSSAR). --~---------~----------------------------------------------~----- BACKGROUND ON THE NSSAR • The NSSAR was organized on 30 April 1889. At the end of the first year the NSSAR consisted of 2,500 members in 28 Societies. There were 27 State Societies and the France society. The basic Tenets of the NSSAR are to perpetuate the people and events of the American Revolution, to maintain the institu tions of American Freedom, and to promote fellowship among the descendants of the Revolutionary War Patriots. The NSSAR membership rolls of the 140,000 Compatriots echoes the names of fifteen Presidents of the United States; giants in all fields of endeavor-government, military, finance, industry commerce, education; prominent men and inconspicuous men; station in life is never a factor for membership. • The NSSAR is a Society thoroughly American, thoroughly demo cratic, non-partisan, non-sectarian. The membership qualifica tions are good character and lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution. A National Charter was secured from the United States Con gress and signed by Compatriot President Theodore Roosevelt on 9 • June 1906 constituting the National Society as a national body, defining its duties and powers. At the time there were only three national organizations chartered by Congress. The NSSAR is justly proud of its achievements in the past 100 years. It has erected or promoted the erection of hundreds of monuments and tablets commemorating the people and events of • the American Revolution. It has marked the graves of thousands of those who fought for American Independence. It has continual ly observed and conducted programs on the Patriotic Holidays. An initial action in 1890 was to promote the National ob servance of "Flag Day" on June 14th of each year. An NSSAR Resolution in 1895 was adopted promoting the flying of the Ameri • can Flag on all public buildings, in courtrooms, and at every post office in the country. Shortly thereafter, the President of the United States ordered that the American Flag be flown contin ually from the White House. Previously it had been flown only on special occasions • Millions of immigrants entering this country in the early • years were assisted in preparing for American citizenship by a NSSAR pamphlet on the United states and its institutions. This pamphlet later was translated into fifteen languages and adopted by the United States Government. The Society takes pride in the ancestry of its members. Of the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 44 are repre • sented by descendants in the NSSAR. The NSSAR's interest in collecting and publishing records of the Revolutionary War began with the First NSSAR congress in • A-1 NARRATIVE IDSTORY • 1890. A Resolution of this Congress asked for national legisla tion to have the records assembled, cataloged and made accessible to the public. The lobbying efforts of the NSSAR are responsible for the building of the National Archives in Washington. The • NSSAR promoted Congressional action for the Pension Bureau to index the personnel records of the 62,000 Revolutionary War pensioners. The NSSAR took the initiative for the publication of the 57,000 soldiers and sailors of France who participated in the American Revolution and compiled a listing of the 2,112 French • compatriots who died fighting in the American Revolution. An achievement of the SAR was the formal recognition of the Constitution Day and its observance throughout the country. Through the years the NSSAR has employed its medal program to recognize conspicuous public service, achievement in elemen tary and high schools, and meritorious R.O.T.C. service. The Oration Contest, the Eagle Scout Scholarship Program, and the Essay Contest have been features of the NSSAR in recent years. THE HISTORY OF THE HISSAR • The following dates are included to enable the reader to relate the history of Hawaii with the activities of the HISSAR: In 1820 the missionaries first came to Hawaii. In 1853 the population of Hawaii was about 75,000. In 1893 the monarchy was overthrown. In 1894 Hawaii was proclaimed the Republic of Hawaii. • In 1898 Hawaii was annexed to the the u.s. In 1900 Hawaii became a territory. In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th State. 1895 • The Hawaiian Society Sons of the American Revolution (HISSAR) was organized June 17, 1895 with eighteen members whose Revolu tionary War ancestors represented patriots in eight states. In 1895 the population of Hawaii was approximately 154,000. (Note: About 1955, the name of the Society was changed from "The Hawaiian Society Sons of the American Revolution" to "The Hawaii • Society Sons of the American Revolution".) The first constitution used by the Society was based upon that of the Massachusetts Society. The first elected officers were as follows: • President Peter cushman Jones Vice President Albert Francis Judd secretary John Effinger Registrar William DeWitt Alexander Treasurer William Joseph Forbes Board of Managers: Rev. Douglas Putnam Birnie John Walter Jones • Henry Weld Severance A-2 • • NARRATIVE lllSTORY Although the HISSAR was organized on 17 June 1895, the first members were not recorded as admitted to the NSSAR until Septem • ber 1895. Compatriot William DeWitt Alexander, who was listed as HISSAR member number 1, was assigned the NSSAR number of 4651. The first Year Book published by the Society for the years 1896-7 provided the following information: "The pioneers who first brought Christian civilization to • these Islands, and many of their compatriots who have since then settled here, belonged to old Revolutionary families, chiefly of New England and the Middle states. They taught their descendants to fear God and love liberty, to revere the memory of their patriotic ancestors, and to cherish the principles for which they fought. These principles they were taught to hold not in any • narrow and selfish spirit, but with the view of extending to all mankind the blessings of "liberty protected by law."" "Here as elsewhere these influences have swept away feudal despotism and secured to the native people of these Islands all the rights which were won at so great a cost by our ancestors." "Not even on American soil is there a place where that flag • which is the emblem of liberty is more ardently loved, or where the glorious anniversaries of American history are celebrated with more patriotic fervor." "During the great Civil war, the American colony in Hawaii contributed its full share both of men and money for the cause of the Union; and nowhere is the memory of those who gave their • lives in its defense more honored than here on Decoration Day." The 1896-7 Year Book stated that "The Hawaiian Society of the Sons of the American Revolution enjoys the distinction of being the first society of the kind formed in a foreign land. It is one of many proofs that Hawaii forms the advanced post of • American civilization in the Pacific Ocean." ----~~---~~~---~---~~----~~---~~--~~---~~~---~~---~~---~~--~~~--~ 1896 on February 22, 1896, the 164th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the HISSAR Society celebrated at the residence • of the President of the Society, Hen. Peter Cushman Jones. The program consisted of a roll call, the reading of a patriotic poem, sketches of ancestors, Washington's Farewell Address, and remarks by members, and refreshments. Historical and genealogi