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The Cannon Ball The Cannon Ball Official Publication of the Sons of the American Revolution WA State, Alexander Hamilton Chapter Published Monthly (except Jul & Aug) Volume VI, Issue V (May 2020) Editor - Dick Motz Contents Revolutionary War Battles in May ..................... 3 Major Events Calendar Message from the President ............................. 4 Reminders .......................................................... 4 Do you Fly? ........................................................ 5 Media Links ........................................................ 5 Chapter Activities .............................................. 6 Birthdays & Anniversaries ................................. 6 From the Editor .................................................. 7 2020 Wanted/For Sale ............................................... 7 20 Jun: Regular Meeting 9:00am Location: Johnny’s at Fife. Pending Plan ahead for these National Days in Jun 26 & 27 Jun 2020: WA State SAR Annual Meeting, 2 Jun: Bubba Day Red Lion Inn Postponed till TBD 5 Jun: Moonshine Day Location: Yakima (Map Link) 6 Jun: D-Day 7 Jun: Daniel Boone Day 21 & 22 Aug JBLM Freedom Festival. 12 Jun: Jerky Day (Contact Dick Motz for details) 14 Jun: US Army Birthday 17 Jun: Apple Strudel Day 19 Sep: Regular Meeting 9:00am 18 Jun: Go Fishing Day Location: Johnny’s at Fife. 20 Jun: Kouign Amann Day 20 Jun: First Day of Summer 21 Jun: Father’s Day 26 Jun: Take Your Dog To Work Day 27 Jun: PTSD Awareness Day 28 Jun: Logistics Day 28 Jun: Paul Bunyan Day Color Guard Schedule 30 Jun: Social Media Day 30 Jun: OOTD Day 2021 And a lot more: National Days In Jun 7-15 Jul: 2021 National SAR Conference Location: Renton (Map Link) 2 (Contents) Revolutionary War Battles that occurred in the month of May. Start Battle Year Colony/State Outcome Date Battle of Chillicothe May 01 1779 Quebec Patriot victory Action of 1 May 1781 May 01 1781 France British victory Battle of Crooked Billet May 01 1778 Pennsylvania British victory Battle of Lenud's Ferry May 06 1780 South Carolina British victory Capture of the Bahamas May 06 1782 Bahamas Patriot-Spanish victory Battle of Fort Motte May 08 1782 South Carolina Patriot victory Capture of Fort Ticonderoga May 10 1775 New York Patriot victory: British captured at Ticonderoga and Crown point Chesapeake raid May 10 1779 Virginia British victory Battle of Thomas Creek May 17 1777 East Florida British victory Battle of The Cedars May 18 1776 Quebec British victory Battle of Barren Hill May 20 1778 Pennsylvania Indecisive Siege of Auga May 22 1781 Georgia Patriot victory Siege of Ninety-Six May 22 1781 South Carolina British victory Meigs Raid May 24 1777 New York Patriot victory Invasion of Tobago May 24 1781 Tobago French victory Battle of St. Louis May 25 1780 Louisiana Patriot-Spanish victory Bird's invasion of Kentucky May 25 1780 Virginia British victory Crawford expedition May 25 1782 Quebec British-Iroquois victory Mount Hope Bay raids May 25 1782 Rhode Island British victory Battle of Chelsea Creek May 27 1775 Massachusetts Patriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana Naval battle off Halifax May 28 1782 Nova Scotia British victory Battle of Waxhaws May 29 1780 South Carolina British victory Battle of Cobleskill May 30 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory Action of 30 May 1781 May 30 1781 Barbary Coast British victory Fort Ticonderoga 3 (Contents) Message From The President Have you ever had that moment when everyone in the house has gone to bed and you’re the only one still awake? You sit there contemplating the world around you and reflect upon all that has changed since the pandemic began. I’ve been doing that lately. No matter how things look in the outside world, I keep thinking about all the positive things that are currently happening in the Alexander Hamilton chapter. Today, we had our first ever chapter meeting on line. We had about 20 people in attendance. One of the best aspects of the meeting was that it allowed our members who have moved out of the area to still be a part of our meeting. One such person was my son Alex who is currently serving in the Navy. The biggest surprise was when we had Kent Bassett attend his first meeting. There’s not usually anything extraordinary about someone attending their first meeting. But, in this case Kent was attending from Sembach, Germany! He is a school principal in the Department of Defense schools serving the US military in Germany. Kent, it was great to have you join us today! The rest of us old timers had a good time catching up on what we’ve been doing during the stay-at-home phase of the pandemic. We finally completed my first Presidential Initiative, revise the Revolutionary War exhibit at the Veteran’s Museum in Chehalis. It’s been a long time coming. We’ve gone through several designs and had a lot of back and forth with the museum. The guidelines from the museum kept changing. There were times when we were tempted to walk away from the project. But we are finally done. Just this week, we submitted the last of the items to the museum. It’s in their hands now. I especially want to thank Art Dolan for leading the project and Dick Motz for working on the design for the exhibit. Finishing one Presidential Initiative this month wasn’t enough. We also finished the second initiative, to input all of Alexander Hamilton’s membership applications into the new SAR Patriot Research System (PRS). This project was completed in five weeks. The chapter had 402 applications that needed to be input into the new PRS. This was the most of any chapter in the state. The PRS will make it easier for our members and potential members to do research into their family genealogy. I want to thank Mike Moore, Dick Motz, Rodger Dent, Bob O’Neal, and our chapter coordinator Dick Moody for making this project happen. It was fun seeing everyone at the meeting this month. I’m looking forward to next month’s meeting, whether it’s on line or in person, a great time will be had by all! Until we meet again, Viren Lemmer, President, Alexander Hamilton Chapter, Washington Society, Sons of the American Revolution Reminders 20 Jun – Chapter meeting, 9:00am, location TBD 26 & 27 Jun 2020 - Washington State SAR Annual Meeting: Postponed till TBD The annual WA State Society meeting will be held in Yakima, WA. Please mark your calendar now, and look for registration information later. We will be raffling a reproduction of a 1777 French Charleville flintlock pistol! 19 Sep – Chapter meeting, 9:00am, location TBD 7-15 Jul 2021 SAR National Congress The SAR National Congress will be held in Renton at the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington At Seattle's Southport, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd North. 4 (Contents) Found the above site while surfing the web the URL is: http://www.the-aha-society.com/ and here is the link to their Facebook page Do you shop at Amazon.com? If you do, you can help raise some funds for your Alexander Hamilton chapter!!! Use the link below https://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1271500 Do you fly the American Flag? That question comes from Tom Pickford, our Flag Chairman. If you do, you should let Tom know about it. He can get you recognized with a flag certificate. If you have a neighbor, friend or relative that fly their flag, Tom would like to present them with a certificate also. Media Links: Media links to: The WA State Web Site. Our Chapter Facebook Page The State Facebook Page Our Chapter Web Site The Color Guard Web Site The Chapter History files have been moved to the Chapter SharePoint Drive. After you have logged in to the “new” National Site: • Back issues to the SAR magazine • Back issues of the Colorguardsman 5 (Contents) Chapter Activities 16 May - Meeting Highlights: Virtual Meeting May 16 Video Link - Available till 6-16-2020 Hopefully this crisis will be over by the next meeting. See you all on June 20th. Birthday Wishes To All Those Born In May James Ricky Wells Richard Haskell Samuelson Jean Paul Bordelon Robert Wayne Wagers John Robert Crawford Walter Richard Motz Kenyon Eldridge Luce Membership Anniversaries In May Alexander Ramsey ....... 20 Claude Asher ................. 7 Scott Harriage .............. 18 Skip Stephan ................. 5 Warner Taylor .............. 14 Charles Volney Cook ..... 1 John Herr II ................... 11 Jason Powell ................. 1 Mark Donges ................ 8 Jon Wagner ................ 1 6 (Contents) Request From Our CG Captain I have been asked to compile a list for the chapter of presentations we have made of last year: July 1, 2019 thru May 31, 2020 to earn the 2020 President General's Education Outreach Streamer. Below are the qualifications sent by Brooks Lyles, National Chairman Education Committee. The requirement to receive the President General’s Education Outreach Streamer is for compatriots of a chapter to do a certain number of new Historical Presentations or to present an existing presentation in a new venue or to a new audience. Examples of Historical Presentations would be speaking on a Revolutionary War Battle or Campaign; a significant Personality or Founding Father; a political event or process; life as a soldier (uniforms, weapons, camp life, etc.); life as a colonist (clothing, money, community and religion, etc.); life on the frontier (clothing, Native American relations, living conditions, etc.); life as an indentured servant or as a slave; period flags; period music, etc. It should be left to the chapter Education Team Leader and the State Education Outreach Coordinator to make the call on what constitutes an appropriate presentation. A new venue or audience is just that. If you have a presentation you have done for your chapter and go do it for another chapter, the local DAR Chapter or the Lions Club those are new venues.
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