​

 

Next Chapter Meeting:  November 16, 2019

 

9:00 AM  to 10:30 AM, Hilton Garden Inn,

12080 Strange Line Rd., Olathe, KS

​

​

Program: "Continental Marine Uniform"

presented by William Hendricks

 

​

​

NOTICE:  Cost of

Breakfast:   $17.00/person

​

​Menu: Scrambled Eggs

Bacon or Sausage

Biscuits and Gravy

Cheesy Potatoes

Coffee, Hot Tea

Orange Juice/Apple Juice

​

​

​

​

Welcome To Delaware Crossing Sons of The American Revolution

​

Members of the Delaware Crossing Chapter take great pride in belonging to the SAR Johnson County Kansas Chapter that:

 

Was named for the second post office in Kansas, which was located on the Kansas River where the Old Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Scott crossed.

 

The ferry boat operator lived in the Grinter House, which is where the chapter was chartered on November 1, 1960.Is the oldest and largest SAR chapter in the

 

Kansas City metro area.Is the home chapter of the co-founders of the National SAR Eagle Scout Recognition & Scholarship Program: Robert E. Burt and Former

 

President General Arthur M. King.Has produced a President General and several Vice-Presidents General: C.Y. Thomas, Arthur M. King, Robert O. Dickey and

 

Herrick H. 'Kes' Kesler as well as an Executive Secretary for SAR, Colonel Ralph H. Goodell, Jr.

 

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SAR?

              The purpose of this Society  is the patriotic, historical, and educational preservation of the memory of those who, by their services or sacrifices during the

 

war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and

 

the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research pertaining

 

to the American Revolution; 

 

            To acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks; to celebrate the

 

anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American

 

freedom, and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble of the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of George Washington in his farewell

 

address to the American people

 

 

            ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP Any man shall be eligible for membership in this Society who is 18 or over, the lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered service in the cause of American Independence, either as an: officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minuteman, in the armed forces of the

 

Continental Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, or as a member of a Committee of Safety

 

or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by 

 

overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. Family tradition or legend in regard to the services of an ancestor will not be considered. The bloodline must

 

be documented from generation to generation. We can help establish a documented genealogy through our workshops.If you meet these requirements, please

 

contact the Delaware Crossing Chapter membership & genealogy chairman or any of the chapter's officers listed above or your nearest Kansas chapter.