News
November 2025
The Decade of the American Revolution 1773–1783
Bill Nay, is a past president of the Redwood Empire Chapter California Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), a speaker with the SAR American 250 Program, and Marine Corps veteran. His very informative talk covered the decade of the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party in 1773 to the Treaty of Paris in 1783 with a focus on the Continental Marines. It was almost exactly 250 years ago that the Continental Congress established the Continental Marines (United States Marine Corps) on November 10, 1775. Mr. Nay wore a traditional Marine uniform from the 1780’s and provided a rich history of the uniform as well as the influence of the marines on the Revolution.
June 2025
We celebrated the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride and the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, which occurred in the spring of 1775. Thirty-two attendees introduced themselves, and many remarked on the date they joined the Society (new name tags for this meeting included the year everyone joined the Society). We passed the microphone and more than a dozen of us shared brief stories about our ancestors who participated in the Revolutionary War -- their triumphs and hardships.
March 2025
Maggie Coleman and Barry Kuhl, from the Historic Union Cemetery Association, talked about the history of the cemetery, which was founded in 1859. Many early pioneering families are buried in the Historic Union Cemetery of Redwood City, and have interesting stories.
“The Voyage of Hope – 1620” float won the Americana Award at the 2020 Rose
Parade for the “Most outstanding depiction of national treasures and traditions.”