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March 2026
Governor, Sharon Erickson, welcomed her successor, Steve Douglass. We celebrated our nation’s 250th anniversary with the SF Colony by sharing stories of Revolutionary War ancestors from NY, CT, RI, and MA. They served as soldiers and officers in the Continental Line, including one who survived capture as a suspected spy. Many ancestors fought at the Siege of Boston, witnessed Burgoyne’s surrender, served alongside family members or supported the troops at home. The stories painted a vivid picture of the people who helped shape our nation.
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.
“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.”