• Blue Ridge Chapter Participation at the NCSSAR Annual Meeting

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On April 5-6, 2024, the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held its Annual Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Western Region Vice President and past Blue […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard Members Present Educational Event in Weaverville North Carolina

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On March 22, 2024, at the Dry Ridge Historical Museum in Weaverville, North Carolina, at 10:30 a.m., in a packed, over-flow crowd of about 70 museum members, Western Region NCSSAR Vice […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard AttendsGuilford Courthouse Battle Commemoration

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, the oldest Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Revolutionary War battle, known as the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, was fought on March 15, 1781, between the American forces under Greensboro’s namesake, Nathanael Greene, and British Commander Lord Charles Cornwallis. Various parts […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Five Grave Marking Ceremony April 27, 2024

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Chapter cordially invites you to attend the Grave Marking Ceremony for Patriots Joseph Cole, Joseph Harrison, John Hays, Peter Plemmons, and Valentine Thrash on April 27, 2024, at […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Upcoming Events

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On Friday, March 22, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at the Weaverville Museum, 60 Lakeshore Drive in Weaverville, North Carolina Color Guard members Craig Issacson And Garry Linton will provide an astounding […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard Commander Presentation to DAR

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina.   GARRY LINTON PRESENTS DISEASES OF AMER REV RUTH DAVIDSON DAR CHAPTER    

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at Cowan’s Ford Commemoration

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On January 27, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Huntersville, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Color Guard members Craig Isaacson and Garry Linton participated in the presentation of colors […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Meeting February 10, 2024

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. The chapter approved the 2024 Chapter Expense Budget. There is an immediate need for a new Chapter Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Registrar Mike Burkhart reported we have one new member […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard Activity January 2024

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On January 17, 2024, Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard members Craig Isaacson and Ken Welgarz presented colors at the 243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens in Cowpens, South Carolina.   […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter SAR Meeting/Awards Luncheon

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. After the presentation of colors, the Invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the SAR Pledge, the Chapter observed a Moment of Silence in remembrance of Compatriot and former Chapter President Jim Brush. The Executive […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at the Brevard Veterans Day Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 11, 2023, in Brevard, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Chapter members Steve Greene, Larry Chapman, Lance Dickinson, and Dave Gunther were on hand for the annual honoring of all the […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter President Steve Greene at Madison Grade School

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 9, 2023, at the Madison Grade School in Marshall, North Carolina, started with breakfast at 7:30 in the morning to honor 25 veterans and their families. In addition to […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard Grave Marking Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On November 4, 2023, at the Old French Broad River Baptist Church Cemetery which is now a private family cemetery in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at 11:00 a.m. the Blue Ridge Color […]

  • Recent Blue Ridge Color Guard Activity

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 25, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina at the Anchor Baptist Church, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented colors during a speech on patriotism given by Lt. […]

  • Grave Making Ceremony for Patriot William M. Bryson

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Ashville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 21, 2023, the Blue Ridge Chapter Color Guard presented colors for the Grave Marking Ceremony of Patriot William M. Bryson who was born in 1750 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and […]

  • Blue Ridge Represented at Battle of Shallow Ford Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 14, 2023, Blue Ridge Color Guard member John Boyd, presented at the annual Battle of Shallow Ford ceremony. The original battle took place on October 14, 1780, in Huntsville, […]

  • Blue Ridge Chapter Meeting October 14, 2023

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, later became the Blue Ridge Chapter, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. Dues for several members have not been received for their 2024 dues. Treasurer Hillabrand asked that those outstanding members please pay their dues before November 15, 2023, to allow him enough […]

  • October 2023 “Old North State” Available Online

    Denny Colvin
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    The October 2023 issue of the NCSSAR’s newsletter, The Old North State, is available at the link below. Enjoy 25 pages of chapter news, feature articles, and events about how compatriots are advancing the SAR mission in North Carolina. October 2023 “The Old North State”    

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard Grave Marking Ceremony

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. On October 7, 2023, in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, at 10:00 a.m. at the Davidson River Cemetery, the Blue Ridge Color Guard presented the colors in a grave marking ceremony for Patriot Lambert Clayton. Rebecca Wood, 4x Great […]

  • Blue Ridge Color Guard at the Constitution Day Program September 17, 2023

    Ron Hillabrand
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    Chartered 21 April in Asheville, North Carolina later became the Blue Ridge Chapter and is the oldest active Chapter in Western North Carolina. The Color Guard of the North Carolina Sons of the American Revolution presented the colors at the celebration of Constitution Day at 3:45 p.m. on September 17, 2023, in Hendersonville NC. This event […]