THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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The National Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution
The largest of all American patriotic societies for men, the National
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution traces its origins to the
Sons of Revolutionary Sires which was organized at San Francisco, Cali-
fornia on July 4, 1876. It assumed its present name at a meeting at
Fraunces Tavern, New York City, in 1889, and was chartered by Act of
Congress on June 9, 1906. Membership is open to any man over 18 years
of age, a citizen of good repute in the community, and the lineal des-
cendant of an ancestor "who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to, and
rendered active service in, the cause of American Independence," either
asa member of the armed forces or militia, as a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence,
as a member of the Continental Congress, or as a recognized patriot who
performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of
Great Britain.
Distinguished Members
President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller are members of the SAR.
Other presidents who have been members include Pres.idents_Johnson, Eisen-
.
hower, Truman, Hoover, Coolidge,..Harding,, Taft, Theodore..Roosevelt,
McKinley and Hayes. Sir Winston Churchill was a member.
Members in the 94th Congress include Se n Alleo (Ala.) Fannin
(Ariz. ), Goldwater (Ariz.), Chiles (Florida), rNunn (Ga. ), Talmadge
ta, ),
Mathias (Md. ), Wyman (N.H.) - , ,"turdick (N.D.), Taft (Ohio) Bartlett (Okla. ),
Schweiker (Pa.), Thurmond (S. C. ), Brock (Tenn.), Tower (Tex.), and Byrd
(Va.) Also, Representatives Nichols (Ala.), Rhodes (Ariz.), Goldwater (Cal.),
Wilson (Cal. ), Bennett (Fla. ), Haley (Fla, ), Sikes (Fla. ), Natcher (Ky. ), Gude
(Md.), Kemp (N.Y.), Ashbrook (Ohio), Murtha (Pa.), Quillen (Tenn,) and
Slack (W.V.).
Chapters
Chapters of the SAR exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Switzer-
land and France. (In France, members of the SAID there saw to it that throughout
WWII occupation by the Germans, the American flag flew over Gen. Lafayette's
grave.) A group is being formed in Spain based on ancestors who served the
American cause under DeGal.vez.
Officers
The present President of the SAR is Dr. M. Graham Clark, president of the
School of the Ozarks. Treasurer General is Ralph M. Pabst, a retired publisher
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and currently a director of several corporations. Chancellor General is
Tullius Brady, a Mississippi attorney and former member of that state's
legislature. Dr. R. Warburton Miller, a clinical psychologist, is Secre-
tary General.
1974 Congress
Receiving the SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal, and speaking at the 1974
SAR Congress in Baltimore were Secretary of the Navy J. William Midden-
dorf and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the latter a member of the SAR. Since
that time, the Gold Good Citizenship Medal has been awarded in special cere-
monies to Gen. Robert E. Cushman and General Jimmy Doolittle.
Headquarters
The Headquarters of the National, Society, SAR, is located at 2412 Massa-
chusetts Avenue, N, W. The Executive Secretary is Warren S. Woodward.
Foreign "Entanglements"
The SAR Vice President for the Foreign (European) District is Comte.
Patrice de Rochambeau. President of the Society in France is Comte. Rene
de Chambrun. President of the Society in Switzerland is Ambassador Shelby
C. Davis.
1975 Congress
The 85th Congress of the SAR will be held at the Copely Plaza, Boston,
June 28th through Wednesday, July 2. The July 2 event for which the invita-
tion is extended is the President General?s Banquet. It is 9Pw6k tie," with
white jackets recommended. Decorations are customarily worn.
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