Ceremony will be inside the Wayside Inn
CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill
1:30 drive from Culpeper, 58 miles

to attend, register here.

Mostly Cloudy, 42˚, Light to Gentle Breeze
CMM Wreath Presented by ?
5:15 drive from Culpeper, 313 miles

Cloudy, 43˚, Wintry Mix earlier in the day, Light to Light to Fresh Breeze
CMM wreath presented by:  Charles Jameson
1:30 drive from Culpeper, 74 miles

CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill
2:00 drive from Culpeper, 82 miles

1:40 drive from Culpeper, 80 miles

Questions or problems with reservations – contact wrouse4sar@gmail.com
or (301) 793-2162

CMM wreath presented by:  Charles Jameson
3:05 drive from Culpeper, 156 miles

CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill
3:05 drive from Culpeper, 156 miles

This year our events include venues over three days. The Crossing of the Dan Committee cordially invites all interested to attend any/or all these proceedings.

Thursday, 5:00 P.M., February 17, 2022, the South Boston – Halifax County Museum will host an historical program presented by Jim Morgan, M.A. entitled “Race to the Dan, Race to Defeat – Stories Before and After the Crossing”
1540 Wilborn Avenue; South Boston, Virginia

Friday, 5:00 P.M., February 18, 2022, the Town of Halifax will host a commemoration of General Greene’s Banister River Encampment
King’s Bridge Landing. Colonel Greg Eanes, USAF (Ret) presents a program on “Halifax County Patriots in the Revolution”, an account of locations and events which occurred on the banks of Banister River in 1781. After this speech a Barbeque Supper (with sides) will be served at the Sportsman Club.
$15 per plate – RSVP by registration form, by February 8, 2002
Outdoor seating will be extremely limited. Suggest participants bring their own chairs.
1041 Bethel Road; Halifax, Virginia

Saturday, 10:00 A.M, February 19, 2022, a SAR National Event will be held commemorating the 1781 Crossing of the Dan. Andrew Waters, author of
“To the End of the World”, will speak on General Greene’s Race to the Dan.
Weather permitting, events are planned at Boyd’s Ferry after this opening program.
801 Wilborn Avenue; South Boston, Virginia

Musicians, David Russell and Roland Terry, will perform period music throughout this commemoration. Russell and Terry were featured at the
2020 Crossing of the Dan and were well-received by attendees.
Their 2020 program was entitled “Music of the Revolutionary War Period”.

In order to have an idea of the expected number of participants at this year’s
“Crossing of the Dan Commemoration”
Please click on this Registration Link to REGISTER (BY FEBRUARY 8, 2022)

For Questions Contact: Jeff Myers, Registrar at danriver.vassar@gmail.com

The ‘Crossing Event’ is conducted in cooperation with the
Berryman Green Chapter, VADAR, the Halifax County Historical Society,
the South Boston – Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History, the Town of Halifax,
and the Town of South Boston

CMM wreath presented by:  Bill Schwetke
1:30 drive from Culpeper, 81 miles

1:30 drive from Culpeper, 81 miles

CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill

CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill
1:30 drive from Culpeper, 68 miles

CMM wreath presented by:  ?
5:10 drive from Culpeper, 329 miles

Register here.

8:20 drive from Culpeper, 537 miles

CMM wreath presented by:  President Hamill

CMM wreath presented by:  ?

     General Daniel Morgan led patriot forces to a decisive victory at Cowpens, SC, on Jan 17, 1781.  Today the Col James Wood II Chapter conducted a ceremony at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, where Daniel Morgan is buried, to celebrate that victory.  The CMM were represented by Bill Schdwetke, who presented the chapter wreath, marched in the Color Guard, and fired in the musket volleys.

     The ceremony was conducted in the cemetery chapel, then moved outside for the musket volleys, and finished with prayers over Daniel Morgan's grave.

     The highlight of our 2022 Annual Meeting was the installation of our 2022 president and two other officers.  Tom Hamill was elected for a second two-year term, having earlier served as our president 2018-2020.  2020-2022 President Charles Jameson also received the title of "Honorary President" as a recognition of the superb job that he has done the past two years, leading us to our first "Best in Virginia" award since 2004.  Tom Hamill was also installed as Secretary, Bill Schwetke was installed as Registrar and Charles Jameson was installed as Historian.
     Virginia SAR President and CMM dual member Jeff Thomas officiated in the installations.  Also attending were North Regional Chairman Dale Corey, Jerry Hubbard, prospective member Mark Crain, and Fauquier Court House Chapter DAR members Susan Hamill and Cat Schwetke.

     Two new major projects were introduced and approved by the membership.  The first was a celebration of John Marshall's birthday, September 24th,  at his birthplace, Germantown, VA.  Fauquier County has made a nice park to mark his birthpace, and we will pursue placing an SAR monument in the park.

     The second major project was to work wtih the community to host a reunion of the descendants of the 1775 Culpeper Minute Battalion on the weekend of October 25-26, 2025, to mark 250 years since the battalion was formed.

     Mike Lyman now has copies of the Second Editioin of Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Revolutionary Patriots Buried in Virginia available for purchase - see the details below.  Mike and others have put a tremendous amount of time into the research behind this book.  Each chapter should have a copy for their Graves Chairman to use.

 I received today 30 copies of the soft back books of the second edition “Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Revolutionary Patriots Buried in Virginia” See cover attached.
Twenty five hard cover copies have been ordered and should arrive in a week or so. I plan to bring the inventory to the VASSAR annual meeting in February
Hardbound Books:
1.        We charge members $30 each for hard copy.
2.       Charge members $25 for books going to Libraries.
3.       Charge DAR members the same as our members, $30
 
Softbound books;
Charge members $15 plus additional $5 for postage if mailed
 
Members should contact me if they desire a book be mailed to them. A check for the books should be to VASSAR. A check to me for packaging and mailing should be for $5.00.
My mailing address is Mike Lyman, VASSAR RW Graves Pub Chairman, 21 Summers Lane, White Stone, VA 22578
 
Both the softback and hardback books are for sale at Amazon books - just click here.

 
Mike Lyman

     The CMM Board of Managers met this afternoon in a meeting chaired by the chapter president-elect Tom Hamill to plan our activities for 2022.  Tom laid out a detailed plan with one major change, and that is that we will try holding meetings on the third Tuesday of each month.  After a trial run, thus change will be adopted if successful.  The next meeting is this coming Tuesday, and will not be changed.

     A major decision was made at the meeting to proceed with planning for a Minute Battalion Muster in 2025.  Watch for more news on this effort.

     Today four members of the CMM helped place wreaths  on tombstones at Culpeper National Cemetery.  The crowd was estimated at over 700 people who came for the program and then made quick work of placing nearly 7,000 wreaths on the graves.

     On Sunday, Boy Scout Troop 4 at Front Royal, hosted a Wreaths Across America at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal.  Three CMM members, President Charles Jameson, Color Guard Commander Michael Dennis, and Bill Schwetke, participated in the Color Guard.  Michael and Bill also participated in the musket volleys fired to salute the veterans buried here.