* Dedication of the Shockoe Hill Cemetery Monument and Patriot Grave Marking, Friday, 05 Feb 2021, Time TBD (will be in the afternoon), Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond. Will credit five grave markings toward the 15 needed for Patriot Grave Marking Medal. Originally planned as part of the 2020 Congress.
* CMM Patriot Day Celebration, Saturday, April 17, 11:00am, Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper. Virginia SAR President will be participating and there will be a ceremony to collect and bless soil of Virginia to be spread at the mass grave of Virginians killed at the Battle of Waxhaws in a ceremony in South Carolina in May. Forecast is 60˚, mostly cloudy skies, gentle breeze * Patriots Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Sunday, April 18, 3:00pm, Arlington National Cemetery. A Virginia SAR Presidential Initiative. RSVP here. CMM wreath will be presented on line by: President Jameson CANCELLED * James Monroe's 263rd Birthday, Saturday, 24 Apr, 10:30, Colonial Beach, VA. * James Monroe's 263rd Birthday, Saturday, 24 Apr, 1:oopm, Historic Highland, 2050 James Monroe Parkway, Charlottesville, VA. RSVP to Charles Belfield CMM wreath will be presented by: President Jameson CANCELLED * Fort Frederick Market Fair, Thursday 22 April - Sunday 25 Apr, Big Pool, MD. Great opportunity to buy 18th Century Clothes and Equipment. CANCELLED * James Monroe's 263rd Birthday, Wednesday, 28 Apr, 11:00, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. Watch for more information. * Raid at Martin's Station, Saturday, 8 May, 1:00pm, Historic Henry County Courthouse, 1 East Main Street Martinsville, VA * May Chapter Meeting, Monday, 10 May, 6:00pm, Mountain Run Winery, 10753 Mountain Run Lake Rd, Culpeper, VA. * Ebenezer Baptist Church Patriot Grave Marking, Saturday, 15 May, 10:00am, Ebenezer Baptist Church, 20421 Airmont Rd, Bluemont, VA Virginia SAR Presidential Initiative * 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Alamance, Sunday, 16 May, 2:00pm, Alamance Battleground State Historic Site, 5803 NC 62 South, Burlington, NC. * National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, Wednesday - Thursday 19-20 May, Online Only. For registration, click here. * Patrick Henry's 285th Birthday - Virginia SAR Presidential Initiative, Friday, 28 May, time TBD, Patrick Henry's Red Hill Plantation, 1250 Red Hill Road, Brookneal, VA * 241st Anniversary of the Battle of Waxhaws, Saturday, 29 May, time TBD, Buford, SC. The soil that we gather and bless on 18 Apr at Culpeper Masonic Cemetery will be spread on the mass grave of Virginians at this ceremony. Planning a physical event, even with limited participation. * Memorial Day Ceremony, Sunday, 30 May, Time TBD, Berryville, VA. * National Memorial Day Parade, Monday, 31 May, time TBD, pre-recorded participation. * 240th Anniversary of Wayne's Crossing of the Potomac, Saturday, 5 Jun, time TBD, Leesburg, VA. * Flag Day Celebration, Saturday, 12 Jun, 11:00am,, DAR Culpeper Minutemen Monument, Yowell Meadow Park, Culpeper. * 240th Anniversary of the Battle of Spencer's Ordinary, Saturday, 26 Jun, time TBD, James City County, VA. * 245th Anniversary of the Election of Patrick Henry to be Governor of Virginia, Saturday, 26 Jun, time and place TBD. * Independence Day at Mt. Vernon, Sunday, 4 July , 10:00am, Mount Vernon. Come march up the Bowling Green to the Mansion then down to the Grove and the Tomb. * Independence Day Historical Event, Sunday, July 4th, 1:00pm, Culpeper Courthouse Lawn. A report from Philadelphia announcing the signing of an important document, and your chance to sign a copy of the Declaration of Independence. * 131st NSSAR Congress, 10-14 Jul, Renton, WA. * 247th Commemoration of the Signing of the Fairfax Resolves, Saturday, 18 Jul, 11:00am, Pohick Church 9301 Richmond Highway Lorton, VA (US 1 & Telegraph Road) * Mid-Atlantic District Meeting, Friday - Saturday 13-14 Aug, Annapolis, MD. * Patriot Grave Marking for William Clark, 21 Aug, time TBD, Elkwood, VA * Nansemond Indian Pow Wow, Saturday & Sunday, 21-22 Aug, Mattanock Town, 1001 Pembroke Lane, Suffolk, VA. Color Guard willl participate in opening and closing ceremonies each day and man a recruiting tent - we could use some help! * Grave Marking of Compatriot Al White, Sunday, 22 Aug, time TBD, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, VA. Al was a prominent member of the CMM Chapter before becoming Founding President of the Colonel James Wood II Chapter when that was split off from the CMM in 2007. * Multi-Chapter Meeting at Graves Mountain Lodge, Saturday, August 28, 11:00am, Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA. * 240th Anniversary of the Battle of the Capes, Saturday, 4 Sep, Time TBD, Fort Story, VA. * Virginia SAR Semi-Annual Meeting, 10-11 Sep, Berry Hill Plantation, South Boston, VA. * Patriot Day 9-11 Ceremonies, Saturday, 11 Sep, 08:46am, Culpeper, VA. At 08:46 in front of the Culpeper Volunteer Fire Department, 09:03 in front of the Culpeper Sheriff's Office, 09:37 at the Wine Street Military Memorial, 10:03 at the intersection of Davis and Main. Done in coordination with Bugles Across America, the VFW and American Legion - Many area Color Guards participate. For the Color Guard counts as a Massing of Colors National Event. * Vigil at Washington's Tomb, Saturday, 18 Sep, Mount Vernon. A Color Guard event. Sign up and come in uniform to stand guard at General Washington's Tomb. * Fall Leadership & Trustees Meeting Friday & Saturday, 24-25 Sep, Brown Hotel, Louisville, KY. * Muster of the Culpeper Minutemen, Saturday, 23 Oct, Culpeper Minute Battalion Monument, Yowell Meadow Park, Culpeper. * Battle of Great Bridge, Saturday, 4 Dec, time TBD, Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Historical Foundation, 1775 Historic Way, Chesapeake, VA. * Battle of Great Bridge Day Break Ceremony at Culpeper, Thursday, 09 Dec, 7:00am, Culpeper Minute Battalion Monument, Yowell Meadow Park, Culpeper, VA. POSTPONED TO DATE TBD * Dedication of the Shockoe Hill Cemetery Monument and Patriot Grave Marking, Friday, 05 Feb 2021, Time TBD (will be in the afternoon), Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond. Will credit five grave markings toward the 15 needed for Patriot Grave Marking Medal. Originally planned as part of the 2020 Congress.
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12 Apr 2021 Mountain Run Winery, Culpeper Eight CMM members, one prospective member, and one DAR guest attend our April Chapter Meeting at Mountain Run Winery last evening. One member, Doug Schwetke, attend by Zoom from Texas as a test, which was successful. We will add Zoom attendance to future meetings. The prospective member, David Foster, is also the owner of Mountain Run Winery, and as previously, was a great host. The awwesome meal was catered by Loudelia's Catering.
The program was a talk by President Charles Jameson on the life of General Edward Stevens, whose grave we will mark this coming Saturday. The main business conducted was a review of our busy schedule ahead (see "Coming Events" above) and planing our participation. Also there was a lively discussion, led by Dale Corey, on ways to attract new members. The 245th Anniversary of the Halifax Resolves was celebrated today with a Zoom ceremony. President Charles Jameson presented the CMM wreath and he and Bill Schwetke participated in the online Color Guard. North Carolina, on April 12, 1776, authorized her delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence. This was the first official action by a colony calling for independence. The 83 delegates present in Halifax at the Fourth Provincial Congress unanimously adopted the Halifax Resolves, which read as follows: The Select Committee taking into Consideration the usurpations and violences attempted and committed by the King and Parliament of Britain against America, and the further Measures to be taken for frustrating the same, and for the better defence of this province reported as follows, to wit, It appears to your Committee that pursuant to the Plan concerted by the British Ministry for subjugating America, the King and Parliament of Great Britain have usurped a Power over the Persons and Properties of the People unlimited and uncontrouled and disregarding their humble Petitions for Peace, Liberty and safety, have made divers Legislative Acts, denouncing War Famine and every Species of Calamity daily employed in destroying the People and committing the most horrid devastations on the Country. That Governors in different Colonies have declared Protection to Slaves who should imbrue their Hands in the Blood of their Masters. That the Ships belonging to America are declared prizes of War and many of them have been violently seized and confiscated in consequence of which multitudes of the people have been destroyed or from easy Circumstances reduced to the most Lamentable distress. And whereas the moderation hitherto manifested by the United Colonies and their sincere desire to be reconciled to the mother Country on Constitutional Principles, have procured no mitigation of the aforesaid Wrongs and usurpations and no hopes remain of obtaining redress by those Means alone which have been hitherto tried, Your Committee are of Opinion that the house should enter into the following Resolve, to wit Resolved that the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the other delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency, and forming foreign Alliances, resolving to this Colony the Sole, and Exclusive right of forming a Constitution and Laws for this Colony, and of appointing delegates from time to time (under the direction of a general Representation thereof to meet the delegates of the other Colonies for such purposes as shall be hereafter pointed out. The Halifax Resolves were important not only because they were the first official action calling for independence, but also because they were not unilateral recommendations. They were instead recommendations directed to all the colonies and their delegates assembled at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Virginia followed with her own recommendations soon after the adoption of the Halifax Resolution, and eventually on July 4, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the delegates from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence. https://www.carolana.com/NC/Documents/nc_halifax_resolves.html
Today about 50 compatriots, DAR, C.A.R., friends and family members gathered at Tuckahoe Plantation to celebrate Thomas Jefferson's 278th birthday. Tuckahoe was the Randolph Family plantation where Thomas and his family lived while he was 2-7 years old. Two members of the CMM participated in the ceremony, led by President Charles Jameson who presented the chapter wreath. Both President Jameson and Bill Schwetke participated in the Color Guard. 10 Apr 2021 Stephens City, VA President Charles Jameson led the CMM contingent to the marking of Patriot William Ewing's grave by the Colonel James Wood II Chapter in Stephens City today. Also participating were Michael Dennis, Doug Schwetke (online), and Bill Schwetke. President Jameson, Michael Dennis, and Bill Schwetke participated in the Color Guard on-site and Doug Schwetke participated in the Color Guard online. President Jameson presented the chapter wreath, Bill Schwetke presented the Virginia SAR wreath, and Doug Schwetke presented the Maj K.M. van Zandt Chapter wreath online. Michael Dennis participated in the musket volleys. 65 people attended or participated in the grave marking including several descendants of William Ewing and many members of the local community. William's wife, Elizabeth, is also a patriot and her grave will be marked at a later date. Information for your Patriot Grave Marking Medal Form. Are you tracking your accomplishments? - participate in marking a total of 15 similar grave and you're eligible for the NSSAR Patriot Grave Marking Medal.
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29 Mar 2021 Culpeper, VA ![]() The Culpeper Minutemen joined with the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter DAR and VFW Post 2524 to mark Culpeper's participation in the Vietnam War and to honor Vietnam and Vietnam Era Veterans. Joining our chapter were the Governor of the Virginia Society of Founders and Patriots, and members of the Col James Wood II Chapter, and the Col William Grayson Chapter. President Charles Jameson was the Master of Ceremonies and the keynote speakers were President Jameson, Bill Schwetke, Dale Corey of the Colonel James Wood II Chapter, and Mike Weyler of the Colonel William Grayson Chapter. The Color Guard was a combined SAR/VFW Color Guard, with CMM Color Guard Commander, Michael Dennis in command. The SAR participants included seven compatriots: Michael Dennis, Charles Jameson, and Bill Schwetke of the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter; Dale Corey, Sean Corrigan, Chip Daniels, and Dennis Parmerter of the Colonel James Wood II Chapter (all dual members of the CMM). and in the Culpeper Star-Exponent
28 Mar 2021 Middletown, VA President Charles Jameson presented the chapter wreath at a ceremony in Middletown marking Vietnam Veterans Day. Also participating was Bill Schwetke; both Bill and Charles participated in the Color Guard and were keynote speakers for the event.
The National Society Son of the American Revolution has a new logo and the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter has received permission to use this for the following:
The new logo is available in color or black and white and in the following formats: jpg, png, psd, and svg. Contact Bill Schwetke for the download file if you need the logo for any of the approved purposes. 20 Mar 2021 Richmond, VA via Zoom 246 years ago on March 23rd Patrick Henry rose at the 2nd Virginia Convention in St John's Church, Richmond, to advocate for the formation of military forces to respond to the Convention and the Committee of Safety. That speech included the immortal phrase: "Give me liberty, or give me death". Today the Virginia Society gathered on Zoom to commemorate that stirring speech. President Charles Jameson presented the CMM wreath during the ceremony and both he and Bill Schwetke participated in the Color Guard. Bill also participated in the filming of the posting of the colors at St. John's Church that was used in the ceremony.
The highlight of the program was a re-enactor's portrayal of Patrick Henry that explained the context of the speech. A notable line from that speech was "“The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!" In less than a month the battles of Lexington and Concord would bring just that. |
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