8-10 Feb 2019 Richmond, VA
Left to right: Bill Schwetke, Jeff Thomas, CMM Color Guard Commander Michael Dennis, CMM President Tom Hamill, and CMM Vice President Charles Jameson. Also attending, but not pictured, Virginia SAR President Pat Kelly and Mike Lyman.
CMM President Tom Hamill addresses the Annual Meeting. President Tom Hamill lead the CMM contingent to the Virginia SAR Annual Meeting. Also participating were Vice President Charles Jameson, CMM Color Guard Commander Michael Dennis, Mike Lyman, Bill Schwetke, and dual members Pat Kelly and Jeff Thomas. Tom Hamill, Charles Jameson, Michael Dennis, Bill Schwetke, and Jeff Thomas participated in the Color Guard.
The CMM won many awards, significantly being designated for "Chapter Excellence" that was restricted for the first time this year to only the top three chapters in each category. Also, our nominee, Culpeper Police Officer John Slaughter, won the Virginia SAR Heroism Award for 2018.
The CMM won many awards, significantly being designated for "Chapter Excellence" that was restricted for the first time this year to only the top three chapters in each category. Also, our nominee, Culpeper Police Officer John Slaughter, won the Virginia SAR Heroism Award for 2018.
Left to right: CMM President Tom Hamill, Officer John Slaughter with the Heroism Award, Virginia SAR President Pat Kelly.
CMM President Tom Hamill, third from left, with our Chapter Excellence Streamer.
President Tom Hamill on far right with our History Day Participation Streamer. President Tom Hamill accepted several streamers for the chapter's participation in Presidential Initiatives.
 Brennan Fund Participation |  Night at the Ball Park |  Lynchburg Grave Marking |  Vicars Grave Marking |  Youth Contests |
 Virginia SAR 2nd Vice President Bill Schwetke swears in CMM 1st Vice President Charles Jameson as CMM President Tom Hamill looks on. | CMM Vice President Charles Jameson, who had missed the officer installations at the January Meeting, was sworn into office in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol under the gaze of Houdon's statue of George Washington. |
Individual awards were also presented to a CMM compatriot and to his wife. Bill Schwetke received the Silver Roger Sherman Medal for his two years service as the Virginia SAR Color Guard Commander. Bill's wife, Cat, received the Lydia Darraugh Medal from Virginia SAR President Pat Kelly in recognition for her outstanding service to the Virginia Society.
 Bill Schwetke receives the Silver Roger Sherman Medal from Virginia SAR President Pat Kelly. |  Cat Schwetke receives the Lydia Darraugh Medal, Fist Oak Leaf Cluster, from Virginia President Pat Kelly. |
At the end of the Saturday Banquet Peter Davenport of the George Mason Chapter was sworn in as the Virginia SAR President for 2019-2020 and CMM past President Bill Schwetke was sworn in as Virginia SAR 1st Vice President.
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