24 Jan 2021 Woodstock, VA
Onsite participants flanking the bust of Peter Mühlenberg in front of the Shenandoah Historical Society, the old Court House. Bill Schwetke is immediately to the right of Mühlenberg's bust.
Johann Peter Gabriel Mühlenberg, soldier, statesman, servant of God; served his fellow man as an able general, a congressman, and as their pastor. He would serve as a soldier for five years to win for his flock the right to worship God as God led them to do, not as the king of England dictated. As a congressman he would participate in enshrining that right in our Bill of Rights.
245 years ago Peter Mühlenberg took a bold step on that journey as he gave to his flock an illustrated exegesis of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, beginning with the wise and beautiful words “to every thing there is a season.” And he illustrated his last verse “a time of war, and a time of peace” by casting off his clerical robe and revealing the uniform of a colonel in the Continental Army and walking down the aisle to lead his flock to war, following Paul’s words in Ephesians 6:11, he put on the full armor of God.
As Abraham Lincoln would note four score and seven years later, our actions at this ceremony were but a vanity that passeth away, but the gift we have received from Peter Mühlenberg and his like must be preserved for all generations to come.
The Culpeper Minutemen Chapter was well represented at this hybrid onsite/online ceremony: past President Tom Hamill presented the chapter wreath and President Charles Jameseson, Bill Schwetke, and Doug Schwetke participated in the Color Guard. The only onsite participant from our chapter was Bill Schwetke who brought greetings as the President of the Virginia SAR and presented the Society wreath.
This Anniversary Commemoration is a newly designated State Event.
245 years ago Peter Mühlenberg took a bold step on that journey as he gave to his flock an illustrated exegesis of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, beginning with the wise and beautiful words “to every thing there is a season.” And he illustrated his last verse “a time of war, and a time of peace” by casting off his clerical robe and revealing the uniform of a colonel in the Continental Army and walking down the aisle to lead his flock to war, following Paul’s words in Ephesians 6:11, he put on the full armor of God.
As Abraham Lincoln would note four score and seven years later, our actions at this ceremony were but a vanity that passeth away, but the gift we have received from Peter Mühlenberg and his like must be preserved for all generations to come.
The Culpeper Minutemen Chapter was well represented at this hybrid onsite/online ceremony: past President Tom Hamill presented the chapter wreath and President Charles Jameseson, Bill Schwetke, and Doug Schwetke participated in the Color Guard. The only onsite participant from our chapter was Bill Schwetke who brought greetings as the President of the Virginia SAR and presented the Society wreath.
This Anniversary Commemoration is a newly designated State Event.
 Virginia SAR President Bill Schwetke brings greetings. |  Virginia SAR President Bill Schwetke renders honors during the wreath presentations. |
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