25-28 Feb 2016 Brown Hotel, Louisville, KY
One of the first orders of business for the trustees was to vote on the host for the 2020 Annual Congress. The trustees went with the Congress Planning Committee's recommendation and selected Virginia as the 2020 host. This means many things for the CMM for we will certainly be called upon to help with the many tasks that the Virginia Society must accomplish to make the 2020 Congress a reality. It also triggers a $6 surcharge on our 2017 dues to help fund the Virginia Society's efforts. The Planning Committee and a small group from our state leadership will tour the proposed sites of Norfolk and Richmond after Fall Leadership this year and select the site within Virginia.
After a productive trustees meeting the attendees took an evening dinner cruise on the Ohio River onboard the Spirit of Jefferson paddle-wheeler.
Friday night's banquet had a Caribbean theme and the speaker was noted author Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy. During the banquet it was announced that the SAR would fund a fellowship for Dr. O'Shaughnessy to study the recently discovered papers of King George III that cover the time of the American Revolution. At our Banquet Dr. O'Shaughnessy gave a very informative talk about the role of the Caribbean theater in the American Revolution.
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