Much deserved Kudos to you Christopher !!!!!!!!!!!!! Edd Sinnett in Florida. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher T. Smithson" <wsmithso@erols.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [A-REV] Re: Fw: DAR:Sar > Ladies & Gentlemen - > > I serve as the State Genealogist for the MD Society, SAR. I am only 22 > years old and part of the youngest generation in the SAR. > > I have also served as President of the local SAR Chapter here in Harford > County, MD and currently the Chapter Secretary. > > The chapter that I belong to basically was in a down fall and the charter > was about to be thrown in. So I saved it... We went from 17 members to now > 35 and growing. > > I organized a NEW Children of the American Revolution under the chapters > sponsorship; researching with chapter members in getting an archelogy dig in > a possible Revolutionary War Encampment site; working with prosepctive > members to get them in; working with the local DAR Chapter in taking care of > a local historical builting... > > The one sad thing is that only 1 to 3% of the members of the Children of the > American Revolution join either parent organization... I myself am one of > that 1 to 3%. > > My parents were not really interested, but now I have my father in who is > the current State Secretary for the MD Society... > > The MD Society also stated a Patriots Program in the 5th Grade in the > Elementary schools here in Maryland. The kids had to cite 11 different > patriotic phases; state all names of 50 states/capitals; all US Presidents > on and on... > > Tomorrow I will be presenting an awards to 56 students from ONE school who > completed the PATRIOTS PROGRAM... > > The SAR also has a Citizenship Award, Knight Essay Contest for High School > students; the latter involves prize money... There is also an Eagle Scout > awards and an Oration Contest at the High School level... > > Where some of the youth programs lack is in the middle schools/junior high.. > > QUESTION - Is DAR doing anything for middle school age kids.. > > For someone to say DAR and SAR is a social club.. Wrong.. > > That was in the old days... This is the 21st Century... > > Sincerely, > > Christopher T. Smithson > State Genealogist, MDSSAR > Secretary, Col. Aquila Hall Chapter, MDSSAR > Senior Pres., Bush Declaration Society, NSCAR > http://users.starpower.net/wsmithso/sarindex.html > http://users.starpower.net/wsmithso/bushdecsoc.html > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >
Atta BOY CHRIS!!!! Edbld wrote: > Much deserved Kudos to you Christopher !!!!!!!!!!!!! > Edd Sinnett in Florida. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher T. Smithson" <wsmithso@erols.com> > To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: [A-REV] Re: Fw: DAR:Sar > > > Ladies & Gentlemen - > > > > I serve as the State Genealogist for the MD Society, SAR. I am only 22 > > years old and part of the youngest generation in the SAR. > > > > I have also served as President of the local SAR Chapter here in Harford > > County, MD and currently the Chapter Secretary. > > > > The chapter that I belong to basically was in a down fall and the charter > > was about to be thrown in. So I saved it... We went from 17 members to > now > > 35 and growing. > > > > I organized a NEW Children of the American Revolution under the chapters > > sponsorship; researching with chapter members in getting an archelogy dig > in > > a possible Revolutionary War Encampment site; working with prosepctive > > members to get them in; working with the local DAR Chapter in taking care > of > > a local historical builting... > > > > The one sad thing is that only 1 to 3% of the members of the Children of > the > > American Revolution join either parent organization... I myself am one of > > that 1 to 3%. > > > > My parents were not really interested, but now I have my father in who is > > the current State Secretary for the MD Society... > > > > The MD Society also stated a Patriots Program in the 5th Grade in the > > Elementary schools here in Maryland. The kids had to cite 11 different > > patriotic phases; state all names of 50 states/capitals; all US Presidents > > on and on... > > > > Tomorrow I will be presenting an awards to 56 students from ONE school who > > completed the PATRIOTS PROGRAM... > > > > The SAR also has a Citizenship Award, Knight Essay Contest for High School > > students; the latter involves prize money... There is also an Eagle > Scout > > awards and an Oration Contest at the High School level... > > > > Where some of the youth programs lack is in the middle schools/junior > high.. > > > > QUESTION - Is DAR doing anything for middle school age kids.. > > > > For someone to say DAR and SAR is a social club.. Wrong.. > > > > That was in the old days... This is the 21st Century... > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Christopher T. Smithson > > State Genealogist, MDSSAR > > Secretary, Col. Aquila Hall Chapter, MDSSAR > > Senior Pres., Bush Declaration Society, NSCAR > > http://users.starpower.net/wsmithso/sarindex.html > > http://users.starpower.net/wsmithso/bushdecsoc.html > > > > > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237