CINCINNATI CHAPTER

Organized April 22 1889 Instituted July 4 1876

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2019 Annual Report of the Cincinnati Chapter Sons of the American revolution

Written report President Written Report 2nd VP Written report Secretary Written Report Treasurer Written Report Registrar Written Report Chaplain Written report Webmaster Written Report Historian: Written Report Ertel Fund Written Report Miller Flag Collection Written Report Color Guard Written report Newsletter Written Report Nominating Committee Written Report Programs Written report Publicity Committee Written report Rev. Sites and Grave Committee

Written Report ROTC/JROTC Written report Wreaths across America Written Report Brochure and Poster Contest Written Report Youth Education Written Report History Teacher Written Report Partners in Patriotism 2018-2019 Written Report Partners in Patriotism 2019-2020 Written report Rev. Sites and Grave Committee

Written report Patriotic and Community Outreach Written Report Audit Committee Written Report Oration Contest

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Written report President

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Written Report 2nd VP Written Report Programs Written Report ROTC/JROTC

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Written report Secretary

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Written Report Registrar

Written report Webmaster

With the loss of Compatriot Smith as he accepted a new position in Buffalo, NY the realm of webmaster has been turned

over to Doug Blake. Compatriot Smith will be missed. Doug with the assistance of the President has done a good job at

keeping it up and maintaining it to the level that his predecessor has marked. Thanks Doug, CC

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Written Report Chaplain

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Written Report Historian: Written Report History Teacher

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Written Report Treasurer

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To Be Replaced

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Written Report Audit Committee

The audit committee completed their audit early in the year and will do so again in 2020. This is their report

from January 2019.

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Written Report Ertel Fund

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Written Report Miller Flag Collection

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Written Report Color Guard

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Nolan Carson Memorial Color Guard - Activity Report Form

Example

2019-

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Event Youth History Presentation CG

Points 5

Date / Time November 26, 2019 at 8 –

11:45 AM

Mileage

Points 0

Place

Mars Hill Academy

4230 Aero Drive, Mason,

OH

Comments

Presented a Day About the

Revolutionary War

1 Artifacts of the Late 18th

Century Duties

Post Colors, Musket Salute

and present information to

students K –7th Grades

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Participants

Event

CGC Michael Gunn

2 Yorktown Experience

3 The life of the everyday

Revolutionary War

4 Interesting antidotes about

the Revolutionary War

5 General George Washington

address

Cincinnati

Color

Guard

Jack

Bredenfoerder

Bob Bowers

Lee Wilkerson

Ed

Boniwell

Mark

Holland

Dan

Schmitz

Zac Haines

Others:

Gordon Stokely

2019-

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Event Flag Retirement Ceremony CG Points 5

Date / Time December 1, 2019 at 9 AM Mileage

Points 0

Place

American Legion Hall

Post 534, 4618 River Rd.,

Cincinnati, OH

Comments

Meet & Greet with American

Legion & VFW, Followed by a

Flag Retirement at 10:30 AM

and a Musket Salute. Duties Post Colors & Musket

Salute

Participants Event

CGC Michael Gunn

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Cincinnati

Color

Guard

Brad Jarard

Gary Duffield

Bob Bowers

Chuck Rogers

Clay

Crandall

Mark

Holland

2019-

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Event Pearl Harbor Memorial CG Points 5

Date / Time December 1, 2019 at 11:55

AM

Mileage

Points 0

Place Anderson Ferry on Ohio

River

Comments

The Ceremony at 11:55 AM

on the Ohio River at Anderson

Ferry.

We will post colors and place

a wreath with the members of

the American Legion/ VFW

and Other Veteran

Organizations.

Duties Post Colors & Present

wreath

Participants

Event

CGC Michael Gunn

Cincinnati

Color

Guard

Brad Jarard

Gary Duffield

Bob Bowers

Chuck Rogers

Clay

Crandall

Mark

Holland

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Written Report Nominating Committee

Written Report Oration Contest

No Activity this year

Written report Patriotic and Community Outreach

As Good Citizen Committee Chair Mr. George Vincent provided 354 Certificates to Cincinnati area schools and 96 Certificates

to Northern Kentucky area schools.

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Written Report Partners in Patriotism 2019-2020

Written report Publicity Committee

Written Report Patriot Records

Written report Rev. Sites and Grave Committee

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Written Report Brochure and Poster Contest Written Report Youth Education Written report Wreaths across America

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Resolution 19-05 was discussed, and a decision was made to table it until a later date due to a change in the

by-laws being necessary. It is included here for information only.

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Written report Newsletter

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Written Report Partners in Patriotism 2018-2019

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The following is not a part of the Partners in Patriotism report but included for information only:

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2019 Independence Day Memorial

The Cincinnati Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution held their Independence Day Memorial for 2019 at

2:00 PM July 6th, 2019 at the Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum Revolutionary War Soldier’s Memorial with

sixteen members in attendance, the largest number since we established the memorial in 2014. The Revolutionary

War Sites and Patriot Graves Committee and the Nolan Carson Memorial Color Guard plans and executes this

memorial for the Cincinnati SAR Chapter.

This Memorial honors the 55 Revolutionary Patriots on these hallowed grounds:

Silas Howell, Stephen Wheeler, Jeremiah French, James Gowdy, Luther Halsey who will be singled out during the

2019 Ceremony and Benjamin Bassett, Isaac Bates, Jason Bushnell, Christopher Cary, Lucius Chapin,

Abraham Chase, Isaac Drake, Abner Martin Dunn, Robert Elliott, William Goforth, , Abner Hatch, James Hathorn,

Fredrick Horne, John H. Hudson, John Jackson, James Kemper, Peter Kemper, Richard Keys, George Leibee,

James Lyon, John Ludlow, Alexander Oliver, John Riddle, John Sellman, Elisha Shepard, Philip Sloat, Oliver

Spencer, Charles Vattier, David Wade, Christopher Walker, Benjamin Wood, Ballard Smith, John Mills, Joshua

Wyeth, Casper Hopple, James Irwin, Robert Orr, Oliver Martin, John Sloan Wallace, Edward Miller, Hezekiah Flint,

Jesse Hunt, John Mercer, Amos White, Cornelius Sedam, Oliver Martin, William Brown, Matthew Lawler, Spencer

Cooper, Phillip Coke who are all honored.

In addition, on this special day we shall once again give remembrance to all those who risked to safeguard our

liberties on and around the field of battle during the 240 years since the founding of these United States of America

with this pledge: We, the members of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution Re- dedicate

this marked Memorial to the glory of God and in the recognition of the memory of these honorable Patriots of the

American Revolution and others in battles fought since.

The following members participated this year: Lee Wilkerson, George H. Stewart, Jr., Shaun P. Smith, Charles

Ernst Rogers, John Bradley Jarard, Gary L. Duffield, Clayton Lowell Crandall, Robert Edmund R. Bowers, Ralph E.

Bonniwell, Michael J. Blum, Gregory D. Ballman, Robert Sturm, Larry W. Collins, Michael B. Gunn, Jim Houston and

Douglas Blake.

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1 Jesse Andrews 1 1 1 1 1 1

2 Gregory Ballman 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

3 Ed Bonniwell 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

4 Bob Bowers 1 1 1 1 1

5 Doug Blake 1

6 Michael Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

7 Jack Bredenfoerder 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

8 Ben Carter 1

9 Will Chelman 1

10 Larry Collins 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

11 Clay Crandall 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

12 James Crane 1

13 Philip Davis 1 1

14 Paul Dillard 1

15 Gary Duffield 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

16 Scott Freeman 1 1 1 1

17 Michael Gunn 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

18 Todd Halcomb 1 1

19 Ernest Leonard Hall 1

20 Steve Hinson 1

21 Mark Holland 1 1 1

22 James Houston 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

23 Gerald Hounchell 1

24 Adam Jeranek 1 1

25 Chris jeranek 1

26 Brad Jarard 1 1 1 1 1 1

27 Ryan Kittredge 1

28 Gerald Knight 1 1 1 1 1 1

29 Kerry Langdon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

30 Craig Ledford 1

31 Malicote, Sam 1 1

32 Donald McGraw

33 Michael Mershon 1 1 1 1 1

34 Bob Mivay 1

35 Franz Ott 1 1

36 Tom Peloquin 1

37 Chuck Rogers 1 1 1 1 1 1

38 Dan Schmitz 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

39 Derrell Sergent 1 1 1

40 Doug Smith 1

41 David Snider 1

42 Mark Snider 1

43 J. Preston Smith Jr. 1 1 1 1

44 Shaun Smith 1 1 1 1 1

45 Scott Snow

46 George Stewart 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

47 Gordon Stokely 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

48 Robert Sturm Jr. 1 1 1 1 1

49 Kevin, Vaught 1

50 William West III 1 1

51 Wilson, Eddie 1 1

52 Lee Wilkerson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Total 19 19 24 0 18 26 33 24 24 20