Sons of the American
Revolution
Meeting Notice and News, October
2010
Compatriots,
Our second meeting
of the 2010-2011 year will be held on October 16th in the private
meeting room of the Piccadilly Cafeteria,
located at
John Sessums will be our speaker and we look forward to his presentation.
Below are a number of items that may be of interest to you. Thanks for taking the time to look them over and thanks to Luke Lloyd for the pictures.
Regards,
Kevin Yarnell
Secretary,
Color Guard
Participates in Wounded Veterans Benefit
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The evening of From Jack Bolen: Directly in front of me
was a black veteran from Haley. He was in a wheel chair with his feet raised.
His feet had wrappings that they use to prevent blood clots. Most of the
time his eyes were closed although, occasionally, he would open them
slightly. When we sung the national anthem, I could see his lips moving as he
tried to sing along. It almost brought tears to my eyes. He seemed barley
conscious but was determined to sing the anthem. It was an HONOR to be there
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Upcoming
Meetings
You can always get the latest schedule of meetings from our website but here’s a quick rundown of the fall lineup.
November 20th – Law Enforcement Award and program; We’ll also elect our 2011 officers.
December 18th - our annual joint
New Members and Approved Supplementals
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Thanks to the
fine work of Registrar Alan Bell and our President who formerly served as our
registrar, the Tampa Chapter has seen a fine increase in approved regular and
supplemental applications. Our chapter membership currently stands at 44! Pictured here,
Robert Koehler receives an approved Supplemental membership from President
Lloyd. Robert proved ancestry to Severinus Cook. Our newest member is Paul Farley who recently transferred from
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2011 Dues
It is that time of year again. Fortunately, in our every-changing world,
dues for the coming year have not changed.
National: $30
Each year we ask our members to chip in a few extra dollars for some
cause. Last year we collected for the “Paws for Patriots” program. The prior
year we became members of the “Friends of the NSSAR Library”. We’ll discuss the
purpose of this year’s collection at the October meeting.
Dues need to be paid by the December meeting but we’d be grateful for
anyone who pays early. Make checks payable to Tampa SAR and bring them to the
October meeting. For those of you who wish to mail in your dues we’ll provide
that address and the details on our extra cause in the next newsletter.
Minutes
of the September 18, 2010 meeting of the Tampa Chapter SAR
President Luke Lloyd called the meeting to order at
Members present: Marty Miller, Terrell Sessums,
Chuck Hawley, Robert Koehler, Dick Young, Chuck Copeland, Ira Ward, Alan Bell,
Jack Bolen, Luke Lloyd, Paul Farley, Robert Yarnell, and Kevin Yarnell.
Welcome guests:
Wives: Lissette
Young, Judy Copeland, Jeanne Lloyd
Other guests: prospective member Leo Kelly
and Gray Reece (Gray’s application has been approved and we look forward to
receiving him into chapter membership when the paperwork arrives.
The President and members introduced our guests.
The minutes of the May meeting were approved.
The secretary read some correspondence from members unable to attend and
a thank you note from the
Our Treasurer, Chuck Copeland, reported expenses for summer picnic at
$148 leaving a balance of $2,719.05.
Alan Bell, the registrar reported on the status of several applications.
We have one membership and two supplementals pending at National and many more
in various stages of completion.
Alan Bell, our color guard commander, reported that on our annual
participation in the Lutz 4th of July parade. Four members attended.
On Oct. 7th the color guard will be presenting the colors for the
The joint
The President reinforced John’s Skillman’s requests for medal
nominations especially encouraging those with military service to apply for
those awards.
The secretary presented President Lloyd with a certificate and oak leaf
cluster for his Liberty Medal. Luke earned this award from the National Society
for being the first-line signer on 10 approved applications. The reader may
recall that Luke served the chapter as registrar prior to be elected president.
This award is a small testament to the success of his work in that office.
The chapter by-laws require that a nominating committee be formed at the
September meeting. Nominations were suggested and subsequently approved by the
membership. Alan Bell will chair the group. Jack Bolen and Kevin Yarnell will
assist.
The President then presented an approved supplemental application to
Dick Young proving his ancestry to Silas Veatch. The
approved membership for Dick’s son was also presented. Robert Koehler also had
a supplemental applications approved based on his ancestry to Severinus Cook. This was also presented.
Under new business the members discussed Officer and Director Liability
Insurance. The Florida Society is in the process of purchasing this for their
leadership. As part of the package, local chapters may, at their option, elect
to participate in the insurance at a cost of $350 per year. Terrell Sessums was able to bring his law experience to the
discussion. Since the exact nature of the policy and what it would cover was not
available, Chuck Copeland moved, with second from Bob Yarnell, to table the
issue until the October meeting. This passed.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
Our speaker for the meeting was Vice President Yarnell who filled in at
the last minute for the speaker previously scheduled. Bob pointed out that the
American Revolution was unique in that it did not have as its ultimate goal
radical change as was true in the French revolution and others. Rather, the
colonist goal was to reclaim the freedoms they possessed in the 1750’s.
In the 1750’s the colonist were perhaps the most free
people on the planet. They paid taxes but only to state legislatures they had
elected. The body of law at the time was very small so there was not likely to
run afoul of a law not known to him. Economically, the colonists were in good
shape and government intruded only to a slight degree with business and
commerce.
Following the French and Indian War all of this began to change.
Bob pointed out that the same political leadership that was in place in
the 1750’s returned to leadership in the 1780’s following the war. This is a
clear indication of the thesis of the talk.
A number of questions were posed and answered.
Our president won the 50/50 and donated his half to the chapter. Thus
the treasury was enriched by $6.50.
The President led the recessional, Jack Bolen gave the benediction, and
the meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary