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2011 Calendar of Events January 13, 2011 – Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio, February 4 & 5, 2011 – OHSSAR Winter BOM meeting, Fairborn, Ohio. Individuals should make SAR reservations with the Hope Hotel and Conference Center at (937) 879-2696 February 12th, 2011 -Sons of Union Veterans (SUV) Lincoln Birthday Dinner,
As Commander of General Benjamin D. Fearing Camp #2, SUVCW I would like to personally invite your organization to the following event. Best Regards, Dan Hinton
“The Benjamin D. Fearing Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in Washington County is sponsoring a pot-luck dinner on Lincoln's birthday February 12th, 2011. The dinner will be held 6:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge Building 1411 Putnam Howe Drive in Belpre, Ohio. This event will kick off the recognition events of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War for Fearing Camp. Commander Dan Hinton will be speaking regarding the birth of Abraham Lincoln and key events during the early days of his presidency. This event is open to the public and guests are encouraged to bring a covered dish, but there will undoubtedly be plenty of food for those who cannot do so.” Ham, drinks and table service will be provided. February 20, 2011 - Sunday, Washington’s Birthday Luncheon, 1:00pm , Ballroom, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio Hosted by the Marietta Chapter, OHSSAR, Speaker: TBA, Cost: $12 adults, $5 youth, The Legion will serve Roast Beef and Chicken Buffet with special sides for youth. February 20, 2011 - Washington’s Birthday Dinner with guest speaker Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown. Click here for more details. March 10, 2011 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio,
2010 Calendar of Events
January 14, 2010 – Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio, Speaker: Tom Romine, “Music of the American Revolution”
February 5 & 6, 2010 – OHSSAR Winter BOM Meeting, Finley, Ohio
February 14, 2010 - Sunday, Washington’s Birthday Luncheon, 1:00pm , ($12 adults; $5 youth – under 18, Roast Beef and Chicken Buffet) Ballroom, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio Hosted by the Marietta Chapter, OHSSAR, Speaker: Kevin Ritter, “The Declaration of Independence”,A local educator noted, ”Kevin Ritter tells the story of our Founding Fathers and the Declaration in a way that will keep you on the edge of your seat, a great speaker.”
February 22, 2010 - Washington’s Birthday
March 11, 2010 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5) , American Legion Post #64, Marietta, Ohio.
April 1 - 13, 2010 - 13 Days with Patriots & Pioneers of Washington County as Marietta and the Northwest Territory Celebrates 222 Years of History. Sponsored by the Marietta Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. Participation by Historical Societies, Schools and Museums in Washington County.
April 1, 2010 –Patriots and Pioneers Reception and Preview of Exhibits: General James Mitchell Varnum; and Fort Harmar 225th at Campus Martius Museum. 5:30 to 8pm. Free tours & refreshments and open to public. Sponsored by Marietta SAR.
April 2 & 3, 2010 – 10am to 2pm, Oliver Tucker Museum tours, SR 60 at Park Street, Beverly.
April 2, 2010 – 10am to 2pm, West African Art Museum, Ely Chapman Education Foundation, 403 Scammel Street, Marietta.
April 2 & 3, 2010 – 1 to 4 pm Fearing House tours, 131 Gilman St. Marietta.
April 2 & 9, 2010 – Marietta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Chapter Library, 507 8th St. Marietta, open 10 to 2pm, free and open to researching your patriot ancestor.
April 3, 7, & 10, 2010 – 1 to 4:30pm, Farmers Castle Museum, Belpre Historical Society, Celebration of Scottish Heritage through April.
April 4, 2010 – Easter.
April 5, 2010 – 7pm, Washington State Community College, “The First Rhode Island Regiment, America’s First Black Regiment”, Joe Becton of the 1st RI Regt. will present camp life, songs & stories & a discussion of the involvement of Generals Varnum & Washington at Valley Forge as they create an all Black Regiment, with slaves & freemen. Open to the public at no charge. Sponsored by Diversity and Social Justice Committee at Washington State Community College and Marietta SAR.
April 7, 2010 – 8 – 9am, Warren High School, “The First Rhode Island Regiment, America’s First Black Regiment”, Joe Becton of the 1st RI Regt. will present camp life, songs & stories & a discussion of the involvement of Generals Varnum & Washington at Valley Forge as they create an all Black Regiment, with slaves & freemen.Sponsored by Smith Concrete, Partner in Education and Marietta SAR. www.firstrhodeisland.org (limited to 800 students and WLSD quests).
April 7, 2010 – Commemoration to Celebrate the Founding of Marietta and the 225th Anniversary of Fort Harmar, 10:30am, Harmar School, three 15 min. sessions, 20 min. apart, 3rd – 5th grade (program 225th Fort Harmar through First Settlers); 12-12:30pm, East Muskingum Park, Start Westward Monument; 1-2pm Campus Martius Museum; Sponsored by: Marietta Chapter Sons of the American Revolution and Campus Martius Museum, programs in period costume.
April 7, 2010 – Annual Pioneers Day Bell Ringing at Fearing House: All Harmar school students and open to public. Henry Fearing House tours. 10am-2pm.
April 7, 2010 – Washington County Historical Society Pioneers Day Dinner, American Legion Post 64, Marietta. Guest speaker: Bill Reynolds, Fort Harmar 225th Anniversary (Display Sheldon S. Cohen, author of Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy, Privateer, Patriot, Pioneer) 5:30 Social Hour, 6:30 Dinner, $25, Reservations required – call 740-373-1788.
April 8, 12:40pm, Marietta Middle School, 8th Grade, Author Sheldon S. Cohen, 20 - 25 minute discussion on Commodore Abraham Whipple.
April 8, 2010, 7pm, Marietta College McDonough Auditorium; Commodore Abraham Whipple, Presentation by author Sheldon S. Cohen, with illustrations presented by Linda Showalter, Marietta College Library Special Collections.
April 9, 2010 – 1 to 5pm, Sugden Book Store, Commodore Abraham Whipple book signing with author Sheldon Cohen, 2:30 Book Discussion, 282 Front Street .
April 9, 2010 – 6 to 9pm, Riverside Artist Gallery, Friends of the Museums Fundraiser Benefit for Campus Martius/Ohio River Museum, 175 Front Street, Marietta.
April 10, 2010 – 8am to 3pm, Patriots and Pioneers Conference at Washington State Community College. History and genealogy classes and displays. Cost $15.00 and includes Subway lunch. Class schedule and details to register can be found on this P&P Conference link above or at all Washington County Libraries.
April 10 – 11, 2010 - Annual Ohio Longrifle Show, Lafayette Hotel, 9 to 5pm on Saturday, 9 to 3pm on Sunday, small admission charge.
April 11, 2010 - First Congregational Church, "Church of the Pioneers" bell ringing of the carillon will be performed with various patriotic tunes. Noon - 12:30pm.
April 11, 2010 – 1 to 4 pm Fearing House tours, 131 Gilman St. Marietta.
April 11, 2010 – 1 to 4 pm, Children’s Toy and Doll Museum tours, 206 Gilman Street, Marietta.
April 11, 2010 – 1 to 3pm, People’s Mortuary Museum, 408 Front (park in back of funeral home).
April 11, 2010 – Farmer Castle Museum, and Belpre Historical Society celebrates Belpre’s 221st Birthday with Open House from 2 to 5pm.
April 13, 2010 – Belpre Historical Society, Annual Founders Day Dinner, 6:00 pm, Rockland UMC, Speaker: Col. James Kerns, 17th Virginia Cavalry, Company F. CSA Historian, For reservations and cost call 740-423-7382.
**All 13 Days with Patriots & Pioneers programs and tours are free of charge unless otherwise noted.
April 30-May 2, 2010 – Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution, Annual Conference, Chillicothe, Ohio
May 13, 2010 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8 th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio
May 31, 2010 – Memorial Day
June 18-19, 2010 – Fort Boreman Historic Park, Parkersburg, ‘West Virginia Day Celebration’, Friday, 8:30pm ‘Story-telling; Sat., 9am to 5pm. Program includes a full scale model of the CSS Hunley, a Civil War Confederate States submarine. Marietta Chapter program: Patriots of the Revolutionary War in the Mid Ohio Valley.
June 25 – July 1, 2010 – NATIONAL SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANNUAL CONGRESS, CLEVELAND, OHIO
June 28 - July 2, 2010 - Flags of America’s History (Presented by the Cincinnati Chapter OHSSAR), 70 Flags from the American Revolution to Present Day, Washington County Courthouse, 3 rd floor of courthouse, 2 nd and Putnam Streets
July 1 – 5, 2010, US Flags and Personal History at 37 American Revolutionary War Patriots Gravesites in Mound Cemetery
July 1 - 3, 2010 – 9:30am to 5pm, Campus Martius Museum, various living history programs in period costume, 601 Second Street. Two Special Exhibits: General James Mitchell Varnum, Revolutionary War to Campus Martius & the 225 th of Fort Harmar
July 1, 2010 – 10am – Noon, Mound Cemetery Tour, 5 th and Scammel Streets, visit the final resting place for 37 Patriots of the American Revolution
July 1, 2010 – 11am, Mound Cemetery, “The First Rhode Island Regiment, African Soldiers at Valley Forge led by General James Mitchell Varnum”Living history songs, stories and demonstrations of camp life in the all Black Regiment, presented by the 1 st Rhode Island Regiment of Philadelphia, PA www.firstrhodeisland.org.
July 1, 2010 – 2 & 3pm, “The Stars of the American Revolution & Settlement of the Northwest Territory”, Anderson Hancock Planetarium, Marietta College, http://www.marietta.edu/departments/Planetarium/index.html
July 1, 2010 – 1, 2 & 3pm, “Patriot Sampler” Presentation of the Patriot Founders using rare documents outlining the Ohio Company’s settlement of the Northwest Territory, Special Collection, Legacy Library, Marietta College, (15 min. plus questions) http://library.marietta.edu/spc/collection.html.
July 1, 2010 – 5 to 7pm, Continental Reception at Campus Martius Museum with special guests; SAR, DAR, BAR, Society of Cincinnati & Masonic Orders. Free of charge for participants in period costume, reservations requested, $12* for all other, (*includes a 30 Museum Pass for both Campus Martius and the Ohio River Museum)
July 1, 2010 – 7:30pm, “Music in the Park” Music from the American Revolution, East Muskingum Park Gazebo, Songs, stories and music in period costume. Followed by “Grand Illumination by Artillery”
July 2, 2010 – 8:30 to 10am, Continental Breakfast at American Legion Post 64, (8 th and Wooster Street, next to Oak Grove Cemetery) hosted by Marietta Chapter SAR for participants of Varnum Ceremony. Reservations requested. Free of charge to participants in uniform or period costume, $4 to all others. Free bus transport for parade participants to Campus Martius Museum and starting point of Processional.
July 2, 2010 – 10am to 2pm, Marietta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Library and Home, (8 th and Wooster Streets), open to public for research. (Located next to Oak Grove Cemetery and American Legion.)
July 2, 2010 – 10:30am, HEADSTONE DEDICATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICE
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES MITCHELL VARNUM, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, Processional from Campus Martius to Oak Grove Cemetery, sponsored by Marietta Chapter SAR. (See www.mariettasar.org)
July 2, 2010 – Noon, Continental Lunch at American Legion Post 64, hosted by Marietta Chapter SAR for participants of Varnum Ceremony, Reservations required, free of charge to participants in uniform or period costume, $8 all others.
July 2, 2010 – 2pm, Color Guard, Fife and Drums and camp followers proceed from Legion to Mound Cemetery, Wooster Street to 5 th, left on 5 th Street to Mound, 4 blocks
July 2, 2010 – 2:30pm, Mound Cemetery Tour and Program: Revolutionary War Patriots, Fifth & Scammel Streets,
July 2, 2010 – 6pm – 11pm, 16 th Annual Red, White & Blues Fest, 101 Front Street, Lafayette Hotel, beer garden, outdoor picnic style food, Blues Music http://www.mariettaohio.org
July 3, 2010 – 10am, Mound Cemetery Tour
July 3, 2010 – 1 to 4pm, Historic Muskingum River 1841 Lock Tour, 601 Front St., aboard the Valley Gem sternwheeler. Join us as we cruise up the tree lined Muskingum River and lock through Devol's Dam (Lock #2), one of the oldest, hand-operated river lock systems in America. Noted local historian, Scott Britton, will be aboard to entertain you with tales of the Revolutionary War patriots and pioneer settlers who settled the area. Call (740) 373-7862 or visit valleygemsternwheeler.com for reservations and further details.
July 3, 2010 – 6 to 11pm, 6th Annual Marietta Wing Thing, 101 Front Street, Lafayette Hotel, beer garden, wing contest with area restaurants, music http://www.mariettaohio.org
July 4, 2010 – 10am, Congregational Church, Church of the Pioneers, special church program: “Ben Franklin – Free the Pennies Day” All are invited to wear historical attire.
July 4, 2010 – Noon to 5pm, Campus Martius Museum, various living history programs in period costume
July 4, 2010 – Noon to 12:30pm, Fort Harmar 225 th, Commemorative Ceremony at Fort Harmar Marker ( Harmar School)
July 4, 2010 – 1pm, Independence Day Parade, Marietta, (coordinated by AMVETS and Marietta SAR) with Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard participating. Parade from Fort Harmar to East Muskingum Park Veterans Memorial.
July 4, 2010 – 2 – 2:20pm, - First Congregational Church, bell ringing of the carillon will be performed with various patriotic tunes.
July 4, 2010 – 2:00PM, 4th of July Bell Ringing Celebration at the Henry Fearing House. Marietta Chapter, OSSAR & Captain James Neal Chapter, WVSSAR participating.
July 4, 2010 – Let Freedom Ring, 2pm, all Bells in the Nation should ring 13 chimes for Freedom in United States of America.
July 4, 2010 – 2:30pm, Friends of the Armory, 4 th of July Concert and Picnic; U.S. Army Band, Armory, Front Street, Marietta, at intermission “The first 4 th of July oration west of the Alleghany Mountains …excerpts as delivered by General James Mitchell Varnum, 1788”
July 4, 2010 – 4 th of July Fireworks and Demolition Derby, Washington County Fairgrounds
July 4, 2010 – Valley Gem Sternwheeler – Fireworks Dinner Cruise, 8 – 11pm, reservations at http://www.valleygemsternwheeler.com
July 8, 2010 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5) , American Legion Post #64, 8 th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio .
July 23-24, 2010- OHSSAR BOM Meeting, Fort Laurens (Bolivar, OH)
July 24, 2010 – OHSSAR- Fort Laurens Annual Memorial Service, 11am, Tomb of the Unknown Patriot of the Revolutionary War, Wreath laying ceremony.
August 2010 – Marietta Middle School, Color Guard, Flag Ceremony,
September 4 & 5, 2010 FORT HENRY DAYS, 13th Annual Grand Encampment and Battle Re-Enactment, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV; British & Patriot Encampments; Native American Village; Daily historical presentations. Ebenezer Zane Chapter, OHSSAR, St. Clairsville, OH participates and has a very nice exhibit.
September 4 & 5, 2010 - Fair at New Boston, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Both Days, George Rogers Clark Park, Springfield, OH, info@grcha.org This fair is recognized as a premiere living history event. All the music, entertainment, clothing, methods of cooking, foods served, merchandise booths, and equipment used by the artisans are juried (or judged) to assure authenticity to the period(1790-1810). The George Rogers Clark Chapter OHSSAR participates with nice display
September 9, 2010 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8 th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio “PATRIOTS DAY PROGRAM”
September 11, 2010 – PATRIOTS DAY
September 23-26, 2010 – Barlow Fair, Marietta Chapter SAR/DAR booth.
October 1 - 2 , 2010 – OHSSAR Board of Management Meeting,
October 1-3, 2010 - Point Pleasant, WV, Battle Monument State Park, Annual Commemorative Service for Virginia Militiamen. SAR Wreath laying ceremony at 2pm on Sunday following banquet.
October 14, 2010 – Annual Dual Meeting and Dinner at American Legion Post 64, 8 th and Wooster St. Marietta, 6:30pm, Marietta Chapter host this year. Ewings in 2011. Invited DAR Chapters; Marietta; Nabby Lee Ames, Athens; Return Jonathan Meigs, Pomroy.
November 5, 1785 – 225 Years Ago, U.S. troops from the First American Regiment under the command of Major John Doughty arrived to construct Fort Harmar, named for Colonel Josiah Harmar, on elevated bottom land on the west side of the Muskingum River at its confluence with the Ohio River
November 11, 2010 – Veterans Day
November 11, 2010 - Noon – Regular meeting (lunch $5), Wood room, upstairs, American Legion Post #64, 8 th & Wooster Streets Marietta, Ohio “VETERANS DAY PROGRAM”
December 5, 2010 -– 1pm - SAR Regional meeting & Holiday Luncheon, Parkersburg Country Club, Vienna, West Virginia, Hosted by Captain James Neal Chapter, WVSSAR and the Marietta Chapter, OHSSAR.
December 7, 2010 – Pearl Harbor Day |
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