America 250
Delaware 250
Daughters of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution
Sons of the Revolution
Atlantic Middle States of the Sons of the American Revolution
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Saturday, May 16
Caesar Rodney Chapter Meeting (Calendar of Events)
11:00 am to 1:00 pm Grotto Pizza, Dover Delaware
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Saturday, May 16
Major Peter Jaquett Chapter Meeting (Calendar of Events)
11:30 am to 2:00 pm Ed Oliver Golf Club
January speaker Bill Knightly returns to share with us the details of his research into a mass grave of 28 Rhode Island Revolutionary War Patriots buried in the Wilmington Brandywine cemetery. He discovered the names of all 28 along with the names of 5 British officers buried with them in the same mass grave. He and President Bob Cochran will share details about a ceremony being planned by the City of Wilmington to dedicate the mass grave in September of this year and the Jaquett Chapter's role in the ceremony. |
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Sunday, June 21 through Sunday, June 21
Shorebirds baseball game (Calendar of Events)
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Salisbury, MD
Cost of event will be $40. |
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Saturday, July 4
CR July 4th Celebration and Patriot Grave Marking (Calendar of Events)
11:00 am Christ Episcopal Church, Dover DE
Join us as we celebrate the 4th in Dover. There likely will be a parade earlier that day, but we will have our celebration and a patriot grave marking, tenatively identified as Frances Maney, a Captain in the Kent County militia whose grave is right outside the front door of the church. |
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Friday, August 7 through Sunday, August 9
Atlantic Middle States Association Meeting (Calendar of Events)
Christiana Hilton, Newark, Delaware
Details to follow, but the regional meeting of 7 states will be in Delaware! We'll need help, so please keep the date open! |
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Saturday, September 5
Battle of Cooch's Bridge Ceremony (Calendar of Events)
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Pencader Heritage Museum, 2029 Sunset Lake Road, Newark, DE
Join us at the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Cooch's bridge. All are welcome!
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Thursday, September 24
Patriot Grave Marking of Rhode Island Patriots (Calendar of Events)
Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
**Save the Date**
The Peter Jaquett Chapter is working with the CIty of Wilmington and Bill Knightly on a ceremony involving 28 Rhode Islanders and several British Soldiers that were interred in the cemetery after being moved from what is now downtown Wilmington. Details to follow, but this promises to be a very big event.
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Sunday, September 27
Valley Forge Event (Calendar of Events)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm Grotto Pizza, Dover Delaware
Join us and the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Children of the American Revoluiton at Valley Forge, PA, as we celebrate and honor those who helped build this memorial to faith, and those who served |
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Saturday, November 7
Heritage Fair (Calendar of Events)
10:00 am to 4:00 pm Dover, Delaware
Looking for members to work with our DAR and CAR friends to staff a table at a Heritage Fair celebration of all of the periods of Delaware history, including the Reveloutionary War. If interested, please contact secretary@dessar.org.
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