Current Year Events
The Westminster Chapter has been involved in 2009 in the following events:
Please check out our Planned Events page for upcoming events, and check back regularly to see what the chapter has been doing!
Westminster Chapter Organization Day Anniversary Dinner/Meeting
On 6 MAR 2009 the Westminster
Chapter assembled at the Buttersburg Inn in New Windsor, Maryland for a night
of fellowship. Following a dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables
and a dessert of pie, the chapter and their guests listened to a lecture by Catherine
Baty, Curator of Collections, Historical Society of Carroll County entitled “Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Visits to Carroll County”.
Westminster Chapter Holds its First Patriot Grave Marking
On 16 MAY 2009 the Westminster
Chapter conducted its first marking the patriot grave of James Crawford at St. Luke's (Winters) Church Cemetery in New Windsor, MD. The turnout was modest for this first event, but all due honor was given to this member of the Third Maryland Line, wounded at the Battle of Camden.
Westminster Chapter In Westminster Memorial Day Parade
On a sunny, hot and humid Memorial Day members of the Westminster Chapter, Maryland
State Society, Sons of the American Revolution marched under their chapter banner
in the annual Memorial Day Parade in Westminster, Maryland. The parade is considered
the oldest continuously held Memorial Day Parade in the country. The first parade
and service were celebrated on 30 May 1868 when Mary Bostwick Shellman gathered
school children to march through Westminster to the town cemetery, in response
to Gen. John A. Logan's 5 May 1868 General Order No. 11 to adorn graves of Union
soldiers with a flower. From that year to the present, the while the parades have
sometimes been cancelled due to rain, the wreath-lay ceremonies have occured annually,
save for two years during World War II. At the service following each year's parade,
a wreath from the chapter is laid in Westminster Cemetery. The chapter, organized
in March 1985, has particpated annually since 2001.
Members participating in the 2009 Westminster Memorial day parade are pictured
below.
Pictured, left to right: William Hiatt, Robert Farver, Sr., Richard Hyson, James F. Engler, Sr., Brian Gardiner, Charles Hedges,
Charles Sluder, James Haines, Cecil Massie. Photo taken at the end of the parade; additional
photos from the parade itself are available by clicking here.
Westminster Chapter August Dinner/Meeting
On 6 AUG 2009 the Westminster
Chapter assembled at the Buttersburg Inn in New Windsor, Maryland for a night
of fellowship. Following a dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables
and a dessert of pie, the chapter and their guests listened to a reading by Cadet SGTMAJ of his award-winning JROTC essay. Besides winning at our Chapter level, he won at the state level and represented Maryland inthe national competiton, where he came in fourth.
This page last updated 30 SEP 2009
Organization Day Anniversary Dinner/Meeting