Tennessee Society, Sons of the Revolution

Our Summer Meeting is August 14th @ 12:00 noon at the Museum of Appalachia. A buffet style meal will be served. Cost is $20 per person and the event is open to members, their families and guests. Dress is causual – no neckties, please! Afterward, we will be free to tour the museum and grounds at our leisure. Send reservations/checks to Jim Rivers, PO Box 223, Crab Orchard, TN 37723. Directions & info regarding the museum can be found on their web site www.museumofappalachia.org. THANKS TO THE JOHN RICE IRWIN FAMILY FOR PROVIDING SUCH A FANTASTIC VENUE.

Lynn Fox and Jerry Mustin will do programs on the street in Gatllingburg and at Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies today, July 3, and at midnight, march in the First Fourth of July Parade in the natiion. Then they will return to Anderson County to join the rest of the JRI-AC Chapter at the Museum of Appalachia July 4th Anvil Shoot and Let Freedom Ring Celebration.
Meanwhile, Let Freedom Ring Celebrations will take place across the nation, including on the Tennessee State Capitol Grounds, and at City Hall in Morristown.

The Tennessee Society Links Page has been updated.

Col. John Donelson Chapter will host a “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony on the TN State Capitol grounds @ 12:00 noon CDT. Included are a color guard; Boy Scout Troop 1; “The Preemptors” a Revolutionary War fife & drum corps;Rev. John Steen TNSSAR State Chaplain; Pipe Master James Drury; Bugler Neil Bills and Mr. P. Duncan Callicott, a Donelson descendant, will speak. Bert Chalfant has arranged a great program again!!!

Life member Charles Phebus (San Antonio, TX) has planned a very elaborate ceremony honoring his ancestor John Shepherd. The event will be on June 26 & 27 at the grave site in North Royalton, Ohio. Visit the web site www.johnshepherd.us & click on the several links for complete details which include a pancake breakfast, ox roast and flintlock rifle match! Contact me if you wish to explore car pool transportation. Dave Whaley

On April 18th a ceremony will be held to honor all Revolutionary participants buried in Nashville. Contact Dave Whaley for more info.

TNSSR encourages all interested members with period dress to contact Lynn Fox regarding our providing a color guard for this event.

A Conway Marker Service will honor the Revolutionary service of members of the Conway family at 10 am. Directions will be posted soon. Everyone invited to attend/participate. As Compatriot Tim Massey has said, “The Conways’s have slept unnoticed in the Tennessee soil long enough. It is time their contributions to the founding of our nation be told.”

When you receive your membership dues notice this year, please indicate your email address on your return form. The Registrar will update our files accordingly. Also, I will use this means to contact members of noteworthy events/happenings which will, in many cases, be more timely than thru the Rifleman publication. David Whaley 2009-2010 Pres.