Meeting Schedule for 2008

Wednesday,

January 9, 2008

11:45 a.m.

Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

"The Good Colonel"

Speaker -Thomas J. Culbertson, Executive Director

Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH

Friday,

 February 22

11:30 a.m.

Annual George Washington Birthday Celebration

"Discovering the Real George Washington:

Mt. Vernon Leaps into the 21st Century"

Guest Speaker

James Rees, Executive Director of George Washington’s Mount Vernon

 introduced by

Melody Sawyer Richardson, Vice Regent for Ohio of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

The Shaker Heights Country Club,

3300 Courtland Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122

Wednesday,

March 12

11:45 a.m.

 General Membership Meeting

"Dennison, Tod & Brough:

Ohio's Civil War Governors"

Speaker - Magistrate William B.F. Vodrey,

Member of WRSSAR, Cleveland Civil War Roundtable,

Civil War Preservation Trust, Friends,

Descendants of Johnson Island and Ohio Historical Society

Wednesday,

April 9

11:45 a.m.

Patriots Day - April 19

In 1775 at Lexington and Concord, where the opening shot

of the American Revolution was heard around the world.

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Annual Oratorical Contest for High School Students

For those of you who will join us for the orations, you will leave the meeting with a renewed faith that cherished American ideals have not been forgotten, but are still to be found in the hearts and minds of some of our nation’s youth.

The Oration contest is one of the major programs promoted by the National Society Sons of the American Revolution. Perhaps one of our speakers will go on to compete at the NSSAR Congress in Sacramento, CA.

John A. Horner, Jr. - Chairman 

Wednesday,

May 9

11:45 a.m.

Memorial Day Program

"USO Then and Now - As Our Military Changes,

So Does the USO"

Speaker - Deb Fisher, Executive Director of the Northern Ohio USO

Wednesday,

June 14

11:45 a.m.

Flag Day Program

"Betsy Ross"

Speaker - Sandra Zikursh

Saturday,

July 26

OHSSAR Annual Fort Laurens Rededication

(Bolivar, OH)

  Memorial Service and Wreath Laying

at the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot

Luncheon

August

No General Membership Meeting

Wednesday,

September 10 11:45 a.m.

Constitution Month

September 17th commemorates the day in 1787

when the Founding Fathers signed one of America’s most important documents.

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Remember 9/11

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The Battle of Lake Erie

10 September 1813

 Friday,

October 10

6:00 p.m.

Archibald Willard Night Dinner

"Benjamin Franklin"

Speaker - Compatriot Richard Q. Fowler

Wednesday,

November 12

11:45 a.m.

Veterans' Day Program

Wednesday,

December 10

11:45 a.m.

Annual Economic and Investment Forecast Meeting

Wednesday,

January 14, 2009

11:45 a.m.

Annual Meeting and Election of Officers

Friday,

February 22, 2009

11:30 a.m.

Annual George Washington Birthday Celebration