Brier Creek Education Day Booth
2026-02-27 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Brier Creek Battlefield, Sylvania, GA, 864WRG4H+5C, Sylvania, Georgia, 30467, United States
GASSAR NATIONAL EVENT

10:00 am – Cannon, Ceremony, and Wreath Ceremony.

The Brier Creek Education Day is an annual historical event held at the Brier Creek Battlefield in Screven County, Georgia. It is designed to teach students and the public about the Battle of Brier Creek (March 3, 1779) and themes of the Revolutionary

Activities & Program

History Station: Dr. John Derden provides an overview of the battle’s history and the battlefield’s preservation.

Weaponry Demonstrations: Reenactors demonstrate Revolutionary War period weapons, including muskets and black powder procedures.

Artifact Displays: Tables showcasing period-accurate clothing, hats, and tools used by American Patriots.

Artillery Firing: Each session typically concludes with the firing of 6-pounder cannons by the Brier Creek Artillery and the playing of “Taps”.

Hosted by: Brier Creek Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Brier Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield Association (BCRWBA)

Francis Marion Memorial Service
2026-02-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Pennsylvania
MARION’S TOMB in PINEVILLE, SC

The public is invited to honor the memory of General Francis Marion. The South Carolina Air National Guard Swamp Fox Wing will fly over precisely at 11 am. The Washington Light Infantry color guard will post the colors. The Pledge of Allegiance will be recited. The National Anthem will be sung. The DAR, SAR and allied organizations will present wreaths. The Executive Director of the SC Huguenot Society will speak.Come join us to remember the Swamp Fox!

General Marion’s Brigade

Daughter of the American Revolution (DAR)

Col. Hezekiah Maham

SAR Sponsors: 169th Fighter Wing SCANG, Washington Light Infantry

Speaker: Elizabeth Gay, Huguenot Society Director

National Anthem: Ruth McDaniel

Francis Marion Memorial Service

Coastal Discovery Museum
2026-03-04 09:00 - 2026-03-05 13:00 | Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 29926
Children living history event with 1600 Children

Need Period Dress & Help with Cannons

Thomas Heyward Event
2026-03-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Pennsylvania
Cannons & Wreath Ceremony

Liberty Tree Dedication and Grave Marking & Wreath Laying Ceremony
2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 | HISTORIC OLD BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, 210 S 285, Woodruff, South Carolina, 29388, United States
Honoring Revolutionary War Soldiers

Alexander Alexander, Sr. – P102261

SOL John Allen – P102563

Sgt. Martin Cole – P332031

Pvt. James Cook – P141391

Pvt. Absalom Hastings – P329158

Pvt. Joseph Woodruff, Sr. – P324208

Sponsored by:

2026 South Carolina Society SAR Annual Membership Meeting
2026-04-17 16:00 - 2026-04-18 08:00 | Hilton Garden Inn – Columbia, South Carolina, 8910 Farrow Rd, Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States
SCSSAR Members:

UPDATE: 16 March 2026

There are only 8 rooms remaining at the block rate at the hotel. We hope this will be a record number in attendance. Click Here to link to the Hotel to make your room reservation, please do so before April 2nd.

Technology is great at times, but the online ordering system choked and we’re having to go back to old school registration. That means sending Larry Gamble an email to reserve your place and mailing a check. We will still take registration payments at the door.

If you registered prior to March 5th, you should be fine. If in doubt, email our State Secretary, Larry Gamble ( WLGamble@icloud.com ) and he will confirm.

Registration for Friday and Saturday for members is $75. You can bring a guest for an extra $55. That makes a Member plus Guest $130. This will also include a breakfast buffet on Saturday morning before the business meeting.

Registration for the Saturday meeting for members is $35.

Email your RSVP to Larry Gamble at: WLGamble@icloud.com

Make Payments out to “SCSSAR” and mail to: Larry Gamble at 2055 Golfair Rd., Sumter, SC. 29154

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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The hotel is set, preparations are made, now we need you! Please plan on joining your SCSSAR compatriots in Columbia, SC at the Hilton Garden Inn, Northeast on Farrow Road. This year’s annual conference starts on April 17th with the SCSSAR Awards Banquet that evening and then in the morning on April 18th for the SCSSAR Annual Meeting.

Click Here to link to the Hotel to make your room reservation, please do so before April 2nd.

The online ordering system choked and we’re having to go old school with registration. That means sending Larry Gamble an email to reserve your place and mailing a check. We will still take registration payments at the door.

If you registered prior to March 5th, you should be fine. If in doubt, email our State Secretary, Larry Gamble ( WLGamble@icloud.com ) and he will confirm.

Registration for Friday and Saturday for members is $75. You can bring a guest for an extra $55. That makes a Member plus Guest $130. This will also include a breakfast buffet on Saturday morning before the business meeting.

Registration for just the Saturday meeting for members is $35.

Payments can be mailed to: Larry Gamble at 2055 Golfair Rd., Sumter, SC. 29154

The registration for the Annual Meeting uses these links. Members have two options, for registration. Option one, register for the Friday Banquet and the Saturday Business meeting for just $75. As a bonus, on Saturday, we are providing a breakfast buffet starting at 8:30am.

If you are bringing a guest to the Awards Banquet, please follow the second link to register your guest by using the link for Guest Registration. For members with guests staying over on Friday night for just $55, your guest also gets breakfast on Saturday morning before the meeting starts.

For members attending only the Annual Business Meeting on Saturday, pay your $35 registration fee now, then arrive at 8am and enjoy a complimentary breakfast buffet at 8:30am before the meeting starts.

Important times for attendees: Please complete your registrations before April 8th.

Friday: Registration starts at 5pm, Reception at 6:30pm, and Dinner at 7pm.

Saturday: Registration starts at 8am, Breakfast Buffet at 8:30am, and Business Meeting starts at 9am.

If you are unable to join us for this year’s Annual Meeting, please consider a donation to the SC Society. Your generosity helps us fulfill the mission and goals of the SAR to promote History, Patriotism, Education, and help the youth of today grow into the leaders of tomorrow.

Your Donation is greatly appreciated. The SC Society SAR is an IRS designated 501c(3) non-profit.

Battle of Hobkirk Hill
2026-04-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Pennsylvania
Columbia SC

Artillery School Certification
2026-05-23 00:00 - 23:59 | Pennsylvania
Sylvania, GA

Beaufort's Massacre - SCSSAR National Event
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A Day of Thanksgiving at Valley Forge
2026-06-27 14:00 - 20:00 | Washington Memorial Chapel, 2000 Valley Forge Park Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, United States
In Honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence: On June 27, 2026, a special day of thanksgiving and worship is planned at Washington Memorial Chapel: The Nation’s Chapel at Valley Forge located on private property within the Valley Forge National Historical Park—one of America’s most hallowed places. The event will honor America’s 250th anniversary and the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans who over the years have given their lives so that others can live in freedom and peace.

The day will begin at 2:00 PM with a FREE viewing of the Sight & Sound film “A Great Awakening” telling the story of The Reverend George Whitefield’s powerful preaching during the first great awakening to tens of thousands of Americans and his unlikely friendship with Benjamin Franklin. The film reminds us of the vital importance of faith & morality for the formation of our nation — especially the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Washington Memorial Chapel is one of the sites on which the movie was filmed!

Following the movie, at 5:00 PM, there will be a special Evensong from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (the same prayer book that shaped George Washington’s faith). Brigadier General Ed Brandt, former US Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Army National Guard and Chief Chaplain, National Guard Bureau, and current Sr. Pastor for United Church of Marco Island, Florida, will give the sermon on this occasion of thanksgiving for God’s Providence in the formation of these United States of America. Plans for the event include live streaming and an outside screen for viewing due to limited chapel seating. Attendees are advised to bring lawn chairs for the movie and in the event chapel seating is unavailable, overflow will be on the lawn at the outdoor screen.

The liturgy of the evening will offer thanks to God for the many blessings He has bestowed on America over the course of the nation’s history to include special thanks for the bravery and patriotism of General Washington’s soldiers who greatly suffered at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. Over 2,000 of these soldiers suffered and died while encamped at Valley Forge due to sickness from lack of adequate food, clothing, and shelter.

The chapel honors not only George Washington but all patriots, civilian and military, who struggled and sacrificed for the freedoms Americans enjoy today. It expresses the belief held by the nation’s Founders and summarized by Washington himself in a letter to Pastor John Rogers on 11 June 1783: “Glorious indeed has been our contest…but in the midst of our joys, I hope we shall not forget that to divine providence is to be ascribed the Glory and the Praise.”

The Washington Memorial Chapel was built by and for the American people; it has never received any government funding and is truly the people’s chapel. Among other things, the coats of arms of all 50 states are embedded in the chapel’s wooden ceiling. As an architectural gem on the National Register of Historic Places, Washington Memorial Chapel preserves the sacred memory of the faith and resilience of the men and women who birthed a nation. It has stood since 1903 as a reminder and symbol of our great nation.

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