On Wednesday January 25th, there was a Naturalization which grants US citizenship to individuals who have gone through a formal and extensive admission process.
Jerry Knight of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution was there to welcome around 50 new citizens from 31 countries.
On February 18th, there will be a Presidents Day Celebration Luncheon.
America’s First Couple – Martha (she will be joining us) and George Washington
This will be a combination DAR, SAR and CAR event.
With regrets, our next practice session scheduled for Sunday January 22nd has been cancelled.
Periodically, we hold training sessions to practice our marching skills and work out kinks in our technique.
This session will be rescheduled to a later date.
Cincinnati SAR Color Guard executing a musket volley
Our chapter participates in numerous events showcasing our Color Guard. This is a very serious responsibility and practice makes perfect.
Thomas Paine was one of the most influential founding fathers, however does not get much publicity or notoriety.
In fact, his direct style of communicating turned off many. Word has it that six people showed up at his funeral.
None the less, this man had the greatest impact as his carefully written words and at the time unheard of views were the bed of coals driving the fires of revolution.
Thomas Paine
Braving brutal weather elements (OK, a little rain), a group of SAR volunteers (self named the “CCSAR Self-Storage Brigade”) moved the first batch of “SAR Permanent Files” from Jack Bredenfoerder’s home.
December 28th is the unofficial birthday of Cincinnati!
Cincinnati in 1800.
That’s right 234 years ago the first surveyors landed on the landing right around where Walnut street would meet the river today. Gather around and let me tell you the story!
We begin in 1787 when a New Jersey Man named Mathias Denman decided to purchase from John Cleves Symmes, 800 acres of land in south west Ohio between the Little and Great Miami rivers across from the mouth of the Licking river.
The river back then was much different then than it is today. No dams, no maintained water levels, shallow in spots.
Denman had fought in the militia during the revolutionary war and took advantage of land grants awarded to him for his service. He owned land in Central Ohio as well as in Kentucky. He saw an opportunity to build a ferry over the Ohio River to Kentucky. It was also a great spot for a settlement.
He partnered with two men Robert Patterson and John Filson. Robert Patterson who had been in Kentucky for a few years building a fort in what is now Georgetown, KY and helping to build the community of Lexington. Patterson was in charge of finding settlers. Deman also asked John Filson to join.
The Ichabod Kane like John Filson, was a teacher and a scholar. He wrote the first “History of Kentucky”. If it wasn’t for John Filson, Daniel Boone would not have been a household name. Filson was in charge of surveying the land and mapping out the lots.
There was initial meeting in September of 1788. The three land speculators with their team, met up with Symmes and his team to map out the 800 acres together. On this trip Filson was separated from the group up near where Colerain Township is now and was never seen again.
Israel Ludlow who had been working for John Symmes took Filsons’ place in the group. After meeting as a group, Patterson returned home to Lexington to advertise for settlers, Denman returned to New Jersey, and Ludlow to Limestone, now Maysville to gather supplies. They made plans to return in early December 1788, however, due to ice in the river, they didn’t start out until December 28,1788.
Upon landing in the area, the first cabin was built by Joel Williams who was part of Ludlows’ survey team. It stood about where the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame is now. It was a very small two room cabin with a dirt floor and a fire place.
Next Joel build his own cabin which also doubled as a tavern. It was located about where the fountains shoot out of the ground across from Morlein House.
Cincinnati just kept growing and changing and growing some more. We are still changing and growing and making new history every day!
At first the city was named “Losantiville”. This name is made of four words from different languages. It means “The city opposite the mouth of Licking River”. “Ville” is French for city, “anti” is Greek for opposite, “os” is Latin for mouth and “L” is all that was involved with the Licking River.
We are so lucky to live in such an amazing town! Happy Birthday Cincinnati!
We sure do love you ! ❤️
Article submitted by George Stewart, President of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution
Below is also another article published about the founding of Cincinnati
Ever wonder what it was like to be a prisoner of war in the American Revolutionary War time frame?
Attached is a paper titled “Treatment of Joel Green and Other Colonial Revolutionary Prisoners by Great Britain” which is authored by Dr. Mike Gunn, Ph.D.. This article answers some of those questions of a forgotten element of warfare. Continue reading
It is great when folks come together to help with a worthy cause!
This past Saturday 1/7/2023, there were about 25 volunteers who descended on the Spring Grove Cemetery.
A few of the loyal SAR members who came out to help in the clean up. Mike Gunn took the photo. Bob Bowers who leads this WAA effort for CCSAR escaped this photo shoot.
If you are like me, I have lots of paper documents which have accumulated over the years.
Past business documents, inherited papers from parents and grandparents, your kids report cards (and some of our own), tax returns, etc..
Many of these documents have confidential information on them, so simply adding to the recycling bin is not prudent.
You want to get rid of them, however fear that you will need something in the future.
It can be paralyzing, you want to do something, however are frozen into inaction. Scanning it gives you permission to “release” the paper, knowing you can find it if needed.
Wanted to share my recent experience and hope it helps.
My wife and I committed to get rid of the clutter stored in our basement.
We purchased an Epson ES-580W scanner. My sister told me about a different Epson model she purchased (she wanted to scan photos). Note there a number of Epson models to meet your specific needs. There are other brands which accomplish the same, your choice.
Figure out what you need and find a model that matches that need.
Buy on Amazon.smile and add Cincinnati SAR as a charitable organization to help us out with some “cash back” to the CCSAR.
We needed a unit which would gobble up many years of stored 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets of paper.
This baby will scan 50 sheets of paper, double sided in no time. It will continue to add pages to a single PDF document until you tell it you are finished and save it as / where you like.
Store these PDF documents in an organized file system on your computer to permit finding them. Always add these new file to your file backups to assure you are protected in the event of an emergency.
It will not copy items taped or stapled to a sheet of paper, so those need to be removed and the individual receipts can be center orientated and fed into the machine. It does not like staples, so those need to be removed. The little time spent making sure the documents are in good order will save you time. We noted it doesn’t care if it is a standard 11″ page or 14″ (legal) documents.
Our experience was simply awesome!
At this point, we have created 18 banker boxes of paper to be shredded. We have contracted with a service which stops at our home (or business) and grinds the documents on the spot. They stop by tomorrow and I can report on our experience with them.
This topic may not be SAR specific, however is intended to be a “Member Benefit”.
There is now an empty section of shelves in my basement, my wife and I are feeling good about our effort. These documents are now on our computer and backed up to an external source – hows that for document protection!
Good luck with your efforts to reduce and downsize!
Happier New Year!
UPDATE 1/11/2023
We had the on-site shredding company arrive at our home. They took our 18 copy paper boxes full of paper to be shredded. They completed the shredding at the end or our driveway. We watched them stuff the boxes into the grinder/shredder. Took about 15 minutes! They did a fantastic job and this completed our “clean out effort”.
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Want to hear the direction of the Ohio SAR for 2023?
Plan on participating in the Ohio SAR Board of Management Meeting on the evening of Friday 2/3 and Saturday AM 2/4.
This year the event will be held at the Maumee Bay Lodge in Oregon OH.
Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center
Arrive in late afternoon on Friday February 3rd, and depart after events on Saturday morning February 4th.
Quick itinerary (see attached for complete and registration form):
Rooms are available at the Maumee Bay Lodge (hosting event).
Attached is the event flyer with all reservation, pricing, and key information.
OHSSAR Winter BOM Registration Feb 2023
Heads Up – Reservations are due by January 19th to Mike Blum.
Location information:
1400 State Park Rd
Oregon, OH 43616
Map location – add your address for directions and trip estimate:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=maumee+bay+lodge+map&atb=v320-1&ia=maps&iaxm=maps
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