On Wednesday, May 7th, at the Montgomery Inn in downtown Montgomery, we held our monthly membership meeting.
On the meeting agenda was New Member Introductions, Youth Award Medals, a Gold 250th medal and Chapter and Individual Awards from the May 3rd OHHSAR annual meeting in Dayton.
As part of our Chapter Knowledge Exchange – featured at each of our meetings, we had a terrific presentation by Michael Gunn – the subject was the “Patriots of Color in the Revolutionary War”. This presentation was eye opening as it discussed the participation of troops and contributors of color during the American Revolutionary War. Also significant was Mike’s account of the number of these Patriots of Color who have been buried in Ohio and the Cincinnati area. Very well done! Wow, very informative! Would be an interesting presentation to folks in area school history classes and the Freedom Center.
On the new member front, our newest member is Marvin Joseph Mohlenkamp, Jr. who is the father of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Monica Mohlenkamp. Mr. Mohlenkamp shared the history of his family and lineage back to his patriot ancestor in the American Revolutionary War. The pride and level of detail he shared was inspiring. Welcome aboard!
Our newest Cincinnati Chapter member – Marvin Joseph Mohlenkamp, Jr. (c) given by George Stewart (r) who is our DAR Chapter liaison
Bob Bowers presented a “Gold 250th Medal” to Clay Crandall
Clay Crandall (c) receives certificate and medal “250th from Bob Bowers (r) and Scott Freeman (l)
Bob also presented the following members of the Youth Education team recognition medals for their tireless and faithful service to educate our youth on the history of the American Revolution. Compatriots Vincent McGeehan, Ed Bonniwell, Mike Gunn and George Stewart all received medals at this event or the most recent May 3rd State OHHSAR Dayton Annual meeting.
Vince McGeehan (c) receives a Youth Education Certificate from Chairman Bob Bowers (r)
Mike Gunn receives a well deserved “Certificate of Distinguished Service”
Nathan Chester was presented with a certificate and medal for his efforts supporting our Chapter and our SAR mission
Carol Gunn received an award “Daughters of Liberty” for her tireless service and dedication to supporting local, state and National SAR efforts.
The meeting was very active with the early session (5:30-7:00) used for capturing a Montgomery Inn meal or just catching up on friendships and activities folks are engaged in.
The formal part of the meeting started at 7:00 pm and concluded prior to 9:00 pm.
Come join us at our next meeting, Wednesday June 4th at the Montgomery Inn.
Note that we do not have a meeting in July and August, however resume monthly meetings in September (Wednesday 9/3).
We are very active as a chapter all year long including the summer months. Please check out the Chapter calendar via the link provided: Cincinnati SAR Calendar
We look forward to seeing you soon!!
