THOMAS JEFFERSON CHAPTER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
TOPEKA, KANSAS
The Thomas Jefferson
Chapter meets at 7:00 P.M. on the second Thursday evening during the months of
September, October, November, February, March, April and May. Meetings will be at the Topeka and Shawnee
County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Avenue.
Typically meetings last about 1 1/2 hours and include a formal
presentation followed by a business meeting.
Read past chapter newsletters (through February 2009) and
minutes March 2009 until present.
For information
about the SAR or becoming a member, contact one of the following:
President: Brian Vazquez, 785-272-7647
Vice-President: Ramon Powers, 785-478-9526
Secretary: Roger L. Johnson, 785-273-0898
Treasurer: E.
Richard Kleinschmidt, 785-478-0520
Membership Committee
Chairman: Richard L. McReynolds
The
purpose of this Society is the patriotic, historical and educational
preservation of the memory of those who, by their services or sacrifices during
the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American
people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants, to inspire
them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the
principles of the government founded by our forefather; to encourage historical
research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the
records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as
documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by
appropriate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events
of the war and of the Revolutionary period; to foster true patriotism; to
maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to carry out the
purposes expressed in the preamble of the Constitution of our country and the
injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American people.
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