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Tuesday January 10, 2023
Guest Speaker: Shep Hammack
Topic: "Flags of the American Revolution"
Compatriot and current Chapter Historian Shep Hammack presented a discussion on the flags used by various groups during the Revolutionary War.
Our first Chapter President Shep Hammack has a long relationship with SAR and was the organizing President of our Mount Vernon Chapter in 2016.
He is the current National and State SAR Committee Chair for DAR Liaison and will be inducted as the State Metro Regional VP for 2023 at the
Georgia Annual Convention at the end of January 2023.
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
The Annual Mount Vernon Banquet
Guest Speaker: 2017 SAR President General Larry Guzy
Larry Guzy was born and raised in the Saint Louis area, graduating from a local Jesuit High School in 1966. From there, he went on to Marquette University, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. He is a US veteran, serving 3 years in the US Navy aboard the USS Independence aircraft carrier. In 1973, he and his wife, Karin, moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he had his own business handling insurance claims for 40 years, retiring in 2013.
Larry joined the Sons of the American Revolution in 1995. He was the 1998-1999 President of Roswell's Piedmont Chapter, and took his first steps into involvement at the National level in 1999. By 2017, Compatriot Guzy was the 127th President General of the National Society - SAR. He is a dual member of the Mount Vernon Chapter, with his primary membership at the John Collins Chapter in Marietta, GA.
He continues to participate in local, State and National events for the SAR. He was part of the large Georgia contingent that was in Savannah Georgia for the SAR's Congress in 2022.
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Richard Marsh and Dave Noble (R) previously spoke at Mount Vernon on March 14, 2017.
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Tuesday March 14, 2023
Guest Speaker: Dr Dave Noble
Topic: 'Atlanta in the Revolutionary War'
Dr. David A. Noble attended high school in St. Joseph, MI along the Eastern shores of Lake Michigan.
He attended the University of Michigan for three years, then graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1965.
He served in the U.S. Army - Dental Corps. from 1965 to 1967 as a Captain. He attended Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry from 1967-1969, receiving a Certificate in Periodontics.
Dr. Noble practiced Periodontics in Decatur GA for 41 years, and during much of this time he taught Periodontics part time at Emory University School of Dentistry.
He has been active in archaeology work and studying the history of the American Revolutionary War. He co-authored with Atlanta Chapter's Richard Marsh on the book "Patriots in Georgia Revolutionary War Engagements 1776-1782".
It was published by the Atlanta Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, where he has been a member for over 25 years.
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Tuesday April 11, 2023
Guest Speaker: Bill Goodman
Topic: 'The Presbyterian Rebellion' or as King George said, "That Damned Presbyterian War"
Bill Goodman returns to speak about the participation and persuasion of rebellion from the church pulpit.
An excerpt from Lorraine Boettner's book 'Calvinism in History'...
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With this background we shall not be surprised to find that the Presbyterians took a very prominent part in the American Revolution.
Our own historian Bancroft says:
"The Revolution of 1776, so far as it was affected by religion, was a Presbyterian measure. It was the natural outgrowth of the principles which the Presbyterianism
of the Old World planted in her sons, the English Puritans, the Scotch Covenanters, the French Huguenots, the Dutch Calvinists, and the Presbyterians of Ulster."
So intense, universal, and aggressive were the Presbyterians in their zeal for liberty that the war was spoken of in England as "The Presbyterian Rebellion."
An ardent colonial supporter of King George III wrote home: "I fix all the blame for these extraordinary proceedings upon the Presbyterians. They have been the chief
and principal instruments in all these flaming measures. They always do and ever will act against government from that restless and turbulent anti-monarchial spirit
which has always distinguished them everywhere."2 When the news of "these extraordinary proceedings" reached England, Prime Minister Horace Walpole said in Parliament,
"Cousin America has run off with a Presbyterian parson" ~ John Witherspoon, President of Princeton, Signer of Declaration of Independence.
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Bill Goodman is a graduate of Clemson University, and has a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Georgia.
He is the founder of Goodman McGuffey, a civil and commercial litigation law firm in Atlanta.
Bill is a member of the Atlanta Chapter and has spoken at Mount Vernon about 'The Revolutionary War in South Carolina' last October.
He has walked the Appalachian Trail (2,200 miles) and the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
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Tuesday May 9, 2023
Guest Speaker: Compatriot Kevin Baker (Mount Vernon Chapter )
Topic: The Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.)
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Kevin Baker has been a member of the Children of the American Revolution since the age of 5, and at one time the Baker's were a 4 generation family of affiliated CAR/SAR/DAR members.
He has held various offices on the Local, State and National level in the C.A.R., eventually becoming the first National President from the state of Georgia in the organization’s history.
He was also one of the youngest to ever hold the office at just 17 years old, being installed on the historic grounds of George Washington's Mount Vernon.
His National Project was to educate students and faculty alike through educational DVDs documentaries detailing the 2nd Virginia Convention, where Patrick Henry gave his infamous “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech.
Kevin has attended over 100 various grave markings and Color Guard parades through his C.A.R. career, including DAR's first official Kettle Creek Grave marking ceremony in the early 90’s.
He has wined and dined with President’s and International ambassadors alike, preaching the message of who and what the C.A.R. is about.
He is also member of the National Gavel Society and the Marietta National Memorial Society.
He is the recipient of the Bronze (by a Chapter), Silver (by the State), and the Gold Citizenship Medal, which was awarded by the President General of the SAR.
He currently serves as Honorary National President and is the SAR/CAR liaison for Mount Vernon.
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Kevin attended Gordon College where he served as the Student Government President and received his Associates Degree in Business Management.
He later received his Bachelors Degree in Political Science, concentrating on Urban Policies and City Development from Kennesaw State University.
His ancestry includes an assortment of patriots from -
- Calvary Captain James Benson, who fought at the battle of Cowpens and pursued British forces
who were in route to Kettle Creek.
- Captain Thomas Bradford who later became a Justice of the Peace.
- Arthur Lee II of Bleinham Hall from Charles County, Maryland who is the descendant of Richard Lee,
also known as Richard the Immigrant.
- Other various Captains, Naval Officers and militia privates with several having a SAR marker placed at their tombs.
He is a local tuxedo & suit tailor and stylist and a Roswell historian teaching locals and travelers alike about the history, haunts and legends.
He is currently married and he and his wife will be expecting their first baby in early July, bringing a 5th generation into the fold.
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Tuesday June 13, 2023
Guest Speaker: Compatriot Bill Kabel (John Collins Chapter)
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Topic: 'John Adams Patriot and President'
Biography:
Bill Kabel is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.
He served in the US Army as a Quartermaster officer, and was the Division Protocol Officer for the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
He also served in the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was Management Services Officer.
Bill worked and retired from the Sentry Insurance Company, and was the Assistant Council Commissioner for the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
He is presently on the National Society Veterans Committee - Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), and the NSSAR Veterans Recognition Committee.
In Georgia, he is a Representative on the Georgia Society VA Voluntary Services Council and a member of their Advisory Board,
and he is the Piedmont Chapter Veterans Committee Chairman. Bill also served as the Piedmont Chapter Vice President in 2014, and as President in 2015.
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John Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735.
A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses,
he led in the movement for independence.
During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James’s, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.
Adams’ two terms as Vice President were frustrating experiences for a man of his vigor, intellect, and vanity.
He complained to his wife Abigail, “My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man
contrived or his imagination conceived.”
(Text and Image Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-adams/)
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Our Chapter does not meet in July and August.
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Tuesday September 12, 2023
Guest Speaker: Karin Guzy
Topic: 'Founding Fathers - Gardening, Agriculture, and Botany'
For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation.
Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the Revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyist, and farmers.
Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adam's faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism.
Through these another stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.
Her Biography:
After careers as a journalist and in the advertising agency business, Karin retired and has pursued her plant addiction.
Karin is a Master Flower Show Judge, accredited by the National Garden Club, and recently closed her web-based retail business where she sold flower arranging supplies for 8 years.
She is the chairman of The Cobb Land Trust Inc., which oversees the operation of the 11.5 acre McFarlane Nature Park in East Cobb.
The two-acre garden she shares with husband Larry, has been her passion and joy for 36 years.
She is a member of the Sope Creek Garden Club and the Georgia Perennial Plant Association.
(Left) Basella ruba also Basella alba (light green)
Malabar Spinach the beautiful climbing spinach substitute for the South but not a spinach at all.
Rich in vitamins A and C, iron and calcium, low in calories, and a rich source of soluble fiber.
Growing Guide
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Tuesday October 10, 2023
Guest Speaker: Compatriot Emil Decker (Robert Forsyth Chapter )
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Topic: Marquis de Lafayette
Biography:
Emil Decker is currently the President of the Robert Forsyth Chapter of the SAR, editor of the Chapter's
'The Marshall' Newsletter
, editor of the
Georgia SAR State 'Hornets Nest' Newsletter
, and a member of the GSSAR Color Guard.
He has been the Editor of multiple newsletters, he does public speaking, and he participates in reenactments at Revolutionary War events.
Anyone who knows Emil sees the passion he has for Revolutionary War history and communicating information about Patriot's that fought for our Independence.
He is a retired Education Specialist (32 years teaching) with a BSed from the University of Georgia in Speech Communications/English/Drama, Industrial Arts.
He also holds a MSed. from the University of Georgia in Computer Based Education Specialist; plus a Specialist in Education from Lesley University, Online / Distance Learning.
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Tuesday November 14, 2023
Guest Speaker: Compatriot Chuck Olson (Mount Vernon Chapter)
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Topic: 'The Colonial Roots of the Georgia Courts (1733 – 1800)'
Chuck will answer the question, "Why do Georgia Courts do things in certain ways?"
The short answer is: Because the British told us to.
SAR Biography:
Chuck was a Charter Chapter member of the Mount Vernon Chapter (2016), a Charter member of the Chapter Fellows Fund (2018), Chapter Sergeant at Arms (2018 - 2021), Chapter Chancellor (2022 - 2023), and now GASSAR Chancellor.
He is the recipient of the SAR Military Service Medal (2015), Robert E. Burt - Boy Scout Volunteer Award and Medal (2017), and the Bronze Roger Sherman Medal (2023).
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Tuesday December 12, 2023
Guest Speaker: Compatriot Bill Kabel (John Collins Chapter)
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Topic: 'A Revolutionary Christmas'
Biography:
Bill Kabel is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.
He served in the US Army as a Quartermaster officer, and was the Division Protocol Officer for the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
He also served in the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was Management Services Officer.
Bill worked and retired from the Sentry Insurance Company, and was the Assistant Council Commissioner for the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
He is presently on the National Society Veterans Committee - Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), and the NSSAR Veterans Recognition Committee.
In Georgia, he is a Representative on the Georgia Society VA Voluntary Services Council and a member of their Advisory Board,
and he is the Piedmont Chapter Veterans Committee Chairman. Bill also served as the Piedmont Chapter Vice President in 2014, and as President in 2015.
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