OUR PATRIOTS
At the end of each of our Chapter meetings, we stand in honor of our Patriot and say his
or her name and identify the state where he or she served. So why is it that we have this ritual?
While every chapter has its own take on the opening and closing ceremonies for their
chapter meetings, every once in awhile you come across something that sparks an idea
for your own chapter.
In 2005 while attending a Board of Management meeting, two members of our Tualatin
Chapter heard about a chapter that was acknowledging their patriots at each of their chapter
meetings. Thinking that this ritual would be a great idea to remind ourselves
of why we are members of DAR and encourage members to know their patriots’ names
and states, they brought the information back to the chapter.
The chapter members then came up with what we now call “I Stand In Honor” which we
do at the end of every chapter meeting. Just before the meeting is adjourned, we all
stand and, one after the other, we say “I stand in honor of my patriot (stating his/her full
name and sometimes rank in the military) from (stating his/her state of service)”. This
ritual helps us to honor our patriots service during the Revolutionary War and the
beginnings of our country.
With the America 250! Committee promoting the upcoming celebration of our country’s
founding, standing in honor takes on even more meaning and ties in perfectly with the
mission of NSDAR.
or her name and identify the state where he or she served. So why is it that we have this ritual?
While every chapter has its own take on the opening and closing ceremonies for their
chapter meetings, every once in awhile you come across something that sparks an idea
for your own chapter.
In 2005 while attending a Board of Management meeting, two members of our Tualatin
Chapter heard about a chapter that was acknowledging their patriots at each of their chapter
meetings. Thinking that this ritual would be a great idea to remind ourselves
of why we are members of DAR and encourage members to know their patriots’ names
and states, they brought the information back to the chapter.
The chapter members then came up with what we now call “I Stand In Honor” which we
do at the end of every chapter meeting. Just before the meeting is adjourned, we all
stand and, one after the other, we say “I stand in honor of my patriot (stating his/her full
name and sometimes rank in the military) from (stating his/her state of service)”. This
ritual helps us to honor our patriots service during the Revolutionary War and the
beginnings of our country.
With the America 250! Committee promoting the upcoming celebration of our country’s
founding, standing in honor takes on even more meaning and ties in perfectly with the
mission of NSDAR.
OUR PATRIOTS
Delaware
MEREDITH, John Wheeler
GeorgiaMaryland
GAITHER, Benjamin
Virginia
BAKER, David
EZELL, John ENGLAND, David FORTSON, Thomas FRANCISCO, Ludwick LEWIS, Samuel MORRIS, Richard POWELL, Levin PRUITT, John RITCHIE, Francis ROUNDTREE, Dudley WARDLAW, William WETZEL, Adam Rhode Island
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Pennsylvania
BARTON, Elisha
BUCHANAN, George BUCKWALTER, David DEEMS, Mark HOBLIT, Johannes HOOPES, Ezra JONES, Jacob OBERLY, John Michael SANTEE, Valentine SIEMONS, Robert SMALL, Nicholas SPRINGER, Philip WHITE, Thomas Connecticut
BLOUNT, Walter
CAMP, Job FAIRFIELD, William FARMUM, Levi FULLER, Abraham PECK, Ehpraim PEMBERTON, Patrick Grant PHELPS, Norman SHERWOOD, Abel SYKES, Victory TRUMBELL, David TYLER, Samuel South Carolina
CALHOUN, Rebecca Floride Pickens
LAWTON, Joseph |
New Jersey
CORWIN, Richard
DE HART, Hendrick STEWART, John SR. TINGLEY, Lemuel TUTTLE, Sylvanus Massachusetts
ADAMS, Oliver BAKER, Samuel BEALL, Benjamin SR. CHILDS, Daniel JR FLINT, William HAWKS, Abjah HAYNES, Jason HOLT, Jonathan HOWES, Jeremiah KING, Amos LARRABEE, John SAMPSON, Jacob SMALL, Elisha Edward SNOW, Samuel TROWBRIDGE, Edmund WATTS, Nicholas WEBSTER, Constant SR. New Hampshire
BINGHAM, Jonathon
BOODY, Azariah JEWETT, John MASON, Perez North Carolina
BANKS, Thomas
BELL, Robert MCDOWELL, Joseph NAVE, Abraham PIPPEN, John SMITH, Anderson THRASH, Valentine TILLEY, John WILKIE, William WEAVER, Samuel |
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