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Kentucky Society Sons of the American Revolution

The Kentucky Pioneer

February 2018 The Kentucky Pioneer, Volume 14 Issue 1

KY S.A.R. Officers-2017-18

President : Jesse Moore president@kyssar.org

President Elect: Geoff Baggett president-elect@kyssar.org

Vice President: Mike Sullivan vice-president@kyssar.org

Secretary: Rick Kincaid secretary@kyssar.org

Recording Secretary: Brent Hutchinson recording-secretary@kyssar.org

Treasurer: Richard B. Bierman treasurer@kyssar.org

Assistant Treasurer: Scott Giltner

Chaplain: Geoff Baggett chaplain@kyssar.org

Historian: Charles E. Scott historian@kyssar.org

Registrar: Gary Howard registrar@kyssar.org

Chancellor: John Doug Hays chancellor@kyssar.org

Surgeon: Dr. Larry Leslie surgeon@kyssar.org

National Trustee: Dr. Larry Leslie

national-trustee@kyssar.org

Alt. Nat’l Trustee: Charles R. Scott alt-national-trustee@ kyssar.org

Editor (Newsletter): Charles E. Scott editor@kyssar.org

Webmaster: Charles R. Scott webmaster@kyssar.org

KYSSAR Website:

http://www.kyssar.org/

“United we stand, divided we fall.”

New Kentucky Patriot Award designed to honor Forrest Chilton presented to Forrest by

former Miss America Heather French Henry.

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Louisville Thruston Chapter

Taking the Oath of Allegiance at the Naturalization Ceremony.

Color Guard at Naturalization Ceremony: (L-R) Chris Johnson, Mike Phelps, Paul Whitty, Eric McClain, Charlie Scott and Jon

Huffman.

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Louisville Thruston Chapter

Will Schrader poses with new citizen.

Color Guard members Chris Johnson, Jon Huffman and Mike Phelps pose with new citizen.

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Blue Licks Chapter-Youth Awards

Noah Grebe, freshman at

DuPont Manual High School,

was the winner of the chapter

Knight Essay contest.

The picture shows Daniel Goderwis, II being awarded The Lloyd Keith Miller

Memorial Scholarship which comes with a $100.00. Daniel also received $25.00

for 2nd Place in the chapter George and Stella Knight Essay contest. He is a fresh-

man at Williamstown High School. His father Daniel Goderwis, I was awarded the

Flag Certificate. His son and wife picked up the award for him. The compatriot

next to President Jackie Miller is James Whitehead, Jr.

The posters above were the winners of the chapter poster contest.

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Simon Kenton Chapter

In Sept 2017 the suburb of Cincinnati, Green township lost one of their Police dogs in the line of duty. Jack Sinkking a

member of my Veterans Group the USS Hornet Breakfast Group suggested to the Green Township Police Department that

we be allowed to purchase the re-placement police dog. Lt. Hill said that would be great that the total replacement amount

would be $10,000 dollars and that included the training.

Thanks to a major donor the we were able to raise the total amount. We chose the name Raider after Doolittle Raiders, Tom

Griffin and Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole. (Ray Hughes—Blue Air Force shirt)

Hear

Ye!

Hear

Ye!

The Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter

Invites You

to the Kentucky Society 2018 Spring

Meeting

Saturday, March 10

Lake Barkley State Resort Lodge

Cadiz, Kentucky

Meeting Schedule

Board of Governors 9:00 AM CST

General Meeting 10:00 AM CST

Luncheon 12:00 Noon CST

Afternoon Memorial Dedication

& Grave Marking Ceremony

3:00 PM CST

We will dedicate ten new headstones in

memory of the ten Revolutionary War

Patriots buried in unknown locations in

Trigg County.

Participants will earn credit for five Patriots

toward the Patriot Grave marking medal.

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Lt. Robert Moseley Chapter

Charlie Scott (center) with members of the Lt. Robert Moseley Chapter. The picture was taken at

Locust Grove, home of the sister of George Rogers Clark. Chapter members (L-R) Gary Tunget,

Maurice Worthington, Robert Brooks and Alan Bivens.

Gary Tunget and Scott Giltner.

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Ready for gun salute at the George Rogers Clark ceremony

The Kentucky Pioneer, Volume 14 Issue 1

George Rogers Clark 1752-1818

Reenactment of 1818 burial

Reenactment of the 1818 burial of George Rogers Clark.

Drawing of a young George Rogers Clark

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Compatriot Author Eddie Price

New books: “One Drop—A Slave” A frontier thriller and sequel to Eddie’s award winning book-”Widder’s Landing.”

And: “An Unlikely Trio”: A book about Louisville Jockey Roscoe Goose winning the 1913 Kentucky Derby.

Eddie Price and his wife at a book fair in Elizabethtown, KY.

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Gov. Isaac Shelby Chapter

Mike King at the book fair in Elizabethtown, KY.

Chapter members: (L-R) Charlie Scott, Rod Smothers, Bob Brent, Larry Selby,

Mike King and Tommy Jones review posters from Coleridge Taylor Elementary

School.