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Next Chapter Meeting:
June 16, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Ozarks
Technical College, Room 108
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The PATRIOT Newsletter
May 30, 2018 - Volume 38 #4
Ozark Mountain Chapter Springfield, MissouriEstablished 18 July
1981
Missouri Society
Sons of the American Revolution
In This IssueEagle Scout Court of Honor P. 4
WOLF School: Daniel & Nathan Boone P. 5
Freeman & Lyon Memorial Ceremony P. 6
WOLF School Graduation P. 9
Law Enforcement Medal P. 8
ROTC & JROTC Awards P. 10
President's MessageGeorge Swales
This year , May seems more l ike summer. With temperatures in
Missour i close to or at new record highs, outdoor activi ties are
in ful l
sw ing as ever yone enjoys being outside. The month also br ings
time for r ef lection on several signi f icant and notewor thy
Revolutionar y War Battles---the f i r st occur r ing in sultr y
Flor ida.
Dur ing the Revolutionar y War , Spain declared war on Br i tain
and, to fur ther weaken Br i tain, al igned i tself w i th France
by providing supplies and munitions to Amer ican Forces. Commander
of Spanish for ces in Nor th Amer ica, General Bernardo de Galvez,
established Spanish gar r isons in Louisiana. After successful ly
captur ing Br i tish posi tions in Louisiana and Mississippi ,
General Galvez turned his attention to Western Flor ida. After a
delay, a Spanish f loti l la ar r ived near Pensacola, which began
a two month constant ar ti l ler y and cannon bombardment of Br i
tish for ts. The eighteen-year occupation of Pensacola ended on May
8, 1781, w ith a Br i tish sur render.
After the 1763 signing of the Treaty of Par is, St. Louis became
par t of Spanish Louisiana. The Battle of For t San Car los occur
red on May 26, 1780. A former Br i tish mi l i tia commander led a
for ce of pr imar i ly Indians to attack the settlement. Lieutenant
Governor of Spanish Louisiana, Fernando de Leyba, led local mi l i
tia to for ti fy St. Louis. The mi l i tia successful ly w ithstood
the Br i tish attack on the West Bank tow n. On the East side of
the Mississippi , a simultaneous attack on Cahokia, occupied by
Patr iot Virginians, was also r epulsed, thus ending attempts by
the Br i tish to gain control of the Mississippi River.
Both these war time events point to the impor tant par t our
French and Spanish al l ies played in the
Revolutionar y War. This f inal vignette r ef lects on the
brutal i ty of a battle and how i t can be used to r al ly a countr
y.
The Battle of Waxhaws, or Buford's Massacre, was fought May 29,
1780, near Lancaster , South Carol ina. Abraham Buford led a
Continental Army against Loyalist for ces led by Banastre Tar
leton. Buford r efused an ini tial demand to sur render. Tar
leton's cavalr y attacked the Continental for ce and many,
including Buford, attempted to sur render. Tar leton was shot at
dur ing the ensuing tr uce and his hor se fel l on him. Loyalists
troops, thinking Tar leton was shot by Continentals, proceeded to
ki l l Amer icans and resulted in heavy Amer ican casualties. The
Battle became par t of a propaganda campaign by the Continental
Army to bolster r ecrui tment and inci te r esentment against the
Br i tish.
Returning to our May activi ties, events l ike the weather ,
heated up. WOLF School and Wil lard Histor y Club, along w ith
Memor ial Day at National Cemeter y and w rapping up JROTC Awards
made for a busy month.
June, 2018, promises to be as exci ting for OMCSAR. Thanks for
your continued suppor t!
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VISIT OURNEW WEBSITE
The website has many useful areas, including an ar chive of Patr
iot Newsletter s, chapter committees, patr iotic & histor ic
activi ties, and a calendar of upcoming events.
See a complete list of
OMCSAR Activities
Review the OMCSAR
May Chapter Minutes
HERE
Upcoming Events
June 11: Chapter Development Committee
Neighbors Mill, 6:30 pm
June 14: Flag Day Celebration, 11:00 am
Green County Courthouse
June 16: Ozark Mountain Chapter Meeting
OTC Room 108, 9:00 am
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
June 21: Ozark Trails Council Round table
First & Calvary Church, 7:00 pm
Scoutmasters & Heritage Merit Badge workshop
The WOLF School: WOLF is an innovative learning opportunity for
46 fifth-grade students with a special interest in nature and the
outdoors. WOLF offers an inquiry-based learning experience which
allows students to explore a comprehensive curriculum through the
context of environmental sciences and conservation. WOLF is a
partnership with the Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Bass Pro
Shops.
The WOLF School has asked OMCSAR to continue History Explorers
the next academic year with 10 sessions
Photos by: Margaret Swales Editor: Tom Sentman, 417-823-3902
[email protected]
Associate Editor: Erin Hotchkiss [email protected]
South Central Distr ict
Registration Form
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Chapter Events - May 7Willard High School History Club
Daniel & Nathan Boone
Dan McMur ray and Howard Fisk dressed in frontier mi l i tia
garb as they presented the Boone family frontier patr iots to WOLF
school students.
Dressed as Nathan and Daniel Boone, they shared the l i fe and
times of these frontier mi l i tia men. Daniel worked on the
western frontier as an Indian f ighter w ith his mi l i tia dur ing
the Revolutionar y War and Nathan Boone conducted simi lar mi l i
tia activi ties dur ing the War of 1812. .
Lef t : Compatr iots J Howard Fisk and Dan McMur ray pose w ith
Wil l iard High School Histor y Club students.
Lef t : Dan McMur ray discussed the l i fe of Nathan Boone and
his inf luence in the patr iot migration to Missour i .
Right : Howard Fisk, dressed as Daniel Boone, shares the
explorer 's stor y of opening the West.
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Chapter Events - May 6Eagle Scout Cour t of Honor - Jason Car
ter & Cooper Terry
Above: J Howard Fisk, Car ter , Ken Law rence, Steve Perkins,
and Norman Know lton stand w ith Eagle Scout Cour t of Honor Jason
Car ter
Above: Ken Law rence presents Eagle Scout Jason Car ter w ith
the Sons of the Amer ican Revolution Cer ti f icate of
Recognition.
Above: Eagle Scout Jason Car ter w ith his mother.
Above: Cooper Ter r y r eceives the Eagle Scout Cer ti f icate
of Recognition & Letter of Congratulations from members of the
OMC Color Guard
Right : Eagle Scout Cooper Ter r y w ith his parents.
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Chapter Events - May 4WOLF School: Daniel & Nathan Boone
The Patr iot Migration to Missour i
Dan McMur ray and Howard Fisk dressed in frontier mi l i tia
garb as they presented the Boone family frontier patr iots to WOLF
school students.
Daniel Boone rose to ?folk hero? status fol low ing his opening
of the Wilderness Trai l through Cumber land Gap in 1775. The
numerous and grandiose stor ies of Daniel?s exploi ts as an Indian
f ighter contr ibuted to his folk hero status.
Daniel Boone?s son youngest son, Nathan Boone, was a frontier mi
l i tiaman and an adventurer who helped open the west. In 1799,
Nathan Boone bui l t a home in Defiance, Missour i where his father
spent the last years of his l i fe. In the ear ly 1800?s, Nathan
settled in a grove of ash tr ees, now know n as Ash Grove. There,
Boone raised his chi ldren and spent his mature years in Southwest
Missour i .
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Above: Compatr iots J. Howard Fisk and Dan McMur ray explain the
frontier Daniel Boone tr ai l blazed.
Above: Fisk and McMur ray answer questions from WOLF school
students.
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Chapter Events - May 19Freeman & Lyon Memor ial
Ceremonies
Each year , dur ing the month of May, the Ozark Mountain Chapter
conducts a memor ial ceremony at the Spr ingfield National Cemeter
y at the grave of Patr iot Wi l l iam Freeman. Freeman represents
the hundreds of Patr iot Ancestor s who are bur ied in the State of
Missour i . We honor these men because of their spir i t and their
ser vice to their fel low man dur ing the forming of this new
nation.
Above & Lef t : Compatr iots Norman Know lton and Gar y Gift
are joined by Isaac Gar r ison DAR Chapter Regent Dee Dosch and
Ozark Mountain Chapter SAR President George Swales.
The monument in memor y of General Nathanial Lyon, the Union
General who was ki l led at the Battle of Wi lson?s Creek. He was
the f i r st general off icer to die in the war. We visi ted the
memor ial as a tr ibute to those who paid the ultimate sacr i f ice
to maintain our United States of Amer ica.
Above: Steve Perkins, J Howard Fisk, Gerald McCoy, Ken Law
rence, Dan McMur ray and Char les McMil l ian stand at attention
along w ith members of Troop 409, Drew Cr im, Jacob Oursbourn, Paul
Tudor II , David Ripper , Char les, Waterhouse, Don Under wood and
Paul Tudor.
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Chapter Events - May 19Freeman & Lyon Memor ial
Ceremonies
Right : OMCSAR compatr iot Gar y Gift presented the SAR Award
Streamer to Assistant Senior Patrol Off icer Drew Cr im of Troop
409.
Back (from left to right)
Scoutmaster Don Under wood, Asst. Scoutmaster Paul Tudor , Jacob
Oursbourn , Paul Tudor II , David Ripper , and Char les
Waterhouse
Above: Compatr iots of the OMCSAR gather to r emember General
Lyon
Front (from left to right) Compatr iots McAlear , Swales, Trent,
Know lton, Phi lbr ick, and Gift
Back (from left to right) Reinbold, Perkins, McCoy, Fisk, Law
rence, McMur ray and McMil lan.
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Chapter Events - May 19Ozark Mountain Chapter Meeting
Lef t : David Appleby, President General, administer s the Oath
of Off ice to Char les McMil lan as the MOSSAR Sgt-at-Arms
Above: Steve Perkins r eceives a Cer ti f icate of Membership in
the John J Pershing Society from Missour i Society Chairman Ken Law
rence
Above: Compatr iot Ken Law rence, LTC Cr is Brayman, Instr uctor
at Branson High School JROTC, and Vice President George Swales
Above: Ken Law rence, MOSSAR Color Guardsman of the Year
2017
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Chapter Events - May 21WOLF School Graduation - White River
Center
Members of the Ozark Mountain Chapter
conducted six Amer ican Histor y
programs for the 5th grade students of
the WOLF School. Graduates celebrate
the completion of their 5th grade year in
the unique inquir y based learning
program that focuses on developing
cr i tical thinking ski l ls. These programs
were met w ith great energy and
enthusiasm by WOLF students.
Lef t : 5th grade students anticipate being graduates of WOLF
School
Below : J Howard Fisk giving the key note speech to 5th grade
graduates
Above: Lauren Baer , pr imar y instr uctor for the WOLF School,
presents cer ti f icates of graduation
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Chapter Events - May 30Law Enforcement Commendation Medal
Above: Compatr iots Know lton, Swales, Detective Loe, Compatr
iots Law rence, Fisk and Spr ingfield Police Chief Wi l l iams
Lef t : Chief Paul Wi l l iams admires the Law Enfor cement
Award of Excellence presented to him when he was in Tulsa,
Oklahoma
Lef t : Spr ingfield Chief of Police Paul F. Wi l l iams,
Detective John C. Loe, Mayor Pro Tem Jan Fisk, and OMCSAR President
George Swales
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Chapter Events - May 30Law Enforcement Commendation
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Chapter Events - ROTC/JROTC Awards
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Chapter Events - ROTC/JROTC Awards
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South Central Distr ict Registration August 24 & 25, 2018 in
Spr ingfield, MO