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Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

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  • Obituary: Leonard Wilson

    Leonard Charles Wilson, age 89, passed away quietly on April 20, 2020, at the Oak Hill Assisted Living Home in Grand Rapids, MN, where he had been a resident since November 2016. Click here for his complete obituary. Compatriot Wilson joined the Minnesota Society in 2014 through ancestor Robert Wilson, Sr.

  • Obituary: Mark Dean LaGrange III

    We have recently learned that one of our out-of-town members passed away last summer. Here is the published obituary: I encourage compatriots who have remembrances of our lost friend to post in the comments area below.

  • Autumn 2020 Newsletter

    Here is the Autumn 2020 issue of Minnesota SAR Salute, our quarterly newsletter.

  • Paying Dues Online

    We have arranged to send our annual dues invoices using the “PayPal Invoice” service to all members for whom we have an email address. Life members and others who don’t pay annual dues will receive an email request to donate to the State Endowment Fund. You may also click here to donate to the Endowment…

  • SAR Eagle Scout Contest

    The Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) sponsors its annual competition for youth who have earned the BSA Eagle Scout badge. Deadline is January 15, 2021.

  • Genealogical Research For Free and For Hire

    Most families do research themselves, but one may hire a professional researcher. “American Ancestors” offers such a service.

  • MN SAR Salute Online

    The Newsletter Editor and web site guru have collaborated to produce three volumes of our quarterly SAR Salute newsletter as downloadable PDF files. They are posted on the Newsletters page. For your convenience, here are links to the three volumes: Visit the Newsletters page to find the latest issues of SAR Salute.

  • Educational Game about the Revolution

    The American Revolution Institute has produced an educational game: https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/revolutionary-choices-game/ Here is what the web site says: Revolutionary Choices starts with the first shots at Lexington and Concord and follows the course of the Revolutionary War, as the British mount a series of campaigns to suppress the American rebellion before the French are tempted to…

  • Recognizing State Society Members Who Served in the Military

    Past President COL Ronald McRoberts coordinated the presentation of NSSAR War Service Medals and NSSAR Military Service Medals during the 2020 Washington Observance and Luncheon Meeting. 17 of the 22 recipients were present.

  • Hutchinson Eagle Scout Wins Minnesota Competition

    Jerome Hilgemann of the Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America is the Minnesota winner of the SAR’s Eagle Scout Scholarship and Awards Program. Jerome from Hutchinson, Minnesota, was honored at the annual George Washington Day Observance and Luncheon where he received the Spreading Wings Eagle Trophy as the Minnesota winner. His mother and father…

  • New Members – January 2020

    During the Annual meeting Secretary-Treasurer John Hallberg Jones presented certificates and rosettes to new members. If you are interested in joining our society contact: John Sassaman24838, Olinda TrailLindstrom MN 55045-8097612 520-1657sassamanjohn@gmail.com

  • Presidents of the Minnesota Society SAR

    Here is a list of recent Presidents of the Minnesota Society, followed by a table listing Presidents since its establishment in 1890: Table of MNSAR Presidents 1890-2020 Hon. Albert Edgerton, 1890-1895 Stanley S. Gillam, 1947-1948 S.J.R. McMillan, 1896 Mott R. Sawyers, 1949 Gen. John B. Sanborn, 1897 Allyn K. Ford, 1950 Daniel R. Noyes, 1898…

  • Migrating to a new MNSAR web site

    Welcome to the revised Minnesota SAR web site. There is also a Color Guard web site at https://sarmncg.blogspot.com/.