N.S.C.A.R.'s Blog (9)

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The 2016 - 2017 N.S.C.A.R. National Theme is Freedom's Thunder . During the course of our nation’s history there have been many landmark events with long-term positive effects, however; only one holds the distinct claim of being the final liberation of our citizens. The siege of Yorktown was a series of battles that shook the foundation…

Two hundred forty years ago General George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, took to the field with his troops and spent the next eight years engaging in a military campaign to secure freedom for our patriot ancestors and their posterity. He made some of his toughest decisions in his sleeping and office tent, what we…

The Colorado State President's Project is the Denver Fisher House(DFH).  DFH serves a nine state area. It opened in 1993 at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Campus in Aurora, Colorado as one of the original Fisher Houses.  It is indeed the “Home of…

Each year, the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution creates a National Theme and the National President develops a program that will benefit the Society and the nation.  Led by National President Betsy Ehmcke and Senior National President Billie Spence, our National Board promotes the project and…

The 2013 - 2014 C.A.R. National Theme is "Pursuit of Happiness."

Quoted from the National Program Packet, We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Our nation’s…

The 2012-2013 CAR National Theme is "Saratoga - The Turning Point." 

Quoted from the National Program Packet - "The Battle of Saratoga was actually comprised of two battles, taking place 18 days apart in the fall of 1777. But what set the scene for these clashes? Imagine yourself in the colonies in the early days of 1777. The joy and excitement of the…

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, members of the William Smith Livingston Society gathered at Rocky Mountain National Park where Ms. Diane Harpold presented a very educational program.  The purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.  It is administered by the Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS, Secretary Ken Salazar of Colorado) and the Commerce Department’s National Marine…

The 2011-2012 CAR National Theme is “Living the American Dream.”  Quoted from the National Program Packet - “Our Founding Fathers had a Dream for what they wanted America to become, and great risk came with the action on that Dream for them and everyone else who gave aid to the…