Delaware Crossing Chapter
Society Sons of the American Revolution
For information on becoming a member, contact:
Bob Capps Dennis Nelson
President Treasurer
816-838-5500 913-888-0131
Members of the Delaware Crossing Chapter take great pride in belonging to the SAR Johnson County Kansas Chapter that:
Was named for the second post office in Kansas, which was located on the Kansas River where the Old Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Scott crossed. The ferry boat operator lived in the Grinter House, which is where the chapter was chartered on November 1, 1960.
Is the oldest and largest SAR chapter in the Kansas City metro area.
Is the home chapter of the co-founders of the National SAR Eagle Scout Recognition & Scholarship Program: Robert E. Burt and Former President General Arthur M. King.
Has produced a President General and several Vice-Presidents General: C.Y. Thomas, Arthur M. King, Robert O. Dickey and Herrick H. 'Kes' Kesler as well as an Executive Secretary for SAR, Colonel Ralph H. Goodell, Jr.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SAR?
The purpose of this Society is the patriotic, historical, and educational preservation of the memory of those who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers; to encourage historical research pertaining to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble of the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of George Washington in his farewell address to the American people.
ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP
Any man shall be eligible for membership in this Society who is 18 or over, the lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered service in the cause of American Independence, either as an: officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minuteman, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain.
Family tradition or legend in regard to the services of an ancestor will not be considered. The bloodline must be documented from generation to generation. We can help establish a documented genealogy through our workshops.
If you meet these requirements, please contact the Delaware Crossing Chapter membership & genealogy chairman or any of the chapter's officers listed above or your nearest Kansas chapter.
The Delaware Crossing Color Guard was on duty at each of the 13 colonial tree planting ceremonies in 1999. The trees are descendants of a 214-year-old tulip poplar that George Washington planted at Mount Vernon in 1785, and the chapter planted them and marked them in various prominent locations to observe the 200-year legacy of "The Father of Our Country" since he died in 1799.
Pictured: Barnett Ellis (kneeling) Victor Meador, Roger James, Kes Kesler, Gene Amos and Ralph Smith.