Columbia-Mid Hudson Valley SAR Chapter

Now for some good news:

The rest of our 2007 event agenda is looking stable.
� The Senate House-July 4th. I will check with the Senate House staff to see if anything special is set up for that day. If so, then I will make our Chapter present on that day. Maybe I will have one volunteer besides myself.
� Hurley Stone House Day-July 14th. All set to go. Have two volunteers besides myself � Art Bowen, Kevin Kitowski.
� Marking the Revolutionary War Trail in Kingston-TBA, sometime in the summer. Have one volunteer besides myself-    **Stephen Wood
� Hudson City Cemetery ceremony -TBA, sometime in late July, August. Good progress is being made. The 42 bronze grave flag markers are on order, we have received a Grant Funding donation from Wal-Mart and plans are formulating with color guard, band, Boy Scout to bury the markers, etc. Have four volunteers besides myself � *Dottie & Ralph Avery, **Vincent Wallace & Alan Coon.
� Mills Mansion Cemetery ceremony-TBA, sometime in late July, August. Good progress is being made. Al Coon has Bronze grave marker on order. Have three volunteers- Tim Middlebrook, Alan Coon and Bud Weaver.
� Heritage Day-Senate House, Kingston, NY September 15th. On schedule. Have one volunteer besides myself- **Stephen Wood
� British Burning of Kingston, NY October 20th � On schedule. No volunteers. I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary
and I won�t be available.
** Stephen Wood and Vincent Wallace are not even SAR members at this point.     * Dottie Avery - DAR member.

    I would like to see our chapter participate in annual events in Columbia and Dutchess Counties. Let me know of any.
We are looking for many volunteers for these events. Please help your Chapter get involved with the communities. Note: Our Chapter has been formally invited to participate in the Honoring of Recognition of Governor George Clinton on Memorial Day weekend in 2008. Meetings will continue throughout 2007 & 2008 by the Heritage Center of the city of Kingston and we have been invited to attend.
    Revolutionary War general, statesman and lawyer George Clinton was elected governor of New York for six successive terms, 1777 to 1795, and was called the Father of New York State. Winning support for the principles of the Revolution, Clinton brought an end to Indian problems in the western New York. Born in 1739 in New York, Clinton studied law and was elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1768, gaining a reputation as a defender of freedom of speech and the press. Appointed brigadier-general in 1775, Clinton was elected governor in 1777. An early opponent of the Constitution because of his belief in state sovereignty, Clinton was forced by popular demand to agree to its acceptance. Elected governor for the seventh time in 1800, he later became vice-president during the terms of Presidents Jefferson and Madison (1804-1812). Clinton died in Washington, D.C. in 1812.