Events, News, Society Private |
The Lancaster County Chapter celebrated Washington’s Birthday on February 21st with more than 50 members and guests in attendance. Guests included speaker Craig Coleman who is a descendant of the family that developed the Elizabeth Iron Furnace in northern Lancaster County. The furnace supplied the Continental Army with munitions and later became the engine … Read more
Ancestors & Genealogy, Color Guard, Events, Flag Collection, Monuments, News, Society Private |
On a cool and breezy afternoon of April 26, Society members and guests gathered at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne Pennsylvania to commemorate the encampment at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. Our annual Society church service is always a statement event, encompassing history, commemoration of our ancestors, memorializing recently deceased Society members, … Read more
Events, Flag Collection, News, Society Private |
The 138th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution was held Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the 23rd Street Armory of The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, with a good crowd in attendance on a warm evening. Christopher Michael Whelan, 39th President, called the meeting to order at 5 p.m. Color … Read more
Artifact Collections, Color Guard, Events, Flag Collection, News, Public |
Saturday April 11 was the Grand Opening of the newly restored Muhlenberg Speaker’s House at Historic Trappe in Trappe, Pennsylvania. For this important event, the Society’s Color Guard provided a complete Static Display of all our Color Guard standards and flags as part of the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. This is the new location of our … Read more
University of Pennsylvania scholar Dr. Emma Hart, an authority on trade and commerce in early America, was the Society’s guest lecturer on March 31 at Historic Waynesborough. Dr. Hart, Chair of the History Department and Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, talked about 18th Century differences between America and Britain in terms … Read more
President Whelan’s Member Outreach Initiative continues to organize popular membership receptions. Following on from our social last year at Taylor House Brewing in Catasauqua, PA, this year we chose The Sun Inn and Tavern in Historic Bethlehem, to host our Lehigh Valley membership for a convivial gathering on March 19th. The events of that day … Read more
News, Public, Sons Speaker Series |
The Society hosted popular historian Jim Segrave-Day at Historic Waynesborough on January 27, 2026, for a lecture on how the 1777-1778 Valley Forge encampment molded a loosely organized Continental Army into a disciplined and effective fighting force capable of winning the Revolutionary War. Segrave-Daly, who is from Havertown and speaks widely on historical topics, … Read more
Events, Monuments, News, Public |
On a snowy morning of December 16th, on the 248th anniversary of General George Washington’s Continental Army Encampment at Gulph Mills (13-19 December, 1777), the Society held an important rededication ceremony for the historic monument that has recently been relocated back to this historically accurate location, the actual site of the historic encampment. The … Read more
Color Guard, Events, News, Public |
Each December, on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinated wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 5,200 other locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad. On Saturday, December 13th, 2025, The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the … Read more
Imagine, if you will, back to 1892 – Grover Cleveland was elected U.S. President, Ellis Island first opened as an immigration station, the Sierra Club was founded by John Muir, and our fledgling Society, just a few years old, placed one of our very first historic monuments to forever recognize and memorialize the Continental … Read more