Camp Charlotte SAR 2025 posts, Parades & celebrations

2025 Mount Oval oration event

On Saturday April 19th Camp Charlotte held their youth oration event at the Mount Oval historical farm located in Pickaway county. This years event we had 3 contestants which all were invited to compete with the winner going to the state youth oration event in May the first place winner was Bella Patete pictured with the Ohio State Color Guard Commander Bob Hill and the second place winner Haven Leasure picture next to Richard Minshall Oration Chairman Ohio, SAR. The room was full of parents and other SAR members to witness these fine young people. Later the chapters of Hocking valley, Camp Charlotte and Marietta provide a Color guard salute to the activities at Lexington and Concorde with the Ohio State Color Guard Commander directing.

Photos courtesy Brooke Dunn

Camp Charlotte SAR 2025 posts, CCCSAR, Parades & celebrations

2025 State house 2 lights for Tomorrow State House event

Friday April 18th we had the honor to participate in a celebration on the State house west lawn for the 250th event of Paul Revere’s ride. Many were in attendance include the ladies for the local DAR chapters, the various local news companies were covering the event which was air later that evening and into Saturday. Members of the Hocking Valley and Camp Charlotte provided opening Color Guard duties with a musket salute in honor of Lexington and Concorde. At the end of the ceremony the state house cupola was lit with 2 individual light that were a symbolic gesture of the start of the Ohio 250th year long celebration.

Camp Charlotte SAR 2025 posts, CCCSAR, Parades & celebrations

2025 Elizabeth Sherman Reese DAR 125 birthday party

So Saturday the 12th we were invited along with others of the SAR Color guard unit to celebrate the 125th birthday of the Elizabeth Sherman Reese chapter of the DAR in Lancaster Ohio. It was a very enjoyable party at the local Knights of Columbus location as we fellow-shipped with other members of the DAR and our local Pickaway Plains DAR as well, all with great food and great conversation and tea. There were Bob Hill, Al Gummere, Don Miller and Tom Hankins (Hocking Valley SAR) and Max Demp (Camp Charlotte SAR) providing the Color guard duties with 2 ladies for the DAR participating as well.