Wednesday the 14th Camp charlotte members had the honor to be present at Honor Flight mission 156. With Compatriot’s from the Benjamin Franklin Chapter we welcomed home some 70 + veterans returning from their visit from Washington DC. The veterans were well received with the Columbus police bagpipers and the Knights of Columbus.
October 3rd members of the Camp Charlotte SAR had the honor to be present at the ceremony of the last 2 patriots who are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville Ohio who served in the American Revolution. Patriot Elijah Bryan was only one of 11 who were awarded the Badge of Military Merit this was later change to be what is now known as the Medal of Honor for his service in the American Revolution and is buried there. In attendance was keynote speaker Major General Matthew Woodruff of the Ohio Army National Guard.
September 23 Camp Charlotte SAR with compatriots from Hocking valley, Lafayette SAR and the Benjamin Franklin SAR were honored to be present for the flight of returning veterans from mission 155 from Washington DC. Attendance was huge and when the veterans came down corridor many were overwhelmed with emotion and thanked all of us lined up there. The high point was a veteran that was 99 years old from WWII.
September 20th Camp Charlotte SAR was asked to help dedicate the planting of the churches first Liberty Tree on the grounds. After the morning service we gathered next to the tree and a brief explanation was given on what we were about to do. Many of the churches congregation witnessed first hand the honor the SAR gives to many liberty tree ceremonies.
September 17th members of the Camp Charlotte SAR and Hocking Valley were asked to be present at the Taste of 1776 event sponsored by the Ohio 250th commission. The event was centered around items and activities of the American Revolution. This was a sold out event of 500 people the food served was that of he period, the members added to the event with the various display that were common during the period.
September 13th members of the Camp Charlotte Color Guard was asked to present the ceremony opening the DAR event. With Camp Charlotte were members of the Chief Cornstalk CAR and Benjamin Franklin SAR and the president of the OHSSAR.
This September 11th 2026 the Camp Charlotte members were honored to participate in a grave marking event an hour and a half from Circleville at the Licking County Historical Site.
The attendance was surprisingly large for the little area covered. The State Color Guard Commander Kevin Driesbach did the honors of handling the group of Color Guardsmen for the various Musket vollys that were given.
2 September members Kevin Driesbach, James Dunn, Neil Dunn and Max Demp of the Camp Charlotte SAR chapter had the pleasure to attend the arrival of the Columbus Honor Flight 154. There were many other SAR organization that also attended and the whole event was a great success. All the honor flight members were very exited to see all the support the community had to offer.
Saturday 29 members of the Camp Charlotte SAR chapter had the honor to be present at the Richard Montgomery grave marking ceremony at Mound Hill Union Cemetery. This is the first for this cemetery as there are more that will be honored at a future date. The highlight was the firing of the memorial cannon at the end of the ceremony provided by the Cincinnati chapter SAR. Being a little short staffed Camp Charlotte members Kevin Driesbach and Max Talley helped along with Jim Cooper from Centennial in the firing of the cannon.
August 15th The Camp Charlotte chapter had the honor to attend the 244th Anniversary of the Battle of Blue Licks. The weather was constantly being watched as the threat of severe thunderstorms were forecast, however grace kept the storms at bay and the whole event went without issue. Though the humidity did increase the attendees overall didn’t seem to mind. Thanks to those who took the photos.
