March 2015
The Saguaro Patriot
A newsletter of the Saguaro Chapter,
Arizona Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Saguaro Chapter to celebrate
50 years of service at April
11th Luncheon.
Purchase your tickets today.
You are invited to attend and celebrate fifty
years of celebrating our ancestors who
fought for our liberty.
Mrs. Thomas Ferell (far right), regent of the Aqua
Fria Chapter of the DAR, presents an American flag
to Frank Garrett, president of the Saguaro Chapter
of the SAR. Participating are (left) Ralph Pabst,
Phoenix, state SAR president, and Miss Jane
Mackay Anderson, Tucson, state DAR regent.
(News-Sun Staff Photo) Published in the Sun City
News-Sun, Thursday, October 21, 1965.
See order form on last page.
Come celebrate with us.
Registration will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the
Briarwood Country Club, 20800 North 135th Avenue
Sun City West, Arizona 85375
Saturday, April 11th.
Advance registration and payment of $25 per
person are required and must be received no later
than April 8, 2015. Guests are welcome.
Chapter Historian Allen Nash is preparing a
wonderful event. If you would like to assist with
preparation or have questions contact him at
623-566-1784 or email [email protected]
Olympia. Those remaining were interred in the Meuse
Argonne Cemetery, France.
Opportunities to be involved
with Society Activities
11 April 2015: 50th Anniversary Celebration of the
Saguaro Chapter. 11 a.m. Briarwood Country Club,
20800 N 135th Avenye, Sun City West, AZ.
18 April 2015: AZSSAR BOM Meeting. At The
Property, 1251 N. Gila Bend Hwy, Casa Grande. 9:00 –
10:00 Arrival & Check In; BOM meeting 10:00 – 12:00;
Lunch 12:00 – 2:00.*Chapter Presidents and Committee
Chairs:
13 June 2015: 119th anniversary of our 1st Arizona
Society Charter.
25 June – 1 July 2015: 125th Congress, in Louisville,
The Hyatt Regency is where rooms are available
1-502-581-1234.
19 September 2015 Constitution Day Meeting
25-26 September 2015: Fall Leadership Meeting,
Louisville KY. Call the Brown Hotel at 1-888-888-5252
for reservations.
Speaker Shares History of the
Selection of the Unknown Soldier in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Matthew Scott, enlightened the Chapter on how the
selection of the first unknown soldier in 1921 occurred.
He presented rare photos and shared the history of how
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier evolved.
On Memorial Day, 1921, four unknowns were exhumed
from four World War I American cemeteries in France.
U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger, who was wounded
in combat, highly decorated for valor and received the
Distinguished Service Medal,” selected the Unknown
Soldier of World War I from four identical caskets at the
city hall in Chalons-sur-Marne, France, Oct. 24, 1921.
Sgt. Younger selected the unknown by placing a spray
of white roses on one of the caskets. He chose the third
casket from the left. The chosen unknown soldier was
transported to the United States aboard the USS
The Unknown Soldier lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda
from his arrival in the United States until Armistice Day,
1921. On Nov. 11, 1921, President Warren G. Harding
officiated at the interment ceremonies at the Memorial
Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.
Chapter President Jan Huber presents speaker
Matthew Scott a SAR challenge coin for his
presentation on the Selection of the Unknown
Soldier.
Saguaro Chapter Board of Managers
Met February 14th.
The meeting followed our regular February Chapter
meeting. Compatriot Mike Fisch new editor of the
Saguaro Patriot, provided the BOM a copy of new
deadlines and publication dates for the newsletter.
The BOM discussed the need to update the
Chapter By-Laws to bring them in line with the new
State By-Laws. If you wish to assist please contact
President Huber.
Compatriot Allen Nash, chairman of the 50th
anniversary luncheon discussed the plans for the
April 11th event. Nash discussed the guarantee of
65 attendees required for the Briarwood Country
Club in Sun City West. Voluntary donations will be
solicited at the March Chapter Meeting to help
defray expenses.
President Jan Huber presents Compatriot Rick
Stahler a SAR Challenge coin for his six years
of service on the Saguaro Chapter’s Board of
Management at the February 2015 meeting.
New Compatriot Approved by
National SAR.
We are excited to welcome Gene Le Noue as our
newest Compatriot. Gene’s Patriot is Rev. Joseph
Louis Cheuvront who was born in Strasbourg
Alsace France 1 Feb 1757 and died 12 Aug 1832
in what is now known as Good Hope, West
Virginia.
He came to the Virginia from London at about age
15 and was bound to Moses Ellsworth who became
his future father-in-law.
During the Revolutionary War it is found that
Joseph served the Fort Hinkle Militia in 1775 under
Capt. John Skidmore. Joseph Cheuvront was
called out with the VA Militia in April, 1780 when
requisition was made on the state of Virginia for
300 men in the American Army of the Revolution.
He served until, and was present at, the surrender
of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA, on Oct. 1781."
We’ll save the rest of his story for Gene to share
with us upon his induction. President Jan Huber
believes this is the first foreign-born Patriot we’ve
had in the Chapter.
Attend Our March 14th
Saguaro Chapter Meeting
This is a photo of the headstone that was
placed by the DAR in the Good Hope Masonic
Cemetery, Good Hope, West Virginia. It is a
cenotaph as his remains have never been
moved from the Cheuvront Family Graveyard in
Goodhope, Harrison County, West Virginia.
Please Assist in Contributing
Content to the Chapters
Newsletter The Saguaro Patriot.
Compatriot Mike Fisch, now editor of the newsletter is
asking all Compatriots to share stories, photos,
calendar listings and history items for publication in
The Saquaro Patriot.
We will publish a newsletter the months we meet and
the more you contribute the better the newsletter will be
for all Compatriots. If you are involved with any activity
related to SAR or DAR or have a history of your Patriot
you would like to share send Mike Fisch a copy at his
email [email protected] so he can publish it in
the newsletter.
The next newsletter deadline
will be March 20th for the
April 2015 newsletter.
Saguaro Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
Is Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary
You are invited to attend a Celebration Luncheon
Saturday April 11, 2015
Registration 11:00 a.m./Lunch 12:00 Noon
Briarwood Country Club
20800 N 135th Avenue
Sun City West, Arizona 85375
Advance registration and payment of $25 each is required
no later than Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
GUESTS ARE WELCOME.
For further details or questions please contact Compatriot
Allen Nash at 623-566-1784 or email at [email protected]
Luncheon Entrees Choices Are:
Almond Crusted Chicken
*
Beef Sirloin Kabob
*
A Vegetarian Meal is available on request.
SUPPORT YOUR CHAPTER AND JOIN US TO CELEBRATE
50 YEARS OF PROGRESS