The Massachusetts Ratification Convention by Gordon Lloyd The Massachusetts Ratifying Convention met in Boston from January 9, 1788 to February 5, 1788 to discuss "the adoption of the federal Constitution." 370 delegates had been elected on October 25, 1787, and…
RI Society publishes Regimental Book for the First RI Regiment The Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution has announced the publication of Regimental Book First Rhode Island Regiment for 1781 by Bruce C. MacGunnigle with an…
Phoenix Welcomes the 122nd Annual National Congress The Arizona and new Mexico societies invite you to Phoenix for the 122nd annual National Congress, July 7-11, 2012. If you have never been to Arizona or new Mexico, we encourage you to…
Patriots Day: The Massachusetts Rebellion at Lexington and Concord Letter from Isaac Merrill (1708-1787) to John Currier 19 April 1775 Written by Merrill, a Colonel of militia, sending an account of the American militia’s opposition to British troops at Lexington…
Renowned Expert to Speak at Sunday’s Patriot’s Day Luncheon "The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation" By Alexandra Alter Wall Street Journal Internationally-known genealogical photo expert Maureen Taylor is to speak at our Patriot's Day Banquet on Sunday,…
1940 Census to be Released April 2nd, 2012 Important collection of family history streams onto websites. The 1940 census will be released online on April 2, 2012! Beginning tomorrow, you will be able to access the digitized census records at…
An Interview with Compatriot U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt By Timothy R. Bennett, Past Chairman Congressional and Governmental Relations Committee The ninth in a series of interviews with Congressional SAR members focused on Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. Past Chairman of the…
A New Window on Massachusetts' Vital Records By Emily Sweeney Boston Globe (March 20, 2012) Files-hunting couple sells trove to website DeLene and Jay Holbrook spent 30 years copying records in the state. (Todd Godfrey / Ancestry.com) Locked away in…
The Influence of Cambridge in the Formation of the Nation By Andrew P. Peabody, D. D. CAMBRIDGE was the first capital of our infant Republic, the cradle of our nascent liberty, the hearth of our kindling patriotism. Before the 3d…
Korean War veteran's Massachusetts family gets lost medal By Bridget Murphy, New York Times (18 February 2012) Lexington, Mass. (AP) - Connie Hadley Bachman's phone rang recently, and a stranger started speaking about something that's made the 84-year-old's heart ache…
