Washingtonburg Chapter Holiday Dinner at Two Mile House in Carlisle

• 2024-12-23

Despite a few last-minute cancellations due to inclement weather and illness, approximately 50 members and guests of Washingtonburg Chapter gathered at historic Two Mile House in Carlisle on the 15th of December 2024 for the annual Holiday Dinner. The annual event encourages 18th century attire, which was worn by nearly half of those attending. The

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Washingtonburg Chapter Honors Revolutionary War Patriots

• 2024-06-16

The Washingtonburg Chapter, PASSAR sponsored a grave marking ceremony, which recognized the contributions of five Revolutionary War Patriots buried in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Newville, Pennsylvania. The Patriots who received the SAR Grave Markers are: Capt. Thomas Buchanan, Major William McFarlane, Sgt. William Denning, Artificer William Ferguson, and Pvt. Peter Tritt.

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Washingtonburg Chapter Receives PASSAR Award for Largest Membership Growth!

• 2024-05-07

May 4, 2024 – The Washingtonburg Chapter received the Trimble Trophy, the PASSAR award for the chapter with the largest growth over the past year (200 percent) at this weekend’s Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Board of Managers meeting! Pictured (left to right): Washingtonburg 1st VP Jeff La Marca, President Dale

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December 17, 2023 Quarterly Meeting & Holiday Dinner

• 2023-12-17

On December 17, 2023, the Washingtonburg Chapter held its first Holiday Dinner at the historic Two-Mile House at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Guests were encouraged to wear period dress! EPHRAIM BLAINE, WASHINGTONBURG, AND TWO MILE HOUSE. Ephraim Blaine was born in 1741 in Londonderry in the Kingdom of Ireland. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1745 with his

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