Interesting Discovery

• 2024-12-23

While visiting the shops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Compatriots Dale Leppard and Rev. Douglas Reagan discovered a Revolutionary War Tooth Key. These instruments were used for tooth extraction. Our first Commander-in-Chief and President George Washington would have been familiar with this device. Hero of the American Revolution Paul Revere was trained in Dentistry and would also

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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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SAR Commemorates 250th Anniversary of Intolerable Acts

• 2024-06-12

and Conducts Grave Marking Ceremony that Pays Tribute to Cumberland County Patriots The Washingtonburg Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) is hosting a commemorative event to honor fallen patriots from the American Revolution. This solemn ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 15th, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. at the historic Big Spring

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SAR & DAR Present a Workshop on Researching Your Ancestors

• 2024-05-25

Saturday, May 25, 202410:00 a.m. – 3:00 P.M. LENIG-FOCHT LIBRARYHOME OF THE PERRY HISTORIANS763 DIX HILL RD., NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA 17068 The Perry Historians will open the doors to the Lenig-Focht Library on Saturday, May 25 for a workshop hosted by the Washingtonburg Chapter of the Cumberland County Sons of the American Revolution and the

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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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