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COWETA FALLS CHAPTER HISTORY COWETA FALLS CHAPTER, SAR: HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY FIGURES OF 40 YEARS 1976-2016, with added years to 2019. For a complete history, please visit our webpage:
https://cowetafallssar.org/history.shtml

[Note about sources: Chapter papers now in the Columbus State University Archives contain great scrapbooks from the early 1980s; regrettably, chapter meeting minutes, Annual Reports and BOM minutes are missing for most years.]

I. Founding and Early Years

The Bicentennial of the United States-1976-gave impetus to the founding of a chapter of SAR in Columbus. A group of men began meeting at the Bradley Library in Jan. 1976 to consider forming a local Chapter of the Son of the American Revolution. Temporary officers were chosen and recruitment of potential members started. Ten months of action and applications followed. Chapter Name: Why "Coweta Falls"? This is a historic point on the fall line of the Chattahoochee River: the Indian town of Coweta was located nearby; Oglethorpe visited here in 1739 to make a treaty with the Creek Indians; much later the town of Columbus founded (1828) at the Falls. The Falls provided power for the cotton mills and marked the starting point for navigation southward on the River. "Coweta Falls" made a fitting name for the new Chapter. In May, 1976, the organizers presented a "letter of intent" to the Georgia Society and received approval. The flurry of recruiting and membership applications paid off: on 23 October 1976, the President of the Georgia Society presented the Charter of the Coweta Falls Chapter. The first chapter president had a historically echoing name: Lt. Samuel Henry Adams. [Installation Program and Charter Members names are in the Archives.]

10/30/2026

President Robert Moore gave a presentation about SAR to LaGrange Chapter DAR this past week.

10/27/2026

Coweta Falls SAR was represented by Bill Pruitt, Tommy Powell and Robert Moore at the State BOM meeting with several more on Zoom.

10/24/2026

Coweta Falls SAR also took the Traveling Trunk to St. Luke School.

10/23/2026

Coweta Falls recently traveled to Chattahoochee County to present the traveling trunk.

10/21/2026

Coweta Falls SAR at River Road Elementary with their Traveling Trunk!

10/10/2026

Coweta Falls SAR had a very interesting October meeting this past Thursday! We had lunch, a business meeting and then Colonel, U.S. Army Retied (and our member), gave an informative presentation about The Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

09/26/2026

Silas Deane (January 4, 1738 [O.S. December 24, 1737] – September 23, 1789) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, and a supporter of American independence. Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, and then became the first foreign diplomat from the United States to France, where he helped negotiate the 1778 Treaty of Alliance that allied France with the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

He was portrayed at today's Lafayette Festival on LaFayette Square in LaGrange by Forrest Johnson; a member of the Coweta Falls Chapter. The LaFayette Festival was September 26, 2026, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM. It began with a prompt introduction of the event, followed by the national anthem and a musket firing! Afterwards, people conversed with the friends and family of Lafayette! Forrest's son, Gunner (Forrest, V), portrayed a young LaFayette. Pictured above is Forrest, his wife, Shannon, and their son, Gunner.

09/23/2026

Chuck and James Hall of Coweta Falls SAR attended Columbus City Council to accept a proclamation with members of George Walton and Oglethorpe Chapters DAR and Lucy Spell Chapter C.A.R. The proclamation was to recognize Constitution Week which is September 17-23. The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1987 in Philadelphia, making 9/17/2026, the 239th anniversary.

09/19/2026

Chuck Hall represented Coweta Falls at the George Walton Chapter DAR Bell Ringing on Constitution Day. He helped ring bells 239 times.

09/12/2026

Coweta Falls SAR had a wonderful evening last night celebrating their 50th anniversary along with George Walton DAR who celebrated 125 years at City Mills. Thanks to Chuck Hall, Julie Hobbs, Jan Caves and Bill Pruitt for all sharing their pictures

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