Nevada SAR Signers Chapter

05/10/2026

05/05/2026

Saturday, the 2nd of May 2026, was a busy one for the Signers Chapter. Besides a dedication of the chapter’s new America250 monument at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, compatriot Bob Haywood represented the Signers Chapter during a parade in Mesquite, Nevada.

Mesquite Days, an annual celebration honoring the city’s heritage and community spirit, is a 3–4-day event. The 2026 edition marked the city’s 42nd anniversary and included a variety of events for all ages, from sports tournaments to live entertainment and family activities, including a carnival, Mayor’s pancake breakfast and a mile run. There was also a parade, which was a highlight of the celebration.

Marching in a colonial uniform, Bob held an America250 flag and joined the NSDAR Virgin Valley chapter for the 10am parade.

Thank you, Bob, for helping the Signers Chapter participate in important events in southern Nevada, such as this one.

05/04/2026

May 2nd, 2026, Dedication of the Signers Chapter's America250 monument to America's First Veterans. The chapter's Color Guard unit helped by presenting the colors at the event.

04/30/2026

On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office on an open-air balcony at Federal Hall in New York City, becoming the nation’s first president and officially inaugurating the United States’ constitutional republic. This historic moment set the foundation for the new government under the Constitution.

Today, Federal Hall National Memorial preserves the site that served as the nation’s first capitol, where the first Congress met, the Supreme Court held its inaugural session, and the Executive Branch officially began its work. The current building, completed in 1842, is a masterpiece of Greek Revival architecture, designed to resemble the Parthenon in Greece.

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/feha

04/21/2026

The concrete pad is down, waiting for the Signers Chapter’s new America250 Monument to be installed at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Memorial Garden, Boulder City, Nevada. Looking forward to the dedication event on Saturday, May 2 at 11am.

The monument, honoring America’s First Veterans, is made from granite quarried in the Great State of Georgia. The marble obelisk represents the Washington Monument with the cut angles at the top the same as the monument in Washington, D.C.

04/15/2026

“Lines Suggested by British Soldiers’ Graves on the Concord Battleground

04/14/2026

The Day the Guard Changed

Yesterday, we watched North Carolina take that massive leap with the Halifax Resolves. Today, the action shifts north to New York City, where the stakes became very real for George Washington.

Exactly 250 years ago, on April 13, 1776, Washington officially arrived in Manhattan. He had just finished liberating Boston, but there was no time for a victory lap. He knew the British weren't retreating; they were just finding a better place to land.

New York was a logistical nightmare for a rebel army. It was an island city surrounded by deep water, which gave the British Royal Navy every possible advantage. Washington walked into a town that was essentially an armed camp, with soldiers digging trenches in the streets and citizens packing up their lives to flee the coming storm.

It’s easy to look back and see the victory at the end, but on this day in 1776, the mood was thick with anxiety. The city was divided, the defenses were incomplete, and the world’s most powerful fleet was somewhere out on the horizon, heading straight for them.

As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we remember that leadership isn't just about the moments of triumph. It’s about showing up when the odds look terrible and the pressure is at its peak. Washington’s arrival in New York is a reminder that the "Spirit of '76" was built on grit and the refusal to back down from an impossible situation.

If you were standing on the Battery in 1776 watching the Continental Army march in, would you have felt like you were watching the birth of a nation or the start of a disaster?

04/14/2026

April 14, 1776 — John Adams and the Experiment of American Government

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, John Adams reflected on how quickly the colonies were moving from resistance to the work of government.

Writing to Abigail Adams on April 14, 1776, he predicted that “Governments will be up every where before Midsummer,” along with “an End to Royal style, Titles and Authority.” This was more than a forecast of separation. Americans were already deciding what would replace royal rule.

At first, many new governments followed familiar lines. Provincial congresses, conventions, and committees stepped into roles once held by royal governors and other imperial officials. They adapted the old framework, but without loyalty to the Crown, preserving order while redirecting authority.

But the deeper question was not simply who would govern. It was how government should be designed. The imperial crisis had exposed what many Americans saw as a weakness in the British system: too much depended on custom and restraint, and too little on clear legal structures to protect liberty. As old governments fell away, Americans were being pushed to think more deliberately about constitutions, balances, and written rules.

That made the spring of 1776 a moment of experimentation as much as revolution. While George Washington prepared the military defense from New York, Adams could see a parallel political struggle unfolding. Americans were testing what forms of government might best preserve liberty under law.

Adams also knew this process would not unfold evenly. He noted “an Aristocratical Turn” in the southern colonies. New governments would reflect differences in wealth, social structure, and power. The question was not only whether Americans would govern themselves, but what kind of self-government they would create.

Through this private letter, we see that by April 1776 the colonies were moving beyond protest. They were experimenting with new governments, rethinking political authority, and asking how liberty could be secured not just by inherited custom, but by institutions and law.

And that’s the way it was, April 14, 1776.