Sandhills Chapter SAR

09/17/2026

On September 15, 2026, The Sandhills SAR Chapter Celebrated US Constitution Week with a chapter dinner at the Pine Crest Inn in Pinehurst, NC. Compatriots from the Sandhills SAR Chapter, DAR Ladies from The Alfred Moore, Temperance Smith Alston DAR Chapters and the Children of the American Revolution Chapter attended.

Bruce Fenlsey, Sandhills Chapter Immediate Past President, presented:

The SAR 40 Year Membership Award to Sandhills Compatriot Paul Herrington. Thank You Paul and Well Done!

Sandhills Compatriot (Charter Member) William(Bill) Loeser received his 5th year SAR Membership Award.

COL (Retired) Pat Niemann (NCSSAR Alternate Trustee) presented the NSSAR Sam Adam's Congress Appreciation award to Bruce Fensley for his service in the 136th SAR Congress and 250th Anniversary in Greensboro, July 2026.

Sandhills Chapter Compatriot (Charter Member) presented a SAR Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Bill Case for his dinner presentation of "The Piney Bottom Massacre"

06/16/2026

On June 13, 2026, Sandhills Chapter Compatriot and Eagle Scout Committee Chairman, Steve Lawrence, presented scout Harrison Knight with the SAR Eagle Scout Medal and Certificate for his Outstanding achievement in Moore County. Harrison's Eagle Scout project was to design and build a pergola for the Pinehurst Garden community.

Harrison, Congratulations and Well Done!

01/24/2026

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12/03/2025

Today, Bruce Fensley, Sandhills SAR Chapter Youth Committee Chairman and Liz Pierson of the Temperance Smith Alston DAR Chapter, presented a Revolutionary War Program in North Carolina at the McDeeds Creek Elementary School, 5th grade History Classes (5- classes, 108 Students). History Teacher Ms. Laura Sullivan

After just completing the Fall Semester learning about the founding of our Nation, the students were very interested and engaged while just .

Another event toward the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence July 4th, 2026.

It was great to collaborate with the Temperance Smith Alston DAR Chapter during this event.

11/29/2025

ON THIS DAY November 28th in 1775, Captain Samuel Nicholas became the first officer commissioned in the Continental Marines (now the U.S. Marine Corps).
Captain Samuel Nicholas and his men stormed the beaches of the British-held island of New Providence in the Bahamas on March 3, 1776.
It was the first amphibious landing by the Continental Marines.

The 220 Marines were on a mission to gather military supplies. They landed, captured the town and took possession of its two forts and shells, shot and cannons, but alas, more than 150 barrels of gunpowder had been shipped out by the British governor! They also seized several brass cannons and mortars that were later put to use by George Washington’s Continental Army.

A British 6-pounder cannon was also captured by Major Nicholas' Marines at Nassau. Today it is at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

11/27/2025

250 years ago this week, Henry Knox, a 25-year-old bookseller turned Continental Army colonel, departed from Boston on one of the most daring logistical missions of the American Revolution. His task was a near-impossible feat: travel to American-held Fort Ticonderoga, retrieve its captured British artillery, and haul the guns nearly 300 miles back to the American siege lines around Boston.

Over the next two months, Knox and his men would engineer one of the great early triumphs of the war. Battling snow, ice, freezing rivers, and rugged wilderness, they successfully transported 59 pieces of heavy artillery—mortars, howitzers, and massive cannons—on sleds drawn by teams of oxen.

Gen. George Washington called the achievement “a prodigious undertaking,” and it proved decisive. When the guns arrived in Boston in early 1776, they were emplaced on the heights surrounding the city, forcing the British to evacuate Boston in March. Knox’s successful journey was a testament to the ingenuity, endurance, and resolve of the fledgling Continental Army in the early stages of their fight for independence.

11/27/2025

We wish a Happy Blessed Thanksgiving to our Compatriots and All Americans.

"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field — the object is attained — and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them."

George Washington, letter to the Reformed German Congregation of New York City, November 27, 1783

Image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_61.11

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to All our Compatriots and our Nation

"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field — the object is attained — and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them."

George Washington, letter to the Reformed German Congregation of New York City, November 27, 1783

Image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_61.11