Stoney Creek Chapter, NSDAR

08/17/2026

Stoney Creek Cemetery is home to a Revolutionary Soldier!

As one of the first settlers in Stoney Creek Village, Michael Van Wagoner was the first man buried in this cemetery in 1825. He was a Revolutionary War Veteran, and served as George Washington’s Guard at Valley Forge. Michael owned property on Washington Road. Because his burial location in this cemetery is unknown, his descendants had the monument face north instead of east/west.

The Museum provides a free handout at this cemetery that allows you to explore the remarkable people and stories in this cemetery.

The Rochester Hills Museum archives are full of fascinating stories about our community’s past and Museum exhibits fill the dairy Barn and several of our smaller barns. The Museum is open for self-guided tours on Fridays and Saturdays from 12 – 3 pm with a guided tour of the Van Hoosen Farmhouse and Red House starting at 1 pm.

08/14/2026

08/14/2026

08/14/2026

An educational moment.

08/14/2026

August 14, 1765, Boston's Sons of Liberty gathered beneath a great elm tree to protest the Stamp Act, Britain's first direct tax on the American colonies. They hung an effigy of the local stamp tax collector from its branches, and that elm soon earned a new name: the Liberty Tree.

It became a rallying point for Patriots in the years that followed, a living symbol that resistance to ""taxation without representation"" could take root and grow.

Eleven years before independence was declared, the seeds of revolution were already being planted.

08/11/2026

Metromode just spotlighted 5 micro-forests taking root across metro Detroit — and one of them is right here in the City of Rochester! 🌱 So proud to see how these tiny green spaces are doing double duty: cooling our neighborhoods and bringing people together.

So what exactly is a micro-forest? Why are cities across Southeast Michigan planting them? And could an idea this small really make a difference for the planet?

Take a look at the micro-forest movement growing in our own backyard 👇

https://metromodemedia.com/micro-forests-attract-not-only-birds-and-bees-but-metro-detroiters-too/

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

🇺🇸 Save the Date! 🇺🇸

The Jeremiah Clark Chapter invites you to join us on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. for the grave-marking ceremonies honoring Jacob Petty and Martha Petty Gulick.

📍 Sashabaw Plains Cemetery
5331 Maybee Road
Clarkston, Michigan

The ceremony will include participation by the MISSAR Color Guard, 1st Royal Artillery Seven Years War Cannoneers, U.S. Armed Forces Flags Color Guard, a brass quintet, American Revolution reenactor Gordon Duda, the Sashabaw Plains Chapter, DAR, and the Elias Cady Society, C.A.R.

Please join us as we honor the lives, service, and legacy of these American Patriots.