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Sons of the Sons of the American Revolution American Revolution

JROTC/ ROTC & Service Academ ies Award Program

The Alabam a Society Sons of the Am erican Revolution Color Guard

WHO ARE THE “SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION” (SAR)?

• Non-Profit, Patriotic, Educational, Fraternal, Lineage Organization.
• Through Genealogical Research, m ale m em bers trace fam ily blood

lines to ancestors that fought/ contributed to the cause 0 f freedom and liberty in the Am erican Revolution.

• Seeks to m aintain and extend the institutions of Am erican freedom ,

an appreciation of true patriotism and respect for our national sym bols, the value of Am erican citizenship, and the unifying force

• f “e pluribus unum ”.
• Constitution Day, Flag Day, and Bill of Rights Day - established

through SAR efforts.

• Youth education is very im portant to SAR.

BRIEF HISTORY OF SAR

• Founded April 18 8 9, on 10 0 th anniversary of inauguration of

George Washington as our 1st President.

• Federal legislation established Charter for National Society, SAR,

perm itting State level societies to establish chapters within their borders.

• Alabam a - 16 chapters. Nationally - Over 33,0 0 0 m em bers in all 50

States (including Societies in Canada, Mexico, France, Germ any, Switzerland and United Kingdom ).

• Conceived

as fraternal and civic society com posed

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lineal descendants of patriots who wintered at Valley Forge, signed the Declaration of Independence, fought in battles of the Am erican Revolution

• r
• therwise

supported the cause

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Am erican Independence.

SAR YOUTH EDUCATION/ AWARD PROGRAMS

• Num erous educational program s, awards, and scholarships can be

found on web site under “Youth Education”.

• Educators can find DVDs, lesson plans and other links to Am erican

Revolution period history web sites.

• A daily chronology of events

during the Am erican Revolution entitled “The Am erican Patriotic Chronology” (published by Jack Manning, the National Society’s Historian, and Alabam a Society SAR) is on web site via blog.alssar.org.

www.sar.org

THE SAR JROTC/ ROTC RECOGNITION PROGRAM

20 16 JROTC BRONZE MEDAL PRESENTATION ARMY JROTC CADET CHRISTEN BARDEN STANHOPE-ELMORE HIGH SCHOOL, ALABAMA

JROTC/ ROTC AWARDS

• SAR

honors JROTC/ ROTC Cadets via its Medals and Awards program , designed for Senior Military Instructor to recognize

• utstanding Cadet achievem ents.
• Program

consists of JROTC Bronze Medal and uniform ribbon, norm ally awarded at school’s “end of year” awards program . The Senior Military Instructor selects the “Best Cadet” who fosters the principal of the Citizen Soldier, exem plified by the Minutem an of the Revolutionary War days.

• Medal, Ribbon and Certificate - usually presented to Cadet by State

Society Chapter m em ber. Let Society Chapter sponsor know when award presentation is scheduled. SAR purchases Medal package.

• Sim ilar award (Silver ROTC Medal) is presented to University level

ROTC Outstanding Cadet.

THE OUTSTANDING JROTC CADET MEDALLION AND SCHOLARSHIP (ENHANCED AWARD)

Outstanding JROTC Cadet Medallion Award

• A m ore prized award
• Available for JROTC, 3 RD year Cadet
• Very com petitive
• Student m ust:
• write an essay
• be in top of their class
• be involved in extracurricular activities

20 13 NATIONAL SOCIETY WINNER CADET LT. COL. VICTORIA OFFEI-DUA HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ALABAMA

Package m ust be subm itted before January 1 Rewards can be great!

OUTSTANDING JROTC CADET MEDALLION AWARD

• Cadet m ust write 50 0 to 70 0 word essay (no m ore/ no less) on

“How the JROTC p rep a red m e to be a better citizen of the United Sta tes of Am erica .” Gram m ar, spelling, content, etc. all count.

• W hy not a ssign this essa y a t the beginning of the school y ea r

to a ll Ca d ets a s a cla ss req uirem ent?

• The Junior level Cadet applicant m ust:
• be in top 25% of their class
• include a letter from Principal specifically stating this
• be in top 10 % of their JROTC Class
• include a letter from Senior JROTC Instructor specifically

stating this

OUTSTANDING JROTC CADET MEDALLION (CON’T)

• Involvem ent in outside activity is also im portant.
• If Cadet is selected as national winner, our National Society will

provide:

• an award of $20 0 0 , and
• up to $10 0 0 in reim bursable travel expenses to attend our

National Congress (this year it was in Boston). There are also m onies for 2 nd place ($10 0 0 ) and 3 rd place ($50 0 ). We want to honor our Nation’s future leaders but we need your help!

OUTSTANDING JROTC CADET MEDALLION (CON’T)

This is only one of the m any program s to recognize students. See additional youth recognition program s on our www.sar.org website. https:/ / www.sar.org/ education/ youth-contests-awards/ sar-youth- awards-program -brochure We feel this is one of the m ore im portant recognition efforts.

We thank and salute you for all that you do to m old our youth in these trying tim es.

WETUMPKA HIGH SCHOOL ARMY JROTC POSTING THE COLORS AT THE 20 16 ALABAMA SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANNUAL CONVENTION