News Articles

Construction has started on Phase II of the SAR Headquarters

Feb 22nd, 2013

We have a series of videos showing the construction as it progresses over the next 18 months.   read more...


SARF Commemorates Patriot’s Day 2012

May 1st, 2012

April 19, 2012 marks the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord where in 1775 the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired and marked the start of the American Revolution.   read more...


Linda L. Dunn Joins Foundation Staff

Feb 16th, 2012

Linda L. Dunn joins the staff of the SAR Foundation as Executive Assistant/Grants/Donor Relations effective March 5, 2012.   read more...


SARF Commemorates U.S. Constitution’s 225th

Jan 26th, 2012

On September 17, 2012, patriots everywhere will commemorate the 225th Anniversary of the Signing of the U.S. Constitution.   read more...


LOSING AMERICA’S MEMORY Historical Illiteracy in the 21st Century

Jan 1st, 2012

This report was prepared by the staff of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, primarily by Anne D. Neal, Jerry L. Martin, and Mashad Moses. Special thanks go to the W.H. Brady Foundation, the William and Karen Tell Foundation, Robert and Marilyn Kurtz, David Blank and the Malcolm Fraser Foundation for their support of this effort.   read more...


Louisville Mayor speaks out about supporting Sons of the American Revolution

Aug 1st, 2011

Mayor Jerry Abramson gives Sons of the American Revolution an endorsement.   read more...


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Happy Anniversary!

The SAR commemorates the 1783 Treaty of Paris 230th Anniversary, September 3, 2013. 

Treaty of Paris PinThe Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties. Its territorial provisions were "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.

Peace negotiations began in April of 1782, involving American representatives Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams. The British representatives present were David Hartley and Richard Oswald.

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