Syracuse Chapter
Empire State Society
Sons of the American Revolution

Dedicated
to perpetuating the memory of the men who, by their service or
sacrifices
during
the War Of The American Revolution,
achieved the independence
of the American People.


For Information On Joining The Syracuse Chapter
Sons of the American
Revolution Contact:
Syracuse Chapter Registrar:

Empire State Society: http://www.sar.org/esssar
National Society:
http://www.sar.org


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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE CONTACT: Mary
Raye Casper,
Daughters of 1812,
315-673-9044, nys1812@yahoo.com
Bob Gang, SSWGBSNY, 315-671-9512,
bob.gang@arcadis-us.com The State of NY Society, United
States Daughters of 1812,
and The Society of the Second War with Great Britain
in the State of NY,
General Society of the War of 1812, are pleased to
present “Archeology and the Second Battle of
Sackets Harbor: Why the Militia
Deserves Its Due”, a lecture by Matthew Kirk.
Free
and open to the general public, the
event begins at 7:00 p.m. on June 7, 2012, at the
Northern Onondaga Public
Library in North Syracuse, 100 Trolley
Barn Lane. This
event is made possible
through Speakers
in the Humanities, a
program of the New York Council for the Humanities.
Speakers
in the Humanities lectures
are made
possible with the support of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Go to www.nopl.org/calendar or call
458-6184 to register for this
event. Mr. Matthew Kirk - Principal
Investigator, Hartgen Archeological
Associates, Inc., is a trained archeologist, with a
BA in Anthropology from
Binghamton University and a MA from the University
at Albany. He is a
Registered-Professional-Archeologist (RPA) employed
with Hartgen Archeological
Associates, Inc.; currently serving as the Principal
Investigator. Mr. Kirk’s
scholarly work has been featured in popular
publications and peer-reviewed
journals. He regularly presents lectures at both
professional conferences and
public venues, often on his experiences with
colonial sites in downtown Albany,
New York The
Lecture: During
the
War of 1812, Sackets Harbor, New York served as
the principal American
shipbuilding facility on Lake Ontario. A rag-tag
team of volunteers, militia,
and American regulars repulsed attacking
British-Canadian forces in May 1813.
The battle left numerous casualties. American
ships and stores were burned with
no clear victor. Later testimonies placed some of
the blame for British
advances on the American volunteers who “rose from
their cover and fled.” A
soldier at the battle later remarked, however,
that “the truth is never more
than half told”…"that the most important
held back.” The
presenter directed an archeological study of the
battlefield sponsored by the
National Park Service. Metal detecting and later
high-tech analyses of the
artifacts provide alternative archeological
evidence at odds with the
historical record. A PowerPoint presentation
illustrates the history of the
battle, the archeological fieldwork and analysis,
and the recovered artifacts. Since its launch in 1983, the
Council’s Speakers in the Humanities program
has linked distinguished
scholars with a diverse audience through the
presentation of lectures on a
broad range of topics.
All Speakers
events are free and open to the
general public.
Each year, hundreds of
cultural organizations and community groups take
advantage of this program,
which offers the very best in humanities scholarship
to thousands of citizens
in every corner of New York State. The New York Council for the
Humanities is a not-for-profit,
independent affiliate of the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
Through statewide collaborations, and
programs and services that encourage imaginative
thinking and critical inquiry,
the Council works to ensure that the humanities are
present in the intellectual
and cultural life of every New Yorker. |
Syracuse Chapter Annual Program Schedule |
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| 2011 |
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| Aug 25-Sept 5 |
10AM to 9PM | SAR-DAR Booth at the New York State Fair | ||
| September
10 |
Sat |
8.00
AM |
Executive Committee Meeting | Cracker
Barrel
Restaurant, Cicero, NY |
| October
22 |
Sat |
8;00
AM |
Syracuse
Chapter
SAR meeting |
TBA |
| December
2 |
Fri |
12
Noon |
Annual
Pearl Harbor Luncheon |
Saratoga
Steaks
Restaurant, DeWitt, NY |
| 2012 | ||||
| February
25 |
Sat |
12
Noon |
Annual
Heritage
Luncheon |
Drumlins
Country
Club, Syracuse, NY |














September
16, 2003

