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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
Dear Compatriots:
Thank you for your vote
of confidence allowing
me to serve as your chap-
ter President for 2007. I
am honored to serve and
will work to serve the
best interests of the Chap-
ter.
We have a lot work ahead
of us and the biggest
challenge this year is that
of being the Host Chapter
for the annual meeting of
the Texas Society Sons of
the American Revolution
(TXSSAR) from March
22nd to 25th at the Dou-
bleTree Hotel. I extend
my heartiest thanks to
those members, and their
wives, who have re-
sponded to the call to
serve on our committees.
We need more volunteers
to serve on our commit-
tees. If you have not yet
signed up, please call
Compatriot George Har-
court at (210) 822-1960.
All are welcome to join
our State Convention
Planning Committee that
meets weekly on
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
at George Harcourt's of-
fice at 40 NE Loop 410
Suite 607 - that's the
Mercantile Building that
has the Wells Fargo &
Bank of Laredo as ten-
ants. It is directly south
across Loop 410 from
DoubleTree Hotel. Most
importantly, we need
donations for the Silent
Continues page 4Gro. WASHINGTON ADDRESSES THE CHAPTER
MARK COLLINS TO ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING
STATE CONVENTION ONLY 6 WEEKS AWAY
The speaker at the February meeting will be Mark Collins who portrays General George Washington. Mr. Collins has
addressed our chapter before and returns due to popular demand. Recently he had the role of General Washington in the
13-part documentary titled "The Revolution" on the History Channel.
The chapter calendar of events is on page four. It covers February through April of 2007. Please note the March chapter
luncheon will be held in conjunction with the State Convention. It will be on Saturday March 24th at the Doubletree
hotel - a departure in time and place from our normal meetings. This is an event you don't want to miss. The registration
form for the event is in this newsletter.
Chapter members (and some Compatriots from the Boerne chapter) are volunteering for positions to help with the 2007
convention. Please lend a hand - you will have fun and your assistance will be appreciated.JANUARY' S
GENERAL C H A P T E R M E E T I N G
At our January meeting the newly elected officers were sworn into office. Tweed Scott was warmly received as he deliv-
ered his presentation in such a way the chapter was asking for more. If you missed him you might want to buy his book-
online, he sold out at the meeting.- -
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5 -rAt left is Chaplain James Taylor, Harold Atkinson and
past President Dogan Perese presenting the certificate
to the newly inducted Compatriot.
W A S H I N G T O N A T
MT VERNON
After the revolutionary war ended and General Wash-
ington resigned his commission he looked forward to
the relaxed atmosphere of Mt Vernon. He would work,
rest and enjoy the life of the country squire with Mar-
tha. He had served with no salary however he was
reimbursed for his expenses.On his arrival at Mt Vernon admiring visitors started showing up at his door. With the stream of guests so unrelenting
that a year and a half passed [550 days] before he and Martha could dine alone. Visitors were always invited to dine with
them and spend the night. There were politicians, painters, foreigners, solders that he had served with, all of the famous
names of the time etc. He wrote the names in his squire's diary. It was a steady stream and at times he had to buy cattle
and other food items because Mt Vernon could not produce enough to feed them.
The costs were outrunning his income & financial situation became precarious. He was land wealthy but cash poor. He
rejected a plan by officials of Pennsylvania to petition the Continental Congress for money on his behalf.
He made a greater sacrifice by turning down grants of land that congress was awarding other Revolutionary War veter-
ans.
When asked to serve as Americas first president he again refused to accept pay but would accept an expense account to
cover his living expenses and entertaining that had become a burden.
As he was preparing for his trip to New York he applied for a loan of on thousand pounds to pay off his debts and was
refused. He appealed to an acquaintance for 5 hundred pounds and stopped in Philadelphia to see financier Robert Mor-
ris for the remainder. Morris had established the first US Bank with capital of four hundred thousand dollars; fifty thou-
sand of his own money.
When he reached New York for his inauguration he must have been relieved that this burden was lifted. However he
could not have imagined the rough road ahead as the first President of the United States.Jim Massingill Historian, San Antonio Chapter Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Historical vignette presented at the January 2007 chapter meeting
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