Lt. Colonel Peter K. Goebel, USA, our National Color Guard Commander
is pleased to announce that the Committee is reinstituting "The SAR Guardsman".
This newsletter was first established in 1992 to assist the State Societies and
Chapters in creating color guards. It was basically a "How-to-do-it"
newsletter. After two years it was discontinued as no longer being necessary.
Today, with literally hundreds of Color Guards across the Country, the National
Color Guard Committee has reestablished this newsletter as a mode of communications
between all our color guards.
At the Annual Congress, this past July, the Executive Committee approved the effort
with the caveat that it is entirely a Committee activity.
The most important regular feature to The SAR Guardsman will be a calendar
of coming multi-color guard events. This will provide the Chapters a
means of publicizing forthcoming events.
It will also provide a media outlet for information important to Color Guards and
their operations throughout the Society. That would include sources of
uniforms and equipment. Naturally, there will be important information
on National Color Guard activities and coming events.
As stated this is wholly a Committee function and is not being financed by the National
Society. The costs of preparing, printing and mailing will be borne by
subscription. We believe that a subscription will be a must for every
State and Chapter Color Guard Commander, and of great interest to all our Guardsman.
The Committee plans on publishing four editions annually, each being 12 to 16
pages. The cost of the subscription will be $10.00 per annum.
The first issue is being prepared thanks to the generosity of the Massachusetts
Color Guard, which donated the seed money for said edition. It is hoped
we will have the first issue available at the forthcoming Semi-Annual meeting
(National Trustee's meeting).
If you wish to subscribe, send your name and address, with a check made payable
to: NSSAR or National Society SAR with "The SAR Guardsman"
on the memo line.
Sent to to:
Editor, The SAR Guardsman
1000 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203
