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Chapter Pictures Taken in 2025

On November 20th Compatriot Harold Gonzales gave the Spain in the American Revolution presentation to the Henry Durant Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. It was nice that the PBS show validated some of his presentation.

On November 15th Chapter President Gervais Compton III presented Jay Bolen with a Certificate of Appreciation for his talk "The Crisis: Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriots."

President Compton and Jay Bolen
Read Full Presentation of The Crisis

Robert Maddox IV was inducted into the SAR by President Compton
and Taylor Thompson, Maddox's first-line sponsor.
 

Chapter members and guests met at Dr. Enemund Meullion's grave in Rapides Cemetery for the Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony on October 11, 2025.

Mike Lee was presented a Certificate of Appreciation for his talk
about WWII battles in the Pacific Theater.
 

On September 20th, 2025, Compatriot Tony "Bo" Vets, II spoke about how Cato's Letters and other publications influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution.

Chapter President Gervais Compton III presented Vets with a Certificate of Appreciation for his talk.

Jim Smilie was inducted into the SAR by President Compton and Charles Neal, Smilie's first-line sponsor.

Lawrence Norlander was presented with the SAR War Service Medal.

On August 29 &30, 2025, Compatriot Harold Gonzales represented the Dr. Enemund Meullion Chapter and the Louisiana Society when he presented the Louisiana and Chapter Wreath and served in the Color Guard for the Battle of Eutaw Springs. South Carolina. They also unveiled a new highway marker and the DAR presented a new plaque. Got a new streamer for the Chapter Flag.

On August 22, 2025, Compatriot Larry "Joe" Reynolds represented the Dr. Enemund Meullion Chapter and the Louisiana Society at a Liberty Tree planting and Memorial Bench dedication at the Folds of Honor Headquarters in Owasso, Oklahoma.

On August 16, 2025, Compatriot Harold Gonzales represented the Dr. Enemund Meullion Chapter and the Louisiana Society at the Battle of Camden Site. Presented the Wreath and served in color guard.

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On August 2, 2025, Compatriot Harold Gonzales represented the Dr. Enemund Meullion Chapter at the Thomas Sumter Commemoration in Dalzell, South Carolina..

On July 19th, 2025, Honorable Kerry Spruill gave a presentation at our Chapter meeting on the history of the Sixth and the Seventh Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees the right to a jury trial in criminal and civil cases.

Chapter President Gervais Compton presented Hon. Kerry Spruill with a
Certificate of Appreciation and an LASSAR mug for Spruill's presentation
on the history of the Sixth and the Seventh Amendments of the U.S.
Constitution that guarantees the right to a jury trial in criminal and
civil cases.

At our May 17th, 2025 Meeting we honored Aubrey Birinyi with two certificates and two checks for winning the 2024 Americanism Poster Contest at both the chapter and state levels. Our program was "The Battle of Eutaw Springs, SC, in Myth and Memory."

     
Chapter President Gervais Compton presented Aubrey Birinyi with two certificates
and two checks for winning the 2024 Americanism Poster Contest at both the
chapter and state levels. Birinyi's poster "Women of the American Revolution"
will be judged at the 2025 NSSAR Congress in July.

Chapter President Gervais Compton presents Henry Robertson, Ph.D.,
a certificate of appreciation and an LASSAR mug for his presentation
"The Battle of Eutaw Springs, SC, in Myth and Memory."

On April 26, 2025, Compatriot Hal Gonzales represented Dr. Enemund Meullion Chapter and the Louisiana Society at the 244th Commemoration of the Siege of Fort Watson at Summerton, South Carolina.

On April 16, 2025, Louisiana Society Presents a Grave Side Memorial Service in Pineville, Louisiana.

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On March 15, 2025, Guest Speaker Jim Smilie, gave a presentation on John Smilie.

Chapter President Gervais Compton presented Jim Smilie, our
guest speaker and a prospective member, with a Certificate
of Appreciation and a LASSAR mug for his presentation on
John Smilie, his Patriot Ancestor.

Chapter Member Hal Gonzales Presents a Talk on spain's contribution to the American Revolution to the Sumter County 250 Education Committee.

Chapter Member Hal Gonzales Presents a Talk on Spain's
contribution to the American Revolution to the Sumter County
250 Education Committee on February 4th, 2025.

Compatriot Hal Gonzales address the Sumpter County,
South Carolina 250 Education Committee.

LASSAR President talks about "Oliver Pollock" and Installed Officers (January 18, 2025)

LASSAR President Russ Godwin inducted the 2025-2026 Chapter Officers: President, A. Gervais Compton, Jr.
Chaplain, Clyde Neck; and Secretary / Treasurer / Registrar Brent Morock. Vice President,
Darrell Poole, Ph.D., not pictured.

Compton presented LASSAR President Russ Godwin with a
Certificate of Appreciation for his presentation on
Oliver Pollock, a forgotten Patriot, who was instrumental in brokering
relationships between American Revolutionaries and the
Governors of Spanish Louisiana. Pollock's success as a
businessman opened doors for him and allowed him to aid
the Patriot cause.

Chapter President Gervais Compton inducted new member
Lawrence Norlander (left) into the SAR. Norlander's Patriot
Ancestor Ward Litchfield served as a private in Capt. Ensign Otis'
Plymouth Co., MA, Militia Company called "Royal
Americans of the town of Scituate," which probably marched
in response to the Lexington Alarm of April 19th, 1775.