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The bottom line is our goal to continue to grow
the number of contestants in each contest and
increase the amount of the awards along the way.
The second area is "Youth Activities." We want to
expand our reach to the Texas Society Children of
the American Revolution by participating in joint
meetings, attending joint events, and recognizing
CAR members at State Meetings, Joint Meetings,
and SAR Chapter and CAR Society Meetings.
For example, Mr. Samuel Hinckley and his sister
Mrs. Rachael Hinckley Bishop joined us on Satur-
day for the Youth Awards Luncheon and the TXS-
SAR State Dinner as well. Samuel is the President,
Texas Society Children of the American Revolu-
tion, and his sister is a Past State President as
well. President Bob Clark presented Samuel with
the SAR CAR Medal of Appreciation during the
TSCAR Annual Meeting a week earlier, attending
both the Friday night Opening session and the
Saturday night dinner at the DFW Sheraton Hotel.
Congratulations, Mr. Hinckley, for the work you
did to receive this award.
Our goal this year is to get more Chapters in-
volved with CAR activities and receive Activity
Streamers from NSSAR by participating in 8 of the
10 items contained in the CAR Activities Form
found on the NSSAR web site. We have a long
way to go on this effort as only 4 Chapters sent
TXSSAR CAR Reports with their Chapter Annual
Report for 2012. So, it is something we need to
work on.
The third area is "Youth Recruitment". We need
to have male members of CAR join SAR when they
age out of CAR at 21. We have to track the suc-
cess of this effort to see how we are doing.
In 2004, during the term of President Roy Adams,
I wrote a Recruiting Plan to help with his goal toadd male CAR members to the rolls of SAR
when they aged out, when "Year of the Youth"
was his theme. I have a copy of that "Recruiting
Plan for CAR Membership in SAR" and intend to
place it on the TXSSAR Web site for you to re-
view and use this year. Every member of TXS-
SAR has a part to play in recruiting CAR mem-
bers to SAR. This is a key element if we want our
Society to have a future.
The last area, but not the least, is "Youth Educa-
tion". NSSAR has been conducting History Edu-
cation in 26 schools in Kentucky for the last sev-
eral years. It has been very successful. Public
Schools have accepted the CD History Teaching
Plans for Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
available from NSSAR. Ms. Coleen Wilson is the
Director of the Center for Advancing America's
Heritage (CAAH), in Louisville, KY. She has CD's
that we can hand to teachers who are eager for
information about American History, but do not
have the tools to present a History Program.
These CD's would be good to give to teachers at
History Fairs, teachers in Public or Private
Schools, and Home Schools.
The CD is titled "America's Heritage and Adven-
ture in Liberty." We need to know about this
outreach program and open this NSSAR Project
to other States, including TEXAS.
Well, that is a brief review of what I would like
to set for this year's theme and four areas of
goals. I know I cannot achieve these goals by
myself, nor do I believe they will be achieved
without a team effort. Therefore, I am asking
for Chapter Presidents, District Vice Presidents,
and Officers of the Society to work with me and
support the Theme for this Year: "Year of the
Youth".Again, I thank you for your confidence and sup-
port during my term as your President.
Respectfully,
SteqphPrLVtL i. hrhovu
President, TXSSAR 2013-2014
Bicentennial Anniversary of
the Battle of Medina
I Ye have been holding a memorial cere-
mony for the past 12 years near the site
where the Battle of Medina is believed to have
taken place, and yes, we are planning on a spe-
cial ceremony for the 200th anniversary. As
you may know, the actual battle took place on
August 18, 1813, and this year the 200th anni-
versary will come on Sunday. Several years ago,
we reduced the time outside under the large
Oak trees due to the heat and started a sympo-
sium at the Church of Christ in Pleasanton, TX in
the afternoon. Since August 18th comes on
Sunday this year, we are planning on holding an
all-day symposium on Saturday, August 17,
2013 at the Church of Christ in Pleasanton, TX,
and hold our outside ceremony Sunday morn-
ing, August 18, 2013.
We would love to have compatriots and Boy
Scout troops to attend and participate! We al-
ways have a combined Color Guard present the
Colors to begin our outdoor ceremony, and we
would love for the Scouts to be part of that
presentation.
Tom B. Green Ill
281-922-1118; Cell: 210-269-37112
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