Recap
Fourth Quarter Meeting
SAR members and invited guests gathered at the South Hills Country Club on December 14th, 2025, for an evening of good food, thoughtful conversation, and warm fellowship.
The event featured Dr. Peter Gilmore as guest speaker. His presentation explored the Hannastown Resolves, a remarkable episode in which Western Pennsylvanians—more than a year before the Declaration of Independence—declared their readiness to take up arms against the British government should circumstances require it.
Dr. Gilmore, an ordained elder at Sixth Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, writes extensively on Ulster Presbyterian immigration to North America. He is the author of Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770–1830 (2018) and a principal author of Exiles of ’98: Ulster Presbyterians and the United States. He has also contributed the chapter “Ulster Presbyterians and the Development of a ‘Scotch-Irish’ Identity” to The Routledge History of Irish America (2024).
Dr. Gilmore is currently an adjunct professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville and frequently teaches for the University of Pittsburgh’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR or SAR) was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
SAR is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and promoting education to our future generations. SAR members volunteer untold hours of service each year in their local communities. SAR is very active in supporting active-duty military personnel and assisting veterans as well. We proudly assist classrooms with living history interpreters, lesson planning materials and reenactment events for school-aged youth to attend.
"Sons of Liberty 1775" Minuteman statue that stands sentry in front of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sid Moore
"For me, SAR is a unique group of kindred men whose forefathers fought for the dream of freedom still benefiting every American."
J. Rennick Steele
"I stand all amazed at the dedication and valor of my ancestors. I want my name to be on the historical role with them."
John Carroll
"Few organizations honor veterans as meaningfully as the SAR. I am proud to be a member."
