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Sons of the American Revolution is a group that splintered in 1889 from Sons of the Revolution.
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR or SAR) is a
Federally chartered non-profit organization dedicated to "maintaining and
extending the institutions of American freedom, an appreciation for true
patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, the value of American
citizenship, and the unifying force of e pluribus unum that has
created, from the people of many nations, one nation and one people." The SAR
was founded in 1889 by New Jersey businessman William McDowell, who refused to
subordinate his New Jersey chapter of the Sons of the Revolution to the original
New York society. Membership in the SAR is open to any male of good repute who
can prove bloodline descent from an ancestor who actively supported the American
Revolution. In 1890, McDowell helped found a companion organization for women -
the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
The flag of the Sons of
the American Revolution is a vertical tricolor, photographs of which can be
found online at
http://www.redlandssar.org/,
http://www.sarraleigh.org/chapter-activities/current-events/memorial-day-2013/,
and http://rvpnews.com/?p=3887. The
blue-white-gold vertical tricolor features the SAR logo in the center of the
white bar. Individual chapters of the organization are authorized to add their
chapter designation to the flag above the logo in the white bar, as seen in a
photograph online at
http://www.wissar.org of the Wisconsin Society.
Randy Young, 22 January 2016
![[Sons of the Revolution]](../images/u/us_sar_ws.gif)
image by Randy Young, 22 January 2016
