The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War. A non-profit group,the organization promotes education and patriotism. Its membership is limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the American Revolution era who aided the revolution and its subsequent war. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and have a birth certificate indicating that their gender is female. DAR has over 190,000 current members in the United States and other countries. The organization's motto is "God,Home,and Country".
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR),formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR),is a federally chartered patriotic organization. The National Society,a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisville,Kentucky,was formed in New York City on April 30,1889. Its objectives are to maintain and extend "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."
Fort McClellan,originally Camp McClellan,is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston,Alabama. During World War II,it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations,training an estimated half-million troops. After the war it became the home of the Military Police Corps,the Chemical Corps and the Women's Army Corps. From 1975 until it was closed in 1999,Fort McClellan was home of the Military Police Corps and the One Station Unit Training (OSUT) Military Police School. Also after World War II until it was closed in 1999,it was home of the Chemical Corps School,which trained soldiers in chemical warfare. In 1988,Fort McClellan was used as an alternate training academy for the United States Border Patrol. Before its closure by the Base Realignment and Closure commission (BRAC),the post employed about 10,000 military personnel and about 1,500 civilians. It underwent unexploded ordnance (UXO) clean up from 2003 to 2014. Since 2010,about 3,000 acres of the post's brownfield land have been redeveloped as a mixed-use community. The portion of the post which has not been redeveloped is currently owned by the Alabama Army National Guard and is used as a training facility for units from all across the state,also housing the Alabama Army National Guard’s Officer Candidate School,for enlisted soldiers looking to earn their commission.
The National Society Children of the American Revolution (NSCAR) is a youth organization that was founded on April 5,1895,by Harriett Lothrop. The idea was proposed on February 22,1895,at the Fourth Continental Congress of the National Society,Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The organization was promptly chartered by the United States Congress,and is now the nation's oldest and largest,patriotic youth organization. NSCAR offers membership to anyone under the age of 22 who is lineally descended from someone who served in the Continental Army or gave material aid to the cause of freedom in the American Revolution.
The Sons of the Revolution (SR),formally the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution (GSSR),is a patriotic organization headquartered at Williamsburg,Virginia. A nonprofit corporation,the Sons of the Revolution was founded by John Austin Stevens on February 22,1876,at New York City. The organization is governed by a board of managers,an executive committee,officers,standing committees and their members,and staff. It includes 28 state societies and chapters worldwide. The Sons of the Revolution's objectives are to maintain and extend "perpetuate the memory of the men,who in the military,naval and civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental Congress by their acts or counsel,achieved the Independence of the Country,and to further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington,and of prominent events connected with the War of the Revolution;to collect and secure for preservation the rolls,records,and other documents relating to that period;to inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of the forefathers;to promote the feeling of friendship among them."
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr. was a Union Army officer from Kentucky during the American Civil War. In later life,he became a brigadier general in the U.S. Regular Army and Inspector General of the Army as well as a major general of volunteers in the Spanish–American War.
Helena Rebecca Hellwig Pouch was an American female tennis player and served as the 18th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Jacksonville High School is a public high school located in Jacksonville,Alabama,United States,serving grades 7–12. It is part of the Jacksonville City Schools system. Its colors are blue and gold.
The statue of John Barry commemorates the "Father of the United States Navy",Commodore John Barry (1745-1806). Barry was an Irish-born sailor who joined the American colonists in fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Barry became the first commission by the Second Continental Congress. He captained several ships during the war,and not only fought in the Continental Navy,but also the Continental Army. He was the first American to capture an enemy ship and was promoted to commodore by President George Washington in 1794. Barry's last ship,the United States,fought in the Quasi-War. He retired in 1801,but remained head of the United States Navy until his death in 1806.
Eugenia Scholay Washington was an American historian,civil servant,and a founder of the lineage societies,Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) in the Philippines is one of three components of the National Service Training Program,the civic education and defense preparedness program for Filipino college students. ROTC aims to provide military education and training for students to mobilize them for national defense preparedness. Its specific objectives include preparation of college students for service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the event of an emergency and their training to become reservists and potential commissioned officers of the AFP.
Reserve Officers' Training Corps in South Korea is a college-based officer training program which was established in 1961. South Korea's Conscription Law applies to males,aged between 18 and 35,although women are allowed to enroll in the ROTC as of 2010.
The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (OFPA) is a non-profit,hereditary organization based in the United States that is dedicated to promoting patriotism and preserving historical records of the first colonists and their descendants. The Order is made up of "Associates" who trace their ancestry back to colonists who settled between May 13,1607 to May 13,1657,and who also have ancestors in the same male ancestral line who served in the American Revolution.
David Hilberry Berger is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps from 2019 to 2023.
Denise Doring VanBuren is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 45th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 2019 to 2022.
Pamela Hilda Edwards Rouse Wright is an American philanthropist,clubwoman,businesswoman,and jewelry designer. Since 2022,she has served as the President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. She is the second Texan to serve as the national society's president general. In 2022,Wright was presented with the Yellow Rose of Texas Award by Governor Greg Abbott for charitable contributions and volunteerism in Texas.
Lena Lorraine Santos Ferguson was an American secretary and Civil Rights advocate. Ferguson was denied membership to a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1980 due to her race,after applying multiple times. She was admitted to the organization as an at-large member in 1983,becoming the second known African-American member. Ferguson pushed for the Daughters of the American Revolution to revise their national bylaws,leading to the organization banning discrimination based on race. She later founded,and served as chair,of the D.C. DAR Scholarship Committee. Ferguson was honored with a memorial plaque in the garden at DAR Constitution Hall in 2023.
Presley McDonald Merritt Wagoner is an American clubwoman who served as the President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 2005 to 2007.
Florence A. Hague Becker,also known as Mrs. William A. Becker,was an American philanthropist and anti-communist activist who served as the 16th president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. As president general,she led the national society through the Great Depression,developing an employee retirement fund,restoring employee salaries to pre-Depression levels,and focusing on children's educational and nutritional needs. She was recruited by Congressman John W. McCormack to compile a report on Communist propaganda being distributed to American youth. She used her position to speak out against Communism and the Socialist Movement.
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