A charter for the new Washington- Wilkes Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, was approved by the Georgia Society on October 3 in Forsyth. Membership is now open to any male who can trace his ancestry back to either a revolutionary war soldier of 1775-1783, a leader during the American Revolution, or persons giving supplies and provisions to the cause. Anyone interested in more information should contact secretary Tom Owen at 706-678- 5024.

The next chapter meeting will be on October 22 at the Mary Willis Library at 7 p.m. The chapter charter banquet will be December 17 at a location to be announced. The name "Washington-Wilkes" for the chapter was chosen to honor George Washington and John Wilkes.

Similarly, the city of Washington was named for the first president of the United States and the county of Wilkes was named for John Wilkes, a passionate British politician and a member of parliament who supported the causes of liberty and the American Revolution.

The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies on the North American continent. It resulted in the Revolutionaries taking control of each of the thirteen colonial governments in 1775. In the following year, on July 4th, they formally declared their independence as a new nation - the United States of America.

The Sons of the American Revolution is a historical, educational, and patriotic non-profit corporation that seeks to maintain and extend the institution of American freedom, an appreciation for true patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, the value of American citizenship, and the unifying force that has created one nation and one people from the people of many nations. The Sons of the American Revolution perpetuates the stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and triumph of the men who achieved the independence of the American people in the belief that these stories and convictions are the universal ones of man's eternal struggle against tyranny.