REV WAR PATRIOT CEREMONY & RECOGNITION! HISTORY!

We teamed up with the local Lexington, Kentucky, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to recognize and honor 28 Revolutionary Patriots. Lexington is full of Revolutionary War veterans due to the area’s popularity with land grants for military service. Most of the veterans in this video were buried in somewhere else because for most Lexington Cemetery did not exist before they passed away. In this video, the group travels around the cemetery to each grave where a few words were spoken by Patrick Wesolosky, President-Elect of the Lafayette Chapter of the SAR. An American flag was placed at each grave and if their spouse was buried next to them, their graves were presented with a carnation flower.

The list of Patriots in this ceremony is impressive and is full of high-ranking officers, and connections to names such as Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Henry Clay, the Marquis de Lafayette, and most of the founding families of the area. Another person of interest the is recognized is Mary Desha, one of the four founders of the DAR. Her grave is presented with a flower from each DAR member present.

This event took place on July 1, 2022. During the event is was approximately 95 degrees and it poured rain in the middle of it. Those in attendance were not fazed by the elements and were very eager to take part in the ceremony. Like one of the SAR members present said, “It’s one thing to speak of your respect and how you honor someone, it’s another thing to actually go out and practice that honor. Family Tree Nuts was proud to practice our honor for these Patriots.

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[imdeplorable]

This is a wonderful thing for you to do. Thank you so much.
I wish we could do the same thing in Fishkill, NY. They have identified some of the hundreds of Continental soldiers buried at the site already with work to identify more continuing.

[judyowens]

Thank you to the members of the LaFayette Chapter, SAR for inviting the Lexington Chapter, DAR and the other DAR chapters to participate. Patrick's enthusiasm is incredible. Great work!

[maxinetate]

Thank you for this video. DAR member and Boone/Bryan descendant.

[ramonaearnest]

What an incredible amount of information here! Such a great way to honor each of these Patriots! Thanks for sharing this ceremony with us.... very moving!
My youngest son is a Lincoln descendant from his Grandmother Lincoln side from the Lincolns who moved to Cape Girardeau Missouri!

[judypierce]

I am happy to learn that there is a group that honors the Patriots of the Revolutionary War. I think it is awesome that the ceremony is going to include women' sometimes forgotten. Sometimes organizations place emphasis on the Civil War (Don't get me wrong the Civil War is my areas of research) and the Revolutionary War is forgotten. This is also true of the Korean War. WOW! This was so incredible to watch! Thank you for the wonderful video.

[tracycc]

Wow! Very touching service. I need to do something like this for the patriots in our family.

[richardperkins]

Watching from sunny daytona on this independence day. Wow Russ, so much Kentucky history tied to the ones that were remembered today for there sacrifices for our land, our freedom an our state many years ago. I didn't realize there were that many buried in the Lexington cemetery. An I'd say I'm not the only one who wasn't aware of that many were buried there in the Lexington cemetery an with all that history with in them. An so many related to one another. Great video Russ. Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July holiday. Catch ya on your next video. 😁👍👍

[TheIronDuke]

Thanks for another awesome video. Russ, Have you visited Versailles Cemetery before? There’s some pretty historic people interred there.

[hunkerbunt]

SAR 8 approved ancestors. Abraham Bowman was my uncle and I am decended from his sister Mary

[kimsutton]

Why not use period correct flags on the graves of these patriots