Sons of the American Revolution Archives

From left to right: John Goodwin, First Vice President, Button Gwinnett Chapter SAR; Ann Story, First Vice Regent, Philadelphia Winn Chapter DAR; and Kitty Watters, Regent, Philadelphia Winn Chapter DAR.

The Button Gwinnett Chapter SAR Knows the Best Kept Secrets of the DAR

May 27, 2017

It’s no secret that the Button Gwinnett Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and the Philadelphia Winn Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) regularly collaborate. Their mutual goals of preserving American history and promoting education have strengthened their bonds of friendship and cooperation.

Left to right: Dr. Hubert Tucker, Harold Williams and Wayne Mason

Annual Williams Reunion

August 23, 2016

William Pittman Williams was born in 1814 in Oglethorpe County and came to Gwinnett as a youth. He married Elizabeth Weems at the age of 17. William fathered eighteen children, ten with his first wife and eight with his second wife, Sarah Pogue.

Area residents erect monument to sub inventor

August 13, 2014

George Washington and a submarine – who would have guessed there was a relationship!? Yes, the first wartime submarine, or “1-man underwater machine” called the Turtle was invented during the Revolutionary War.