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Origins of
SAR
Why
Join
SAR
Handbook
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The
SAR is a historical, educational, and patriotic non-profit,
United States 501(c)3, corporation that seeks 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
* the unifying force of e pluribus
unum that has created, from the
people of many nations, one nation
and one people.
SAR does this by perpetuating 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 are universal ones of man's eternal struggle against
tyranny, relevant to all time, and will inspire and strengthen
each succeeding generation as it too is called upon to defend
our freedoms on the battlefield and in our public institutions.
One of the most important stories to the world and to America
is that of the shot fired at Concord Bridge on April 19, 1775.
It gave birth to the American Revolution and is eloquently
described by Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose grandfather was there:
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world
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