Everyone is invited to Trinity’s cemetery this Saturday March 19th at 11 AM for a special ceremony to commemorate the Revolutionary War veterans buried in the cemetery. The Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution is sponsoring the grave marking.
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will be in costume/uniform to dedicate a monument they have had installed to honor five Revolutionary War patriots. Their names are:
John Nicholas DeLong (b. July 19, 1756; d. February 21, 1823)
Jacob Kline (b. August 23, 1736; d. August 27, 1816)
John Krider Jr. (b. 1754; d. 1814)
John Krim (b. October 1755; d. April 19, 1840) and
Nicholas Samsell (b. May 2, 1749; d. November 4, 1817).
A large turn out by Trinity Church members and the Stephens City community is expected.
About Trinity Lutheran Church
While history is vital to Trinity Lutheran, the church’s focus is on what God is calling the congregation to be and to do in its present and future ministries. Trinity Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA]. It was organized in 1765 by 16 German immigrants who had migrated from Pennsylvania.
The small group of German immigrants who moved south to the Shenandoah Valley found their new home reminiscent of the land they left behind. Originally, the congregation shared space with the German Reformed congregation – in a tiny log building built around 1783, located on what is now Mulberry Street at the cemetery which still exists and where some of the town’s first settlers were buried.
The building in which Trinity congregation currently worships was constructed in 1906 and is the third worship space utilized by the congregation. Two previous church buildings were constructed in 1812 and 1851.
About Sons of the American Revolution and Colonel James Wood, II Chapter.
SAR was founded in 1889, the year marking the 100th anniversary of George Washington taking the oath of office of the President of the United States. On June 9, 1906, established by an act of Congress, the charter was signed by SAR Compatriot President Theodore Roosevelt.
Chartered in 2007, the Colonel James Wood, II Chapter has been named best chapter in the Commonwealth of Virginia 11 times in 15 years and has received numerous awards. Based in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, the Chapter covers a five-county area of Frederick, Clarke, Page, Warren and Shenandoah Counties plus the City of Winchester.
The chapter continually supports the purposes of the Sons of the American Revolution. They strive to ensure that the patriots who gave us the United States of America are not forgotten; to promote patriotism in support of our country and its modern-day heroes; and to support teaching the history and values of the American Revolution and our constitutional freedoms.
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Photo: Virginia State Color Guard at a grave marking ceremony, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, VA. Courtesy Thomas “Chip” Daniel.
Article by Mark Gunderson with edits by Pastor JMe Lowden