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Liang Heng (simplified Chinese: 梁恒; traditional Chinese: 梁恆; pinyin: Liáng Héng) (born 1954) is a Chinese-American writer and scholar.He co-authored Son of the Revolution, [2] a memoir of growing up during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution and After the Nightmare, [3] another first-person account of China, this time describing a return visit during the period of "Reform and Opening ...
The Sons of the Revolution (SR), formally the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution (GSSR), is a patriotic organization headquartered at Williamsburg, Virginia. A nonprofit corporation, the Sons of the Revolution was founded by John Austin Stevens on February 22, 1876, at New York City. The organization is governed by a board of ...
John Austin Stevens Jr. (January 21, 1827 – June 16, 1910) was a leader of business, an adviser of government and a student of the American Revolution.While he was born to a prominent banking family with political connections, it was his interest in U.S. history and his founding of Sons of the Revolution for which he is best known.
President Joe Biden, then a United States Senator, was awarded a Gold Good Citizenship Medal by The Delaware Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1999. [ 6 ] Of the 22 presidents who served prior to the founding of the SAR, six qualify as patriot ancestors – George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James ...
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), is a federally chartered patriotic organization.The National Society, a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, [8] was formed in New York City on April 30, 1889. [9]
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War. [2]
He is also honored in the name of General Richard Butler KYSAAR, Butler County, Kentucky recognized August 20, 2016. A chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is named for him as well as on in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the General Richard Butler Chapter, founded in Butler, Pennsylvania. [5]
After the war, Col. Ely applied to Congress for recompense for his services and for the money he had devoted to the revolution. [13] General Henry Knox, [14] Secretary of War, supported this and President Washington wrote the Colonel promising a successful outcome for his petition.