Report of the Fall Membership Meeting
The Fall 2007 Membership Meeting was held on November
24th at the Nassau Club, in Princeton, and a productive meeting it
• The Society voted to have joint luncheons with the US
Daughters of 1812, New Jersey, in the future. The two
organizations will maintain their separate identities and have
separate meetings, but will join for the luncheons and
• Mr. John Taylor of Marlton was elected to membership.
• Mr. Fenner updated the membership on the status of the Gravesite Registration Project:
- The junior college honor society will go through the Union County and Hudson County Veterans' Grave
Registrations and obtain those listings for veterans of the War of 1812.
- 60,000 grave registration documents in Mercer County were examined by Les Salsbury and his
daughter, Lynette Greenwald, which yielded 65 veterans.
• Mr. Fenner has been investigating the production of a blazer patch for Society members. The Society authorized the production process to move forward.
• Mr. DeGroat brought the new name tags to the meeting to be proofed by the members before they were drilled for use.
• The Society made a $300 donation to the 1783 Committee for the 225th Anniversary Celebration of Princeton's serving as the nation's capital for 5 months in 1783.
• The slate of new officers was elected.
(see the separate listing on this website).
Our speaker for the day was Robert Sullivan of Morgantown,
PA, who gave an informative talk about the uniforms worn by
Our guests at the luncheon were:
Mr. Richard D. Smith, Sr., President General, Gen. Soc. of the War of 1812
Mrs. Valerie Baron, Hon. Pres., U. S. Daughters of 1812
Mrs. Jean Cunnigham, Hon. Pres., U. S Daughters of 1812
Mrs. Lynette Greenwald, 2007 Certificate of Appreciation Recipient
Mrs. Patricia Hewitt, Past Pres., U S. Daughters of 1812
Mrs. Fred Israel, Member, U. S. Daughter of 1812
Mrs. Carl Stewart, Pres., U. S. Daughters of 1812
Robert Sullivan, Sullivan Press, Fall 2007 Speaker
Out-going President Harry Folger honors two fellow retiring officers:
Treasurer Denis Woodfield and Secretary Brian Anderson
Presidents Fenner and Folger present a Certificate of Appreciation to Mrs. Lynette Greenwald for her work with her father on the Grave Registration Project.
