Welcome Low Dutch Cousins to the 2024 Gathering at Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, Carlisle , KY
Friday, September 13, 2024
8:00 am – Start set up Family Heritage Tables, Book Displays, Silent Auction items, and T-shirts
10:00 am – Meet & Greet Cousins with Early Registration, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
11:00 am – Nancy Hill, President Harrodsburg Historical Society, “250th Anniversary of Harrodsburg”
12:00 pm – Lunch Buffet
1:00 pm – Business Meeting (Officers and Registered Cousins)
2:00 pm – Registration , Meet and Greet our New Cousins
3:00 pm – Welcome, Opening , Presentation of Colors & Officer Announcements
4:00 pm – SAR Fife & Drum Presentation with educational interpretation
5:00 pm – Dinner Buffet 6:00 pm – Cousin Introductions “Pass the Mike.”
6:30 pm – Vince Akers, “200th Anniversary of Six Mile Meeting House.”
Saturday, September 14, 2024
8:30 am – Registration, Meet and Greet our New Cousins, View Heritage Displays, Silent Auction Bidding, Books, T-Shirt Sales
9:30 am – 2024 Low Dutch Cousins Gathering Opening Ceremony, SAR Color Guard
10:00 am – Vince Akers, “The Low Dutch Connection with the Battle of Blue Licks, the last Battle of the American Revolution”
10:45 am – Group Photos and Family Photos
11:00 am – Networking including SAR & DAR Registrars and Brendan Potter (SAR National Genealogist)
12:00 pm – Lunch Buffet
1:00 pm – Blue Licks Battlefield Museum OR Self- guided tour of Blue Licks monument OR long-guided tour of Blue Licks (2 hours, difficult terrain) OR networking & research with family, silent auction bidding
4:00 pm – Purchase auction items & take down displays
5:00 pm – Dinner Buffet
6:00 pm – Keynote Speaker, Eddie Price, “Battle of Blue Licks”
Sunday, September 15, 2024
10:30 am – Worship service Old Mud Meeting House, Harrodsburg, KY – Public Invited
11:45 am – SAR Color Guard presents Veterans & Patriots Remembrance Ceremony @Old Mud Meeting House Cemetery
12: pm – Traditional Group Photo
Lunch on your own
Monday, September 16, 2024
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Harrodsburg Historical Society Research Library and Low Dutch Archives Research Day
9:00 am- 4:00 pm – National Society Sons of the American Revolution Library, 809 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202
11:00 am – “Vrooman Collection” presentation by Zac Distel, Curator & Director of Collections, NSSAR
