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The San Antonio Compatriot . Page 3 - Mar-Apr 2018
GUEST SPEAKER
Our Guest Speaker at our
R AT MARCH CHAPTER MEETING Chapter Meeting on March
21, 2018 was Colonel Tony
White, US Marine Corps (Retired), who spoke on the Founding of the Marines
and their involvement during the American Revolution.
He stated that the first Marines were enlisted into the Corps at Tun Tavern in
Philadelphia is regarded as the traditional birth place of the United States
Marine Corps by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10,
1775. They are the direct descendants of the British Marines who were founded
in 1664. The Marines mostly served on Naval ships conducting boarding
operations, protecting the Ships Officers, engaging in amphibious assaults and
land engagements, such as the Battle of Trenton in 1776. Following the
Revolution, the Marines were disbanded in 1783. The Marines were re-
established in 1798 and deployed in support of the Barbary Pirates War (1801-
1815) when President Jefferson refused to pay extortion money for protection
of American ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. He outlined other
operations in the War of 1812 and The Mexican War (1846-1848).At the March 21st Chapter Meeting,
INDUCTION O F NEW MEMBERS President Roy Leonard inducted 6
new members into the San Antonio Chapter, Texas Society SAR. Shown from left to right and top to bot-
tom with their Patriot Ancestors name in parenthesis are: Brian Johnson Lavezzari and his son Benjamin
Joseph Lavezzari (Josiah Lewis), Kenneth McAnear (John Gorin), Christopher Petty (Tigual Jones), Sam-
uel Christopher Smith (Robert Catlett), and Patrick Robert McCloskey (John Hamilton).
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McAnear's Patriot Story: Compatriot Kenneth McAnear offered his Patriot An-
cestor Story. His Patriot is John Gorin. When applying for his Revolutionary War
Pension, he stated in his Declaration in September 1832 that he was a resident of
Barren County of the State of Kentucky, and was 69 years old. It reads in part:
"That he was born & raised in the County of Fairfax, state of Virginia, near Alex-
andria, & in the year 1777 volunteered as a Soldier under Captain Thomas Pol-
lard & Lieutenant William D. Neale in the Virginia Militia, & was attached to
Cols Rumsey & Gilpins Regiment, & marched to Pennsylvania, & there was at-
tached to Gen'l. Charles Scotts Brigade, under his excellency Gen'l George
Washington, & was at the Battle of Germantown [4 Oct 1777] ... & He was pre-
sent ... at Pigeon Hill, and shortly afterwards he assisted in dislodging the Hessi-
ans at the Schuylkill Bridge near Philadelphia. He marched to Williamsburgh
[sic: Williamsburg], thence moved on to Yorktown; was at the taking of Lord
Cornwallis & his Army [19 Oct 1781]. He was then discharged."- - - . v . --1 i
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