Talk:Sons of the American Revolution/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Ulysses S. Grant

I put Ulysses S. Grant back on the list. The user from IP 68.0.218.214 is right; Grant died before the formal organization of the SAR. However, Grant was a member of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, a predecessor which was incorporated into the SAR. I found a PDF on the California SAR webpage that includes Grant and explains that his membership in the parent organization automatically made him eligible for SAR membership had he lived longer. I put a link to the PDF in a footnote and summarized the anachronism. Thanks to the anonymous user for pointing out the problem. Mingusboodle (talk) 18:48, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Obama

According to an LA Times blog, Barack Obama is eligible for membership, but declined last December because he was too busy. Mingusboodle (talk) 22:34, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

History

I'm concerned that the origins of the SAR in this article is so different from the version given by the SAR on their webpage. I'd suggest this article either needs some sources cited, or needs to be changed to match the one source we have. Mingusboodle (talk) 00:17, 27 December 2008 (UTC)