PSSR Washington celebration

The Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution continued its tradition of celebrating Washington's birthday at a white-tie-optional dinner Feb. 20 at the Union League. In all, 207 guests - members of the Colonial Wars Society, the Color Guard, Colonial Dames, and other invitees - enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, a sit-down dinner, dessert, and dancing to Renaissance in the Lincoln Room. Society president W. Murray Gordon made opening remarks, followed by an invocation by society chaplain G. Clayton Ames III and toasts by vice presidents John M. Blickensderfer, Schuyler C. Wickes, Ben Wolfe, and Michael Whelan. The society's mission is to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in the military and civil service of the colonies and the Continental Congress, achieved independence for our country. The society is dedicated to the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington and other prominent events connected with the American Revolution, and to inspire patriotism.