Dear Compatriot Members of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR,

I would like to thank the following members for participating in the BIG
3(2) last Saturday. The weather was terrible! The Bedford Parade was fine,
but we marched the Meriam's Corner parade in the rain, wind and cold. I made
the decision not to march in the 3rd parade in Lincoln because I did not
want everyone getting sick, and missing the upcoming Patriot's Day Parades
in Concord and Lexington next Monday.

Wayne Bickley - Putnam
Geoffrey Colby - Putnam
Dan Dudley - Putnam
Lee Gerlander - Putnam
Todd Gerlander - Putnam
Randy Gerlander - Putnam
Bob Rivard - Huntington
Fred Rivard - Huntington
John Towle - Putnam
Russell Wirtalla - Putnam
Richard Wright - Putnam

Bonnie Burke - Camp-Follower
Gina Gerhard - Camp-Follower

Huzzah!!!

Dear Compatriots of the Connecticut Line CTSSAR,

I would like to thank the 19 members who came out and marched with the
Connecticut Line CTSSAR in the parades yesterday commemorating PATRIOT'S DAY
in Concord and Lexington.

I would also like to give a HUZZAH!!! to all the members, particularly those
who were on the road as early as 3:30 AM in order to make these parades
yesterday.

We looked sharp! Well Done!!!

It is GREAT to see the SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION active marching in
BOTH parades commemorating the start of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Although no Connecticut militia actually took park in the skirmishes at
Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. In the days immediately following,
Four Thousand Connecticut Militia did respond to the LEXINGTON ALARM, and
"marched for the relief of Boston".

It was in one of these eyewitness accounts, a letter written in
Wethersfield, Connecticut on April 23, 1775 that reads,

"We are all in motion here, and equipt from the Town yesterday, one hundred
young men, who cheerfully offered their service, twenty-days provision and
sixty-four rounds per man. They are well armed and in high spirits. My
brother has gone with them and others of the first property. Our neighboring
towns are all arming and moving. Men of the first character shoulder their
arms and march off for the field of action. We shall by night have several
thousands from this Colony on their march . . . . . We fix on our Standards
and Drums the Colony Arms, with the motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet", round
it in letters of gold, which we construe thus; 'God, who transplanted us
hither, will support us.'"

Once again . . . Connecticut answered the call and helped to commemorate
those men who "Nob'ly Dared to be Free".

Huzzah!!!

Wayne Bickley
Geoffrey Colby
Dan Dudley
Lee Gerlander
Todd Gerlander
Randy Gerlander
Howard Greene
Dylan Greene
Bob Lasprogato
Harry Orcutt
Bob Rivard
Fred Rivard
John Towle
Allan Van Wert
Russell Wirtalla
Richard Wright

Bonnie Burke
Liisa Colby
Gina Gerhard

Put your faith in God and keep your powder dry,

Todd L. Gerlander
Colonel Commanding