Branches

The Connecticut SAR has local groups all over the state, involved in a wide variety of activities. They range in size from about 15 members to over 100. The amount of activity depends on the group.

Connecticut is the only state SAR society that is allowed to call their local groups by the term “Branch”. We were the first state society to form a local group in New Haven, CT called the Humphreys Branch #1 only two years after the founding of the SAR in 1889. Since then most of our local groups have followed this tradition.

We have members in almost every corner of the state as you can see here.

SAR Member Map

General David Humphreys Branch #1

Chartered: 22 May 1891
Home Area: New Haven
Namesake: David Humphreys

Today Branch Number 1 is the most active of Connecticut’s branches. With more than 115 members, the General David Humphreys Branch Number 1 meets at 6:30 pm on the second Monday of every month, September through June, in the New Haven area. Meetings include dinner, and usually a program relating to Revolutionary War history. For the past three years, the October meeting is held jointly with the 2nd Company, Governor’s Foot Guard, at their headquarters in the Goffe Street Armory in New Haven. In 1996, the 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard joined the October meeting for the first time.

A highlight of the year’s Branch activities is the 4th of July honoring of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven. Other activities include recognition of outstanding citizens, outstanding Law Enforcement Officers, Veterans, Eagle Scouts, ROTC participants, local Heroes, and the support of the precepts of the National and State Society efforts and programs. Naturally, Branch Number 1 recognizes the importance of having a good time, and each December and June meeting includes wives and families of members.

General Gold Selleck Silliman Branch #3

Chartered: 1893
Home Area: Bridgeport
Namesake: Gold Selleck Silliman

General Israel Putnam Branch #4

Chartered: Chartered: 7 Feb 1894
Deactivated: 3 Dec 1955
Rechartered: 22 Feb 1992
Home Area: Vernon
Namesake: Israel Putnam
Color Guard: Eleventh Regiment of Connecticut Militia
Newsletter: The Scarlet Standard

Roger Sherman Branch #5

Chartered: 11 Jun 1894
Deactivated: 3 Dec 1955
Rechartered: 22 Feb 1997
Home Area: Mid-Fairfield County
Namesake: Roger Sherman

Captain Nathan Hale Branch #6

Chartered: 6 Nov 1895
Home Area: New London
Namesake: Nathan Hale

Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch #7

Chartered: 17 Jan 1910
Home Area: Hartford
Namesake: Jeremiah Wadsworth

Events:

April 24, 2010
The Spring Meeting of the Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution will be held at J Timothy's in Plainville, CT.

Cadet Rogers ROTC Award
Wadsworth Branch President Damien Cregeau presented the SAR ROTC Award to Army ROTC Cadet Matthew Rogers on March 20, 2010 at ceremonies on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.