Research & Verification
- Identify Revolutionary War veterans/patriots buried in the Chapter’s counties.
- Verify service records to confirm eligibility for a SAR grave marking.
- Document GPS coordinates, plot location, and cemetery contact info for each grave
Planning & Permits
- Secure permission from the cemetery, family descendants if known, and sometimes local government before placing any marker or holding a ceremony.
- Order and install Patriot Grave Markers.
- Coordinate dates with the Chapter Color Guard, clergy, descendant families, local officials, DAR and other SAR Chapters
Ceremony Coordination
- Write and create the ceremony program.
- Recruit ceremony participants, e.g.: reader, chaplain, people to hand out programs/flowers.
- Handle day-of logistics: road direction signs, set up podium, sound, flags, etc.
- Photograph the event for publicity and Chapter records.
Records & Reporting
- Submit the completed grave marking form
- Update the Chapter’s “marked graves” database
- Verify that PRS was updated at https://sarpatriots.sar.org/