The Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution
(MDSSAR or SAR) will conduct the 3 rd Annual Celebration of Colonel Tench Tilghman Week on Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM in Easton, Maryland.
Watch the parade consisting of SAR members from across the state of Maryland, Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mid-Shore Historical Societies, Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes & Drum Band, Colonel Richardson High School Band, and more.
Witness the historic wreath-laying ceremony at Spring Hill Cemetery that will end with a three-volley
musket salute with members of the SAR dressed on 1 st Maryland Regiment uniforms.
Reserve a seat at the Avalon Theatre via the Talbot County Free Library website (www.tcfl.org) to hear
the guest speaker tell tales of Maryland’s soldiers including African-American and Native-American
soldiers who were part of Maryland’s Revolutionary War army.
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), founded in 1889, is a non-profit and
non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, serving our communities, and educating and
inspiring future generations about the founding principles of our country.
To learn more about the Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the SAR, please go to the MDSSAR website at https://www.mdssar.org/ and the chapter’s Facebook Group page at https://www.facebook.com/ColTenchTilghman
