From the Leavenworth Times: Sons of the American Revolution donate Washington portrait
Leavenworth, Kan. — Henry Leavenworth Elementary School seemed a fitting place for a donated portrait of George Washington from the local chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The chapter also is named after Henry Leavenworth, who established Fort Leavenworth. And Henry Leavenworth’s father was a captain during the Revolutionary War.
“So Henry Leavenworth is a true son of the American Revolution,” Brooks Lyles said Friday during an assembly at the elementary school.
Lyles is a president of the Henry B. Leavenworth Chapter of the Kansas Society of Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The chapter donated a portrait of the Washington to Henry Leavenworth Elementary School as part of the group’s education program, according to chapter member Vernon Welkner.
The picture was unveiled during the assembly.
Principal Stacy Graff said the picture will hang in the school’s library.
Welkner said members of local Sons of the American Revolution chapter want to make similar donations to other schools that don’t have portraits of George Washington.
“We’ll do it as the money becomes available,” he said.
A color guard of men dressed in Revolutionary War style uniforms were featured during Friday’s ceremony. David Comer, the state president of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as past state president Peter Grassl also were on hand for the presentation.
Members of the Sons of the American Revolution are descendants of people who fought in the Revolutionary War or people who supported the Revolution. The local chapter was established three years ago and has about 25 members.
