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Date	America 250 SAR Events Calendar with Chapter and/or Virginia SAR	City	Event Link
16 Dec 2023	250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (Major Samuel Cooper, a Boston Tea Party participant, is buried in Alexandria)	Boston, MA
2024
16–18 July	250th Anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves National SAR Event (co-sponsored with Fairfax Resolves Chapter SAR)	Fairfax County & Alexandria, VA
Sep 2024	250th Anniversary of the formation of the Independent Company of Alexandria	Alexandria, VA
Oct 2024	200th Anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's Grand Tour of the United States Cornerstone Event - Chapter's America 250 SAR Committee	Alexandria, VA
2025
13 Oct 2025	250th Anniversary of the United States Navy	Nationwide
2026
Feb 2026	250th Anniversary of General George Washington's Birthday George Washington Chapter Virginia SAR is recognized by the City of Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee as this year's lead organization. National SAR Event -- Pending Request and Approval Cornerstone Event - Chapter's America 250 SAR Committee	Alexandria, VA

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Events leading up to the
American Revolutionary War

Date	Event	City	State
1763	French and Indian War ends
1763	Royal Proclamation Line is established \| link
1764	The Stamp Act passes \| link
1765	Patrick Henry - Virginia Resolves		VA
12 Apr 1767	The Townshend Acts are passed by British Parliament
5 Mar 1770	The Boston Massacre occurs.
16 May 1771	Battle of Alamance (War of Regulation)	Alamance	NC
9 Jun 1772	The Gaspee Affair	Newport	RI
* 12 Mar 1773	Virginia establishes a Committee of Correspondence	Williamsburg	VA
6 Dec 1773	The Boston Tea Party occurs	Boston	MA
Mar - Jun 1774	The Intolerable Acts
18 Mar 1774	British troops occupy Boston	Boston	MA
18 Jul 1774	Fairfax Resolves are adopted by committee in Fairfax County	Alexandria	VA
1 Sep 1774	The Powder Alarm	Somerville	MA
5 Sep 1774	First Continental Congress is convened	Philadelphia	PA
9 Sep 1774	The Suffolk Resolves	Dedham	MA
* 14 Sep 1774	The Independent Company of Alexandria is organized. Its officers were Captain William Ramsay (P-275139) and First Lieutenant Robert Hanson Harrison (P-176250)	Alexandria	VA
4-6 Oct 1774	Battle of Point Pleasant (Lord Dunmore's War)	Point Pleasant	WV

American Revolution
April 19, 1775 -- November 25, 1783

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