Our speaker will be Kyle Young, one of our Chapter Members, who will update us on the progress of the restoration of an ancestor's Revolutionary War grave site in Northern Wilmington. Cost is $30.00 person, which includes Soft drinks, coffee, hot and iced tea, fresh house salad with Italian dressing, bread as well as your choice of the following: • Chicken Parm • Chicken Piccata • Penne Ala Vodka • Baked Ziti and Meatballs

The City of Wilmington and the Peter Jaquett Chapter will be dedicating a memorial to 28 Rhode Island Revolutionary War soldiers and 5 British officers buried in a mass grave at the Wilmington Brandywine Cemetery

Join us at the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Cooch's bridge. All are welcome!    

Join us in New Castle as we celebrate the signing Declaration of Independence with the 63rd Annual National Bell Ringing. At precisely 2:00 Churches in the 13 original colonies will ring their bells in commemoration of the tolling of the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall, Philadelphia at 2:00 on July 4, 1776

January speaker Bill Knightly returns to share with us the details of his research into a mass grave of 28 Rhode Island Revolutionary War Patriots buried in the Wilmington Brandywine cemetery. He discovered the names of all 28 along with the names of 5 British officers buried with them in the same mass grave. He and President Bob Cochran will share details about a ceremony being planned by the City of Wilmington to dedicate the mass grave in September of this year and the Jaquett Chapter's role in the ceremony.

St James Mill Creek Episcopal Church estimates that there are 33 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in there cemetery. The church is holding a symposium to show parishioners and other interested parties how to clean headstones so that the stones can be cleaned in time for a possible unveiling around Memorial Day Weekend 2026. You and your family & friends are cordially invited to attend