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GJB Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution

2025 Chapter Leadership & Meetings

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GJB SAR Meetings

GJB Meeting Agenda
  • ​Welcome
  • Pledge of Allegiance
  • SAR Pledge
  • ​Invocation​
  • Secretary’s ReportTreasurer's Report
  • Other Business
  • Program
  • ​SAR Recessional
SAR Pledge
​We descendants of the heroes of the American Revolution who, by their sacrifices, established the United States of America, reaffirm our faith in the principles of liberty and our Constitutional Republic, and solemnly pledge ourselves to defend them against every foe.

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SAR Recessional
​Until we meet again, let us remember our obligations to our forefathers, who gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, an independent Supreme Court and a Nation of Free Men.

2025 Chapter Officers

President: Jay L. Cummins
President Emeritus/Vice President: J. Gordon Bidner
​Secretary/Historian:​ Richard Milner
Assistant Secretary​​: Alvin Abbott
​Registrar: ​Stephen Kern
​Assistant Registrar: ​Robert Harshbarger
Genealogist: Stephen Kern
Treasurer: Rob Jones
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Chaplain: Rev. Raymond P. Owens
​Sergeant-at-Arms: Vacant
​Editor, The General's News: ​J. Gordon Bidner
Editor, GJB Website (gjbsar.org): David Brian Williams
Moderator, GJBSAR Facebook Page:  ​

2025 Members At Large

Milton "Sonny" Rudsinski
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Steve Runyan
Alan C. Washburn


2025 Chapter Committees and Chairmen

Citizenship: Chair Jay Cummins—Robert Flesher, Bill Hammitt, Jay Herrman, Rob Jones, Dan Leifel, Phares O’Daffer

Color Guard/Parade: Chair— Milton Rudsinski, Gordon Bidner (ex officio), Don Hyland, Stephen Kern

Eagle Scout: Chair Rodger Salzman--Al Abbott, Stephen Kern, Lance McCormick, Terry Willis

Education: Chair Dan Leifel—Charles Erickson, Kevin Roberts, Alan Washburn, David B. Williams

Finance: Chair Stephen Kern—Charles Erickson, Rob Jones, Lance McCormick, Kurt Rudsinski, Dale Simpson

Flag Day: Chair Stephen Kern— Albert Day, Steve Shipley, Dale Simpson

Public Service & Heroism: Chair Stephen Kern—David Dougall, Ray Owens

Membership/Mentoring: Chair Rick Milner--Jay Cummins, David Dougall, Bob Harshbarger, Rob Jones, Ray Owens, Steve Runyan

Patriot Graves:: Chair Stephen Kern--- Albert Day, Roger Hollis, Dan Leifel, Kevin Roberts, Milton Rudsinski, Hadley Welsch

Public Relations: Chair Gordon Bidner—Jay Cummins, Bob Harshbarger (Zoom coordinator), Ray Owens

The General’s News: Editor Gordon Bidner. Editorial Board—Jay Cummins, Stephen Kern, Dan Leifel

Veterans/ROTC Affairs: Chair Dan Leifel---Albert Day, Bud Lewis, Terry Willis

ILSSAR Poster/Knight Essay/Rumbaugh Orations/Schweizer History: Chair
Jay Cummins--Charles Erickson, Rob Jones, Kevin Crutcher

Information Technology: Chair Bob Harshbarger—Jay Cummins, David Dougall, Clay Held, Stephen Kern, David B. Williams (GJB Webadministrator)

Nominating and Program Leadership: 2025 Leadership Team/Board of Managers

GJB 50th/SAR 250th Anniversary Committee 1776-2026: Chair Jay Cummins, Gordon Bidner, Clay Held, Stephen Kern, Dan Leifel, Lance McCormick, Ray Owens, Dale Simpson
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  • Home
    • GJB Liberty Tree Project
    • SAR/CAR/DAR National Sites >
      • Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
      • Society Children American Revolution
      • Daughters of the American Revolution
    • SAR/DAR Illinois Sites >
      • Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
      • DAR: Letitia Green Stevenson Chapter
  • Membership
    • Meetings & Leadership
    • Members New & Past
    • Becoming an SAR Member
  • History
    • GJB Chapter History
    • General Bartholomew
    • GJB Chapter Patriots
    • Patriots Buried in Illinois
    • Illinois in the Revolution
  • Events
  • Programs
    • GJB Educational Programs
    • GJB Public Service & Other Programs
  • Gallery
  • Newsletters
  • Contact