As part of this year’s ongoing celebration to the signing of Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the Jacksonville Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will recognize two highly significant and impactful local American Revolution events.
Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, the SAR Jacksonville Chapter will present its annual recognition of the Battle at Thomas Creek located at the Seaton Creek Historic Preserve in northeastern Jacksonville. This national historic event will recognize the Battle of Thomas Creek as an ambush on local Patriot Militia forces by a mixed force of British Army, Loyalist militia, and Native Americans near the mouth of Thomas Creek in Northeast Florida on May 17, 1777.
The next Saturday, April 4, also at 10 a.m., the Jacksonville Chapter of SAR will conduct ceremonies to officially designate the more-than 250-year-old Treaty Oak Tree, located in the Jesse Ball DuPont Park,1207 Prudential Drive, as an official nationally recognized Liberty Tree…