Alabama Society Color Guard at Childersburg Photos by Jack Caraway
Brad Sanders, Eddie Bowling, Glenn Nivens, Larry Cornwell, Jack Caraway
Alabama Society President Larry Cornwell reads the citation to accompany the award of the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal and the Bronze Color Guard Medal (State Level) for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006 to Eddie
Good Morning, On behalf of over 700 members of the Alabama Society, Sons of the American Revolution, I am here to honor Eddie Bowling for his contributions to our great Society. Each of us whom you see in a Revolutionary War uniform have at least one ancestor who participated in the American Revolution, including Eddie, and we are proud to display that same spirit of liberty that was won and given to us by our forefathers. We all have the blood of patriots flowing in our veins, and we will not forget their sacrifices that gave us the liberties we enjoy today. In the three years that Eddie has been involved in SAR activities, he has distinguished himself by participating in many events that honor our Revolutionary War heritage. Members of The Sons of the American Revolution honor our patriot ancestors by marking their graves with a bronze medallion, and Eddie has been a part of the color guard for many of those grave markings in counties throughout the state. He has participated in commemorations of Revolutionary War battles in Georgia and South Carolina, and has been a vital part of our color guard at chapter and state meetings, in Mississippi as well as in Alabama. He was featured on the cover of the American Village Magazine, and in the American Village videotape of Patrick Henry’s Spirit of Liberty. Eddie, would you please come forward for a presentation? By the authority vested in me as the President of the Alabama Society, Sons of the American Revolution, I hereby award Stephen Edward Bowling the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal for his extraordinarily strong support of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Bronze Color Guard medal for his three years’ participation as a color guard member. You have our entire Society’s deep debt of gratitude for a service well done. Will Lt. Colonel Glenn Nivens, U.S. Army, retired, Eddie’s grandfather, please assist me in the pinning? (Pin on medals, present certificates)
ALSSAR President Larry Cornwell presents two medal certificates to Youth Member Eddie Bowling as Grandfather Glenn Nivens assists
President Cornwell pins the medals on Eddie as Glenn assists
Eddie proudly displays his new medals. Glenn presents mementos including a certificate from the Wiregrass Chapter and a framed copy of the American Village magazine with Eddie's picture on the cover. Glenn also presented to the History Department a copy of the American Village DVD "Spirit of Liberty," in which both Eddie and his grandfather appear.
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