About the Society
The first Society of Colonial Wars was established in 1892, and became the General Society of Colonial Wars in 1893.
Society Events
The Society of Colonial Wars in Louisiana hosts several events such as the Fall Court and various mixer cocktail parties.
Membership
Currently, the Society of Colonial Wars membership process must be approved prior to the application process.
Society Gallery
From our Warrior’s Annual Meetings to the Fall Court, social gatherings and events are a highlight of our society. View our gallery of images here.
“Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.”
The first Society of Colonial Wars was established in 1892, and became the General Society of Colonial Wars in 1893.
The General Society is a tax exempt organization that charters individual State Societies, and it is in one or more of the State Societies that an individual holds membership. The aggregate of State Societies constitutes the General Society.
The Preamble of the Articles of Incorporation for the General Society reads:
“WHEREAS, It is desirable that there should be adequate celebrations commemorative of the events of Colonial History which took place within the period beginning with the settlement of Jamestown, VA., May 13, 1607, and preceding the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775;
THEREFORE, The Society of Colonial Wars is instituted to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsel, assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the American Colonies, and who were in truth founders of this Nation.
