WOW — what a year it’s been!

The Founding Members of Pig War held their first meeting 03/14/2021 — yeah, that’s right, Pi Day! (mmm, pie…)  Starting with two, then three, then ten local SAMS members, we’d been planning this and it was finally time.  Our meeting lasted a little over an hour, and we decided to go for it.  We did the work, sent our Petition into the Scottish–American Military Society — requesting recognition as a SAMS Camp — and in July 2021 we were made official!

Since then we’ve continued to do the leg-work to launch our unique unit with a pipe & drum corps at its center — and I tell you, it’s been no small effort!  As 2022 rolled around, and events started happening again — as the Commander of this group, I can tell you — it was as though we had to do the same amount of work all over again.

One week from today we will be operating our first outreach tent at the Skagit Valley Highland Games in Mt. Vernon, WA.  We will be supported by the members of SAMS Post #1889, which is also loaning us their equipment — tent, tables, everything!  We joined them last weekend at the Tacoma Highland Games in Graham, WA.  They had a new approach to arranging and operating their tent — the same we’ve planned to do at Skagit — and it worked great.  Our SAMS had more fun along with the vets and their family members who visited our tent — they seemed to enjoy it better, even staying longer to learn more about SAMS.

Which brings us to today …

I have wanted to see that our website got launched before the Skagit Games.  Of all the jobs I’ve taken on, and hats I’ve worn within Pig War, to get us to this point …. I did this one, too!  12+ hours of work during the last 2 days, I think it’s ready … and, if I do say so myself … there will be more work on it to come, but it’s lookin’ pretty good!

See you at Skagit on the 9th,
Don
Pig War Commander & Pipe Major

PS — Last Sunday our Petition to SAMS was submitted for Post status!