Western Reserve Society
Sons of the American Revolution
1st in Ohio - 2nd Oldest in the Country
WRSSAR in the Print News
Honoring Westlake’s Revolutionary War Connection
The City of Westlake has a Revolutionary War connection within Evergreen Cemetery located at 29535 Center Ridge Road. At rest in the cemetery are the remains of six Revolutionary War veterans – men who battled the British 250 years ago to establish American independence. After the war, they made their way west to the area known as the Western Reserve and a township known as Dover (now Westlake) in the territory that became the State of Ohio in 1803.
Ohio House of Representatives - Certificate of Recognition
On behalf of the members of the House of Representatives of the 136th General Assembly of Ohio, we are pleased to applaud the Western Reserve Society Sons of the American Revolution on its Revolutionary War Patriot Grave Marking ceremony commemorating the Two Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 2025.
Ohio Society SAR Newsletter. Winter 2024: WRSSAR Patriot Grave Marking Article
The Western Reserve Society Founded in 1892, marked the grave of longest lived veteran of the American Revolution. On September 17, 2023 the Western Reserve Society held a Grave Marking Ceremony to honor the service of six Revolutionary War Patriots buried at North Royalton Cemetery in North Royalton, Ohio. The soldiers included: