Heroes76

Flag Programs

Throughout the Order, several historical and patriotic flag programs have been developed. A member of the National Sojourners Chapter in El Paso, Texas, Hubert L. Koker, 32°, K. C. C. H, developed a program in which the American Flag was built, stripe by stripe and star by star with a narration giving the state or states admitted to the Union with the addition of each stripe and star. Another Brother, who was also a member of the National Sojourners, saw the program and understood immediately the full significance of what he had seen. After getting proper permission, he brought the program to National Sojourners, Inc. The rest, as they say, is history.

The program was refined again and again. More portable and reliable props were developed, and “Building the Flag” teams were formed throughout National Sojourners with their affiliated Order, The Heroes of ‘76, presenting it in colonial uniforms, often assisted by their ladies, also in colonial costume. This excellent patriotic and educational program has been performed thousands of times at schools as well as Masonic and non-Masonic gatherings of all kinds. It continues today as one of the most effective and popular patriotic programs yet invented.

It would be the honor of the Sojourners of Gatewood Chapter #536 & Abraham Lincoln Camp of the Heroes of ‘76 to present this Patriotic & Educational program for any Civic or Masonic Organization.

Commander	Robert Cook	Senior Lieutenant	Tom Yingling
Chief of Staff	Art Williams	Junior Lieutenant
Assistant Chief of Staff	Geoffrey Lasswell	Adjutant	Richard Carman
Officer of the Day	Jesse Johns	Commander of the Guard	Don Shuford