California Society, SAR Color Guardsmen that have served as the National Society Color Guard Commander:
Donald N. Moran – 1989 to 1990
CDR Charles R. Lampman, USN (Ret) – 2006 to 2007
Jim Fosdyck – 2019 to 2020
California Society, SAR Color Guardsmen recipient of the National Society Gold Color Guard Medal for Colorguardsman of the year:
CDR Charles R. Lampman, USN (Ret) – 2004
Karl W. Jacobs – 2016
The SAR Color Guardsman of the Year.
Each year, there shall be no more than one SAR Color Guardsman of the Year. He shall be selected pursuant to procedures set forth by the National Color Guard Committee. An SAR Color Guardsman must have both the Bronze and Silver Color Guard Medals before he can be considered for SAR Color Guardsman of the Year. The Gold Color Guard Medal should be presented by the President General during the Annual Congress Awards Night Program.
To be considered for SAR Color Guardsman of the Year, a Color Guardsman must have completed three years of service at the National level. Each State Society and Chapter Color Guard may nominate one compatriot each year for the SAR Color Guardsman of the Year. State Societies and Chapters should consider that Compatriot who best exemplifies both the spirit of the Sons of the American Revolution and the use of Color Guards to display that spirit.
The SAR Color Guardsman of the Year must attend the SAR National Congress at which he is awarded the Gold Color Guard Medal, and is expected to attend the subsequent National Congress as well. For the year following his election, the Color Guardsman of the Year will carry the National SAR flag at all National events.
California Society, SAR Color Guardsmen recipient of the National Society Von Stuben Medal for Sustained Achievement in the NSSAR Color Guard:
Karl W. Jacobs – 2013
Robert D. Ebert – 2013
Jim L. Faulkinbury – 2015
James F. Blauer – 2016
To earn the National Von Steuben Medal for Sustained Achievement in the NSSAR Color Guard, a Color Guardsman must serve at least five years after the date his application for the Silver Color Guard Medal was approved, and he must participate in at least twenty-five (25) National and/or District Color Guard events. The five years’ service does not have to be continuous. Color Guardsmen may take longer than five years to participate in twenty-five (25) qualifying events, but may not be awarded the National Von Steuben Medal earlier than five years after the date his application for the Silver Color Guard Medal was approved.
California Society, SAR Color Guardsmen recipient of the Most Active Color Guardsman of the Year:
Jim L. Faulkinbury – 2013
Jim L. Faulkinbury – 2014
Ernest “Ernie” P. McCullough – 2015