The Sons of

the American Revolution has chartered a new chapter in Fayette County.

Appropriately named the "Marquis de Lafayette Chapter, Sons of the

American Revolution, Georgia Society," the group has gone from 11

organizational members to 43 members.

Said newly

elected president, Doug Stansberry, "I am very proud to be associated

with this organization and this chapter. We must always remember and honor

those whose freedoms were dearly won so that we might be here today. I

have a friend who teaches school, and he told me that the schools new

history book only has eight sentences on the American Revolution."

Speaker for

the occasion was Dominique M. H. Lemoine. He is in charge of the law office

in Atlanta of Sokolow, Dunaud, Mercadier & Carreras.

He received

his undergraduate degree from the school of law of the Universite d'Orleans

in 1980, and from the Institut d'Edudes Politiques de Paris in 1983. In

the United States, he received an LLM from Columbus University School

of law and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He

practiced law in Paris before coming to the United States, and is a member

of both the New York Bar and the Georgia Bar.

Lemoine spoke

on "Marquis de Lafayette - America's French Compatriot" and

outlined the life of the man for whom Fayette County was named.

Officers include

Dr. Douglas H. Stansberry, president, John Sloan, vice president, Harold

Harrison Jr., secretary, Col. Edward C. Hackney, treasurer, the Rev. Jeffrey

C. Lowe, chaplain, John Lynch, registrar, Randall Fleming, Sgt. at Arms,

John W. Mrosek, Chancellor, and Scott Gilbert, editor.

For information

call Stansberry at 770-460-1556.