ASSOCIATION SERVICES IN PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS IN THE AREAS OF PATRIOTISM, PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, COMMEMORATION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS, BRINGING TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS WHO SHARE A COMMON HISTORICAL HERITAGE, AND THE ACCUMULATION AND PRESERVATION OF GENEALOGIC DATA OF IMMEDIATE ANCESTORS OF MEMBERS WHO LIVED IN THE PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM 1775 TO 1783 AND THE LINEAGE THEREFROM