About SAR & HISSAR: Youth Programs

The Hawaii Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (HISSAR) salutes Don Omengebar, Castle High School JROTC Unit Commander C 1st Lieutenant. An award was presented on behalf of the HISSAR by Society Treasurer and Director Elbridge W. Smith.

James B. Castle High School is located in Kaneohe on the island of Oahu. Emphasizing the development of character, competence and commitment, the Marine Corps JROTC began operating at Castle High School in 1995. It is part of a network of voluntary programs sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across America training high school students in areas of character education, leadership skills, and military sciences.

For more information please visit the following sites:

rotc group from Castle High School

Youth Programs Home Page

	“In this long contest for the principles of universal Freedom, a man was brought forth for the occasion, as though sent of God, like another Joshua, to lead our armies, and, when the battle and strife was over, to guide us in the paths of peace. George Washington! the great soldier, the noble Christian, the incorruptible statesman, and the unambitious citizen. Our success may not have been due more to his military genius than to that of others; but his character ennobled our cause and purified our motives in the eyes of the world..”

	~G. W. Woods, Surgeon, from an Address delivered at the American Centennial Celebration at the Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu Source: The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu: July 8, 1876...