2025 SACC CONVENTION

SACC's 2025 convention will be in Sacramento California on 2-3-4 August just before Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada, only 100 miles away.  Check their website for seperatge arrangements.  Details and contracts for the SACC convention are still being worked out, so registration form will not be available until the February issue of On Solid Ground.  The venue is a jewell of the former Officer's Club and Visiting Officer's Quarters refurbished by the new owner after McClellan Air Force Base was closed around 2000.

Schedule:

2 August:

9am     National Board Meeting
1pm     Chapters Meetiing
5pm     Welcome Reception

3 August:

9am to 10:45am          Tech Sessions and/or Sight Seeing
11am to 12:45pm        Tech Sessions and/or Sight Seeing

     Sight Seeing in/near Sacramento

Old Sacramento Tour of  Underground Sacramento's Sutter's Fort
California State Capitol Crocker Art Museum
California Auto Museum
River front, boardwalks and cobble stone streets
Railroad Museum
Train Ride

6pm: Supper at special venue TBA

4 August:

9am           Road tour of Gold Country (Sierra Nevada Foothills)
12 noon     Lunch at an original Pony Express Station
1-4pm       More road touring
6pm          Social Hour in the Officer's Club
7pm          Banquet & Annual Membership Meeting

Bring the family for some living history lessons.  The Sacramento region is a historical treasure for the "Old West" migration some 200 years ago.  The city was a major railroad center and a shipping port for the river traffic from San Franscisco.  The air base venue has an aeronautical museum.  Sacramento was also the western end of the Pony Express Trail that started in St. Joseph, Missouri.  The distance of 1960 miles was covered in 10 days and is re-enacted every June by volunteers carrying real mail with a special stamp.  SACC members who register for the SACC Convention by 30 April 2025 will receive a letter carried on horseback in the June 2025 re-ride.  The road tour on the last day of the convention will explore the Sierra Nevada foothills that sparked the gold rush and the mountain pass that was a portion of the Pony Express Trail.  So plan the trip now and register early so you can get the best selection of hotel rooms, the tee shirts, and the Pony Express letter.