Memorial Day 2025

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Grand Army of the Republic plot at Washington Cemetery
Vali Reyes & Susan Berry salute as Steve Brock rings the Camp 2 Bell
Michael Lance, PDC, Michael Rappe & CC Daniel Pourreau
Susan Berry, Stephen Schulze, PDC & John Vander Meulen, PCC
Patriotic Decorations
The Allied Orders – SUVCW, ASUVCW and DUVCW
Auxiliary Sisters Vali Reyes (President) & Jana Marsh (Secretary) at the grave of Sarah Emma Seelye
Brothers Vander Meulen & Schulze
Present Arms
Brother Schulze gives the Divine Blessing
Red Roses to honor the dead
Union veteran buried at Washington Cemetery G.A.R. Plot
One of ten graves in this plot, and many others throughout Washington and adjacent Glenwood cemeteries
Welcome from CC Pourreau
Jana Marsh
Mary Anthony Startz, Vali Reyes, Jana Marsh & Susan Barry
SVC Powers calls the names of Union veterans
The Honor Guard
Fire by the Drum!
Shoulder Arms
Michael Lance, PDC, Michael Rappe, CC Daniel Pourreau, SVC Herbert Powers, William Myers, John Vander Meulen, PCC, Stephen Schulze, PDC, Steve Brock
Brothers Lance and Pourreau with Tommy Attaway (left), Howard Rose (right) and other members of the Texas Rifles. Prepared for Honor Guard ceremony on Memorial Day morning at Houston National Cemetery.

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