Author: Robert Riley

  • Galveston 2026

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    It was a spectacular day in Galveston on January 3, sunny but not too hot and just enough breeze to unfurl the flags, which made for some quality photo and video opportunities. Here is a nice group photo, a gallery with lots of pictures, plus a video at the end. All of the best and…

  • December 2025 Newsletter

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    CLICK HERE to read the latest issue of The Harriet Lane. Did you know that the Harriet Lane is still on patrol? Yes, the modern-day version, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, was commissioned in 1984 and sails the high seas from her home port in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Click here for the full story on…

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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    It will be hard to top our amazingly successful 2025 campaign but we are going to give it our best shot starting this Saturday, January 3, at the 32nd annual Battle of Galveston Commemoration Ceremony.  Setup starts at 8:30 and the ceremony begins promptly at 10:00 AM.  This year we are very happy to welcome…

  • Crown Hill Cemetery Veteran’s Day Celebration

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    Veteran’s Day week kicked off on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at historic Crown Hill Cemetery in Pasadena, TX.  Many veterans are buried at Crown Hill including 2 Union veterans of the Civil War.  The cemetery recently acquired and installed permanent headstones for these 2 veterans, 2LT Milton H. Lakin of Co. H, 97th OH Infantry…

  • Davis Marker Dedication Ceremony

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    On November 1, 2025 the brothers of LCDR Edward Lea USN, Camp 2 conducted a ceremony at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston to honor Captain Mahlon E. Davis, Company A, 21st US Colored Troops and to dedicate his new headstone, which was sponsored by Camp 2.  They were joined by sisters from the Sarah Emma Seelye…

  • September 2025 Newsletter

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    CLICK HERE to catch up on all the latest in the September 2025 issue of our award-winning newsletter, The Harriet Lane.

  • National Encampment 2025 in Review

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    Brothers of the Department of Texas and Louisiana Sisters of Sarah Emma Seelye Auxiliary #1 The Honor Guard GAR Charter Presentation The Campfire Remarks from Commander in Chief Kevin Tucker The Pipes

  • Houston 2025 National Encampment

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    WELCOME TO HOUSTON! On behalf of the Brothers of LCDR Edward Lea USN, Camp 2 and the Sisters of Sarah Emma Seele Ladies Auxiliary #1 we offer our sincere welcome and wish you all the best at the 144th National Encampment of The Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic, right here in…

  • June 2025 Newsletter

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    CLICK HERE to read the June, 2025 issue of The Harriet Lane. This engraving, entitled Capture of USS Harriet Lane, 1 January 1863, was published in Harper’s History of the Great Rebellion, page 421, and depicts Confederates boarding the Harriet Lane from the C.S. gunboats Neptune and Bayou City.

  • NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT COUNTDOWN

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    National Encampment is ONE TWO THREE FOUR week away! Volunteers Needed THIS PDF lists the volunteer opportunities available. Contact Brother Schulze if you would like to sign up. Official Schedule CLICK HERE for the Official Schedule on the National website. National Encampment Reports CLICK HERE to view an advance copy of the 144th National Encampment…

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