Tag: Camp 2
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March 2025 Newsletter
The latest issue of our Camp newsletter, The Harriet Lane, is available for your reading pleasure.
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Conroe Founder’s Day 2025
Camp 2 was invited to participate in Conroe Founder’s Day on March 15 in Conroe, TX, an annual event held in memory of Union Civil War veteran and city founder Captain Isaac Conroe, 12th IL Cavalry. City Council member Shana Arthur gave us a glowing introduction and read the Sons of Union Veterans of the…
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Battle of Galveston Commemoration Ceremony
Join us on January 4, 2025 for the 31st Annual Battle of Galveston Commemoration Ceremony! This is a public event. All are invited and welcome. Date: January 4, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Avenue K, Galveston, TX 77550 LINK TO MAP
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Remember our Veterans on November 11
Honoring a Civil War veteran who was lost to history Curious about her family’s history, journalist Cheryl Wills began researching her ancestry, and found she was related to Sandy Wills, a former slave who served in the Civil War with the United States Colored Troops. Her search also led her to a distant relative, a…
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Pictures and Video from Captain Isaac Conroe Graveside Remembrance Ceremony
It was a beautiful fall morning as members of Camp 2 arrived at historic Glenwood Cemetery in Houston Heights to take part in a graveside ceremony honoring Civil War veteran, Captain Isaac Conroe. Conroe served as Captain of the 12th Illinois Cavalry and migrated to Texas after the war. He built a lumber business, and…
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SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAY
The Honorable Mayor Duke W. Coon and the City Council of Conroe, TX have proclaimed today, October 5, 2024, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Day in the City of Conroe, Texas. Huzzah!
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September 2024 Newsletter
Department Encampment! National Encampment! The Marshall Hope Award! And more … ♫ ♪ ♫ CLICK HERE to read all about it in the September 2024 issue of The Harriet Lane.
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Graveside Remembrance Ceremony for Captain Isaac Conroe
Join us on October 5 for a traditional Grand Army of the Republic memorial ceremony for Captain Isaac Conroe, Union Civil War veteran, founder of the McClellan GAR Post #9 in Houston and of the City of Conroe, Texas. An official GAR marker will be placed at the grave and there will be a uniformed…