Tag: Civil War
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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…
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Raggedy Ann & Andy Raffle
Ladies Auxiliary Raggedy Ann & Andy Raffle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to everyone for your generous contributions! The Raggedy Ann & Andy raffle has concluded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sarah Emma Seelye Ladies Auxiliary #1 is holding our 2024 Annual Fundraising Raffle. This year’s theme is Raggedy Ann! The prize collection includes 15″ Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy…
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2024 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT
It was a busy, productive and very enjoyable 4 days at National Encampment in Lexington, KY. Congratulations to our new Commander-in-Chief Kevin Martin, SVC-in-C Kevin Tucker, JVC-in-C Daniel Murray, and all the 2024–2025 national officers. Special congratulations to Department of TX & LA national officers, Dept. JVC John Vander Meulen, Assistant National Secretary for Proceedings,…
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30TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING
At the meeting today we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of Camp 2. SVC-in-C Kevin Martin and his wife Rosemary joined us via ZOOM . Brothers Stephen Schulze, PDC, Michael Lance, PDC and Stevenson Holmes, PDC shared memories of the early days of the camp. After the meeting we all enjoyed delicious cake and ice…
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Snapshots from Memorial Day 2024
On Memorial Day 2024, the Brothers of Camp 2 came together in a ceremony with the ladies of the Sarah Emma Seeley Ladies Auxiliary #1 and the Sarah Emma Edmonds Detached Tent #4, DUVCW to remember the Union veterans buried in the G.A.R. plot in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
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MAY MEETING CHANGED TO ZOOM ONLY DUE TO STORMS
Greetings everyone, Last night’s storm caused power outages to significant portions of Houston – including the Trini Mendenhall Community Center where our Camp meeting was scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday). Calls to the Center have gone unanswered and their Facebook page indicates they are closed today and tomorrow. Therefore, our Camp meeting tomorrow will be via 100%…
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MEMORIAL DAY 2024
The brothers of Camp 2 will be joined by the Ladies Auxiliary and DUVCW to honor Civil War veterans this Memorial Day at the GAR Plot in Glenwood Cemetery. The ceremony begins at 1PM. Note that this is a later start time and different location that in prior years (same big cemetery area, different plot). …
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REPORT FROM 2024 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT
The 30th Annual Encampment of the Department of Texas and Louisiana was held in Plano, TX on May 4, 2024. The festivities began Friday evening with a reception at the home of Bro. Don Gates, PDC. There was a Saturday morning brunch then on to the meeting, which was called to order promptly at 1pm…
Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lea USN, Camp 2 – Houston, TX
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
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