Tag: Sons of Union Veterans
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June 2023 Newsletter
It was a busy Spring for Camp 2 in Houston. Read all about it in the latest issue of our award-winning newsletter, The Harriet Lane.
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Juneteenth National Independence Day
Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a celebration of the Emancipation Declaration that started in Galveston Texas, June 19th, 1865, the historic day slavery was abolished in Texas. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state…
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2023 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT for TEXAS and LOUISIANA
The 2023 Department Encampment for Texas and Louisiana is scheduled for April 29, 2023. The Brothers of LCDR Edward Lea USN, Camp 2 will be hosting this event and we look forward to seeing you in Houston!
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Memorial Day is Monday, May 29, 2023
Honoring our Civil War ancestors buried in the Grand Army of the Republic plot at Washington Cemetery in Houston. Memorial Day 2022.