Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Department of Indiana | Indianapolis, Indiana

Camp Meeting
2019-04-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2018-07-14 11:15 - 14:00 UTC | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Brother Dave Wilson will give the Civil War presentation during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Camp Meeting
2019-03-09 11:15 - 14:30 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Camp SHOW & TELL during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Camp Meeting
2019-02-16 11:15 - 14:30 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
NOTICE DATE CHANGE TO 3rd SATURDAY OF THE MONTH! Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Brother Mike Beck, PDC will give the Civil War presentation during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Lincoln Day 2019
2019-02-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, 3027 E S St., Lincoln City, IN, 47552, United States
Service honoring President Lincoln and his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who is buried at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.

Department of Indiana Mid-Winter Encampment
2019-01-26 08:00 - 17:00
Valparaiso, Indiana

No Camp Meeting
2019-01-12 11:15
No Camp meeting. Department of Indiana Mid-Winter Encampment instead.

SVR Annual Management Meeting
2018-12-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Captain Kolb, Fishers, IN, United States
2018 SVR Annual Management Meeting.

Camp Meeting
2018-12-08 11:15 - 14:00 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
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Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. CAMP SHOW & TELL during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Dedication Day
2018-11-18 | Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA, United States

Remembrance Day (PA)
2018-11-17 | Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA, United States

No Camp Meeting
2018-11-11 11:15 - 14:30
No Camp meeting. Department of Indiana Encampment instead.

Camp Meeting
2018-11-10 11:15 - 14:00 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
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Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER Fred Schaefer will give the Civil War presentation during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Camp Meeting
2018-10-13 11:15 - 14:00 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Brother Bruce Kolb, PDC will give the Civil War presentation during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

Central Region Association Meeting
2018-10-06 | Valporaiso, IN, Valporaiso, IN, United States

John Auten Camp No. 8, SUVCW Chartering Ceremony
2018-09-22 14:00 - 16:00 | St Joseph County, IN Courthouse, 112 S. Lafayette St., South Bend, IN, United States
Brothers, I am writing to invite all Brothers from all Indiana SUVCW Camps to the new John Auten Camp 8, South Bend, Indiana Chartering Ceremony.

The Chartering Ceremony will take place on September 22, 2018 at 2:00 PM ET on the steps of the “Old St. Joseph County Courthouse” in downtown South Bend. We intend after the Chartering Ceremony to process a few blocks down the street to the Old South Bend Cemetery. Here we will stop at John Auten’s grave for a rededication of his final resting place. John Auten was a member of the 9th Indiana and was one of the initial 90 day’s men. With just days remaining on his enlistment he volunteered for a scouting party and was killed by a Rebel sharpshooter. His funeral, attended by over 5,000 mourners, was held in the same court house where our Chartering Ceremony is being held.

Of note, a short distance from John Auten’s grave is that of Schuyler Colfax, former Vice-President of the United States and Speaker of the House during President Lincoln’s terms of office.
Please extend our heartfelt invitation to all members of your camps to join us on this special day. If you received this invitation and are not the Camp’s Commander please be sure that your Camp Commander receives it.

The Old Court House stands next to the current County / City building in down town South Bend, it is on the east side of South Lafayette, Blvd., the first street to the north is Washington Street, this street runs east and west while Lafayette Blvd. is a north/south street.

In Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty,

Bill Adams, PDC
Commander, John Auten Camp, 8
Department of Indiana, SUVCW

Camp Meeting
2018-09-15 11:15 - 14:00 | MCL Cafeteria – Speedway Shopping Center, 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, 46224, United States
DATE CHANGE Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Jim Floyd will give a unique and fun Civil War presentation during the lunch break. Eliza E. George No. 356, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War meets concurrently.

No Camp Meeting
2018-08-11
No Camp Meeting this month. National Encampment instead.

National Encampment (MA)
2018-08-09 - 2018-08-12 | Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center, 1657 Worchester Rd, Framingham, MA, 01701, United States
137th Annual Encampment of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Morgan Co. Cannon Cleaning and Picnic
2018-08-04 | Martinsville, IN, Martinsville, IN, United States
Department of Indiana SUVCW/ASUVCW members invited!

Food and drinks supplied by the Brothers of Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, and the Sisters of Eliza E. George Auxiliary No. 356.
Please bring a camp or lawn chair and join us!
9:00 a.m. Morgan County Courthouse, Martinsville, IN

Newburgh Remembrance Day Event
2018-07-20 - 2018-07-22 | Newburgh, IN, Newburgh, IN, United States
Newburgh Remembrance Day Event, Newburgh, IN. SVR event.

Putnam County Civil War Monument Re-dedication
2018-07-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Forest Hill Cemetery, 2181 Cemetery Rd, Greencastle, IN, United States
Rededication of Forest Hill Cemetery Civil War Monument
When: Sun, July 1, 2pm – 3pm
Where: Forest Hill Cemetery, 2181 South County Road 50 West, Greencastle, 46135

Please help celebrate the rehabilitation of the Civil War Monument at Forest Hill Cemetery, following the efforts by our Heritage Preservation Society and President Phil Gick. The Civil War Monument at Forest Hill was the third such statue erected in Indiana and was dedicated five years after the war ended. It was the first Civil War monument in Indiana to feature a human figure. Sculpted by Thomas David Jones, the monument was titled “Western Soldier on Guard.” It was formally dedicated on July 2, 1870. Of note, it was dedicated before an estimated 8,000 people, while fewer than half that many people lived in Greencastle. The project was completed by Blakley Corporation of Indianapolis.

(Note: The original dedication was July 2, 1870)

No Camp Meeting
2018-06-09
No Camp Meeting this month. Department of Indiana Encampment instead.

Department of Indiana Encampment
2018-06-02 09:00 - 15:00 | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library – South Branch, 1755 E. Center Rd., Kokomo, IN, 46902, United States
Department of Indiana Encampment (convention). Business meeting restricted to SUVCW members.

Huntington Memorial Park
2018-05-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Huntington Memorial Park, 1200 W Park Dr, Huntington, IN, United States
Huntington Memorial Park – Memorial Day Ceremony. SVR event.

Memorial Day Ceremony
2018-05-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 38th St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208, United States
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Decoration Day (Memorial Day) with a re-creation of the first decoration day ceremony at Crown Hill Cemetery, Section 16. FREE public event. Ceremonies by Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, SUVCW and Eliza E. George No. 356, ASUVCW. Presentation of the colors, volleys, and sounding of taps by Co. D, 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Sons of Veterans Reserve.

Cemetery Cleaning
2018-05-12 09:00 - 12:00 | City Cemetery, 114 W. Pennsylvania St, Shelbyville, IN, 46176, United States
Year 3 of a three-year project to clean and restore Civil War headstones in City Cemetery, Shelbyville, IN.

No Camp Meeting
2018-05-12
No Camp Meeting this month. Annual cemetery cleaning instead.

Loyalty Day
2018-05-01
Loyalty Day is observed on May 1 in the United States. It is a day set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.
The holiday was first observed in 1921, during the First Red Scare. It was originally called “Americanization Day,“ and it was intended to replace the May 1 (“May Day”) celebration of the International Workers’ Day, which commemorates the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.
During the Second Red Scare, it was recognized by the U.S. Congress on April 27, 1955, and made an official reoccurring holiday on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529). President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1955, the first observance of Loyalty Day. In 1958, Eisenhower urged Congress to move Child Health Day to the First Monday in October, to avoid conflicting with Loyalty Day. Loyalty Day has been recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.
Loyalty Day is defined as follows in 36 U.S.C. § 115:
(a) Designation.— May 1 is Loyalty Day.
(b) Purpose.— Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.
(c) Proclamation.— The President is requested to issue a
proclamation—(1) calling on United States Government
officials to display the flag of the United States on all
Government buildings on Loyalty Day; and (2) inviting the
people of the United States to observe Loyalty Day with
appropriate ceremonies in schools and other suitable
places. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sultana Disaster Anniversary
2018-04-27
Sultana was a Mississippi River side-wheel steamboat. On April 27, 1865, the boat exploded in the worst maritime disaster in United States history. She was designed with a capacity of only 376 passengers, but she was carrying 2,155 when three of the boat’s four boilers exploded and she burned to the waterline and sank near Memphis, Tennessee, killing 1,192 passengers. This disaster was overshadowed in the press by other events, most particularly the killing on the previous day of President Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
The wooden steamboat was constructed in 1863 by the John Litherbury Boatyard in Cincinnati, intended for the lower Mississippi cotton trade. The steamer registered 1,719 tons and normally carried a crew of 85. For two years, she ran a regular route between St. Louis and New Orleans, frequently commissioned to carry troops.
Near 2:00 A.M. on April 27, 1865, when Sultana was just seven miles north of Memphis, her boilers suddenly exploded. First one boiler exploded, followed a split second later by two more. The cause of the explosion was too much pressure and low water in the boilers. There was reason to believe allowable working steam pressure was exceeded in an attempt to overcome the spring river current. The enormous explosion of steam came from the top, rear of the boilers and went upward at a 45-degree angle, tearing through the crowded decks above, and completely demolishing the pilothouse. Without a pilot to steer the boat, Sultana became a drifting, floating hulk. The terrific explosion flung some of the passengers on deck into the water and destroyed a large section of the boat. The twin smokestacks toppled over, one backwards into the blasted hole, and one forward onto the crowded forward section of the upper deck. The forward part of the upper decks collapsed into the exposed furnace boxes, shoving kindling into the open fire boxes which soon caught fire and turned the remaining superstructure into an inferno. Survivors of the explosion panicked and raced for the safety of the water but in their weakened condition soon ran out of strength and began to cling to each other. Whole groups went down together. (Source: Wikipedia)
