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Chartering of the Arsinoe Martin Circle #78, National Society of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic

Jefferson Township Fire Department Community Room 58518 State Road 15, Goshen, IN, United States

Luncheon and Chartering Ceremony scheduled for Sunday March 11th. The luncheon begins at 12:00 Noon EDT followed by the Chartering Ceremony and then a quick trip to a cemetery to honor the Circle's namesake Arsinoe E. Martin who was a Union Nurse with the Indiana Sanitary Commission and died, aged 25, in 1863 of typhoid […]

SS General Lyon Dedication (IL)

Pope County Circuit Judge 310 E Main St, Golconda, IL, United States

U.S. Army Transport SSGeneral Lyon (not to be confused with the USS General Lyon, a U.S Navy sidewheel steamer of the same era) was a screw steamer of 1026 tons built at East Haddam, Conn. in the spring of 1864 and chartered by the Federal government in March 1864. It was used as a troop […]

Lincoln Tomb Ceremony (IL)

Oak Ridge Cemetery 1441 Monument Ave, Springfield, IL, United States

All are invited to participate in the 62nd Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony, sponsored by the SUVCW and MOLLUS, commemorating the 152nd Anniversary of President Lincoln’s death. It will be held at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL at 10 AM on Saturday, April 14, 2018.

Camp Meeting

MCL Cafeteria - Speedway Shopping Center 6002 Crawfordsville Rd, Speedway, IN, United States

Camp business meeting. Lunch is available for purchase. Wayne Sharp, a special guest speaker 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.

Burial ceremony for John Chafin in Brown County at the Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Mt Zion Cemetery 5070 IN-135, Nashville, IN, United States

Rod Lange, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army (retired) has extended this invitation: We’re conducting a Civil War, period-correct burial ceremony for our ancestor, John Chafin, in Brown County at the Mt. Zion Cemetery. You’re invited to attend the event on April 22 at 1 p.m. A Civil War re-enactment group will conduct the burial ceremony, […]

Sultana Disaster Anniversary

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 […]

Loyalty Day

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 […]

No Camp Meeting

No Camp Meeting this month. Annual cemetery cleaning instead.

Cemetery Cleaning

City Cemetery 114 W. Pennsylvania St, Shelbyville, IN, United States

Year 3 of a three-year project to clean and restore Civil War headstones in City Cemetery, Shelbyville, IN.

Memorial Day Ceremony

Crown Hill Cemetery 700 38th St, Indianapolis, IN, 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 […]

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