Posts belonging to Category 'Ceremony'
November 18, 2009 | Posted by javal
DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
LOCATION: WWW.PALINCOLN.ORG
WHAT: On Thursday, November 19, the 2009 Dedication Day Ceremony will be live streamed on the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission webpage at WWW.PALINCOLN.ORG The Dedication Day Ceremony is held annually at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. In case of inclement weather, the location will be The Majestic Theater in [...]
Categories: Ceremony, Gettysburg, NPS | 
Tags: Pennsylvania | 
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November 16, 2009 | Posted by javal
It’s likely been a long time since Henry B. Callahan, a second corporal in the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry, was singled out for honors.
At the request of a relative from San Diego, the Union soldier was remembered Saturday in Salem as a veteran of the Civil War.
A half-dozen members of the Sons of Union Veterans of [...]
Categories: Ceremony | Tags: Oregon | No Comments »
November 13, 2009 | Posted by javal
Civil War veteran Elihu Legro’s reburial has been delayed until May.
Those with insight into the reburial process say the postponement could be for the best.
“I’m kind of relieved,” said Dan Meehan of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. “We want to have it perfect.”
Meehan, City Manager John Scruton, historian Richard Longo, Mayor [...]
Categories: Ceremony, Event | Tags: New York | No Comments »
November 13, 2009 | Posted by javal
“I’ve been by here hundreds of times, and I never knew about this.”
That sentence, or some variation, was repeated Wednesday by many of those who gathered at a Civil War battle site a few miles north of Joplin.
A ceremony was held at the location – near the intersection of Peace Church and Fountain roads – [...]
Categories: Ceremony, Preservation | Tags: Missouri | No Comments »
November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal
Former Armstrong County resident and Civil War Pvt. Chauncey Flower was remembered for his service to his country in a tribute that included the presentation of the colors and the playing of taps.
On Oct. 29, Las Vegas, N.M., veterans representing Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1547, along with Flower’s great-grandchildren and a few guests, honored [...]
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November 9, 2009 | Posted by javal
There is no monument to our Civil War veterans in Calaveras County, whether Union or Confederate. But on Saturday, November 7, 2009, forty or so people stood together in the cold, in the Jenny Lind Cemetery, to pay tribute to all the Calaveras men who died in the Civil War, as well as all those [...]
Categories: Ceremony | Tags: California | No Comments »
October 23, 2009 | Posted by javal
A Confederate Memorial Service will be held this Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 2 p.m. at a private cemetery across from Reeps Grove United Methodist Church, 7401 Reeps Grove Church Road in Vale for Private Jessie Reepe, Co. E 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.
Everyone is welcome and invited to attend this memorial service.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE [...]
Categories: Ceremony | Tags: North Carolina | No Comments »
October 20, 2009 | Posted by javal
A man whom historians say may be the only black Civil War veteran buried in the Mother Lode will be honored Nov. 7 at a graveside ceremony in the Jenny Lind Cemetery near Valley Springs.
Sgt. John W. Dawson served in Company C of the 22nd U.S. Colored Troops, an all-African-American regiment that served during the [...]
Categories: Ceremony | Tags: California | No Comments »
October 19, 2009 | Posted by javal
John P. Sinclair lay in an unmarked grave for 95 years, his plot tucked between other local Civil War veterans under a stand of gnarled old trees in historic Oakwood Cemetery.
Sinclair, an Ohio native and sergeant with the Union Army, died near the shores of Long Lake in 1913 and was buried in the cemetery [...]
Categories: Ceremony | Tags: Michigan | No Comments »
October 16, 2009 | Posted by javal
A group of local Civil War re-creators are being called on more and more to participate in military funerals.
On Thursday, the group was in Salem’s Sherwood Park, laying one of their own to rest as a way to bring their family closer together.
“This is one of the things that my dad and me do together. [...]
Categories: Ceremony, General | Tags: Virginia | No Comments »
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