MISSION STATEMENT

The mission and objectives of the U.S. Grant Camp are to support those established by the Grand Army of the Republic and passed on to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Specifically, the Grant Camp is committed to:

1) Perpetuating the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and the men who fought  to save the Union from 1861 to 1865;

2) Assisting in every practicable way in the preservation and making available for research of  documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members;

3) Cooperating in honoring all persons who have patriotically served our country in any war;

4) Teaching patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country and the love and honor of the flag of the United States;

5) Opposing every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, or make for the destruction or impairment of our constitutional Union;

6) Inculcating and broadly sustaining the American principles of representative government, of equal rights and of impartial justice for all.
  Events on the Horizon
More to come.
Jan 14 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
Feb 11 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
Mar 9 - MO SUVCW Department Business Meeting in Jefferson City
Mar 11 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
Apr 8 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
Apr 12 & 13 - Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony & The 78th Conference of the Central Region, Allied Orders held in Springfield IL at the President Lincoln Hotel and at his tomb.  The event's schedule is:
Friday
Arrive 3pm – 6pm arrive at President Abraham Lincoln Hotel
5:30 pm- Mario’s Dinner http://www.eatatmarios.com/menus.html
Speaker: Jim Gallen – Abe the Eagle and the 8th Wisconsin
Dinner is from menu and billed individually
Saturday
10 am - Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL
12:30 PM – Luncheon - Mary Todd Lincoln on "My Side of the Story” or lunch on own
3:00 PM – Speaker: Walt Busch – Using Form 62 and Stupid Monuments
3:30 PM - CRA Business Meeting – All registered attendee permitted to attend and vote
6:30 PM – Those wishing to meet one more time for dinner, we will be collecting votes to see

May 13 -- Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill

May 27 - Memorial Day at Jefferson Barracks - Civil War Ceremonies in the Civil War Section immediately after the Inter-Vets program.

June 1 - Missouri SUVCW Department Encampment at St. Clair, MO   (click on above to link to registration form)

June 8 -  Cape Girardeau USCT Monument Dedication
Grounds of the Court of Common Pleas, Cape Girardeau, MO

June 10 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
July 8 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill

Jul 20 - Grant Remembrance Day - Held at US Grant National Historic Site (White Haven).  We will honor the general who led us to victory and the president who kept us at peace.  Ceremonies and a presentation are set for the day starting at 10 am.

Aug 12 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill
Sep 9 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill

Sep 14 - 56th USCT Remembrance Day - In Honor of the 56th, who were not allowed to be buried at Jefferson Barracks until the 1930's.  Ceremonies will be conducted at their monument starting at 10 am.

Oct 14 - Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill

Nov 9 - St Louis Veterans' Day Parade - Downtown

Nov 11- Grant Camp Meeting - Fraileys Grill

Nov 16 -Sherman Remembrance Day - Graveside in Calvary Cemetery.  We will conduct ceremonies starting at 10 am.

Dec ?? - Christmas Dinner - Date, Time, Location TBD
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