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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.
Calendar of Events
Jan 11 7pm ZOOM Camp Meeting
Feb 8  7pm ZOOM Camp Meeting
Mar 8 7pm Camp Meeting
Mar 13 10am  Department Meeting  - Cole County Museum, Jefferson City, MO
Mar 13     Joint meeting with Intervets - Bob Aubuchon, Camp Rep
Apr 12 7pm Camp Meeting
Apr 17 10am Lincoln Tomb Ceremonies – Oak Ridge Cemetery - Springfield, IL
May 10 7pm Camp Meeting
May 31 10am Memorial Day – Jefferson Barracks Cemetery 
June 4  6pm –  Department Encampment - Syberg’s Restaurant, Arnold, MO (Awards Ceremony)
June 5 10am – Department Encampment – Missouri Civil War Museum, Lemay, MO      
June 14 7pm FLAG DAY & Camp Meeting
July 12  7pm Camp Meeting
July 23  10am – 3pm  Grant Symposium- Maj Gen Byron Bagby, Speaker - Site TBD
July 24  10am – Grant Remembrance Day – US Grant NHS, (White Haven) – Affton, MO
July TBD National Encampment Bagging Day at Walt’s
August 4 – National Encampment Setup – Frontenac Hilton
August 5 – Tours & Nat’l Encampment Registration – Frontenac Hilton
August 6 – National Encampment – Frontenac Hilton
August 7 – National Encampment – Frontenac Hilton
August 8 – National Encampment Closing – Frontenac Hilton Clean-up
August 29 2pm – 56th USCT Remembrance – Missouri Civil War Museum & Jefferson Barracks
Sep 13 7pm Camp Meeting
Sep 24 - 26 Battle of Pilot Knob, Pilot Knob, MO
Oct 1  6pm Central Region Association Allied Orders Conference, Murphysboro, IL
Oct 2  9am  Central Region Association Allied Orders Conference, Murphysboro, IL
Oct 11 7pm Camp Meeting
Oct TBD  10am Department Meeting – Jefferson City or TBD
Oct  24 2pm Sherman Remembrance Day – Calvary Cemetery, St Louis
Nov 7 2pm –TBD  Daughters of American Revolution – Bellefontaine Cemetery
Nov 8 6pm Camp Meeting
Nov 11 – Veterans Days
Nov 12 – 140th Anniversary of the Founding of the SUVCW – Site-TDD
Dec 8 6pm – Christmas Party & Swearing In – site to be determined, but Greenbriar Country Club ok'd at January Meeting
 

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