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
Aug 9 -12  National Encampment - No Camp Meeting this Month *

Aug 12 10am - Benton Park, St. Louis, MO.  - Ceremonies with the German Ambassador honoring Col. Friedrich Heckler.  12 Noon at Summerville, IL a gravesite ceremony.

Sep 10 - Camp Meeting

Oct 5-6  - Central Region Allied Orders Conference in Valparaiso, IN

Oct 8 - Camp Meeting

Nov 3 -  Lineage Workshop at the Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks, in association with the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Nov 10 - St. Louis Veteran's Day Parade

Nov 12 - Camp Meeting

Dec ? - Camp Meeting & Christmas Party- Location to be determined *

PAST EVENTS
Jan 8 - Camp Meeting
Feb 12 - Camp Meeting
Mar 10 – Dept Business Meeting – State Capitol, Room 7 *
Mar 12 - Camp Meeting                  
Mar 24 – Swap Meet – Jefferson Barracks 10 AM – 3 PM  
Mar 25-  Sherman Day – Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO – 1 PM
Apr 9 - Camp Meeting
Apr 14 – Lincoln Remembrance Day – Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
May 5 – 56th USCT Remembrance at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery – 10AM
May 14 - Camp Meeting     
May 28 – Memorial Day – Various Events
June 2 – Dept Encampment –scheduled for Bennett Springs State Park *
June 11 - Camp Meeting
July 9 - Camp Meeting
July 21 – Grant Remembrance Day at US Grant NHS, Affton, MO
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