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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.

  • March 14 - Department Business Meeting - Jefferson City
  • April 18 - Lincoln Tomb Ceremonies - Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, by 9AM
  • May 25 -Memorial Day  - - May 25   Our Program Starts around 11 AM – Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (SUVCW/DUVCW Event)
  • June 6 – Department Encampment – Bass Pro Shop Independence, MO
  • July 18 - Grant Remembrance Day – July 18  10am Grant National Historic Site (White Haven) (SUVCW/DUVCW Event)
  • July 23 - US Grant Symposium Kick Off - Evening - Grant National Historic Site (White Haven)
  • August 13-16 National Encampment – Marriot Buckhead Hotel and Convention Center,  3405 Lenox Road North East, Atlanta, GA 30326
  • August 30 - 56th USCT Ceremony - 1 PM  - Missouri Civil War Museum, with wreath laying later at Jefferson Barracks. (SUVCW/DUVCW Event)
  • October 2 & 3 - Allied Orders Conference – Murphysboro – Logan Museum.  Grant Camp Member is setting this up.
  • October 10 - Department Business Meeting – Jefferson City
  • October 25 Sherman Remembrance Day – Oct 25  1PM – Calvary Cemetery and maybe luncheon with speech at some other restaurant in St Louis (SUVCW/DUVCW Event)
  • Dec 9 (Date Tentative)- Christmas Dinner - Date, Time, Location TBD


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