Information for events in 2014 will be added as they arrive.  All units are encouraged to submit flyers and other information on upcoming events to oscmbb64@msn.com.

 

 

 OLIVER TILDEN CAMP #26

OF NEW YORK CITY
SONS OF UNION VETERANS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
GENERAL U.S GRANT BIRTHDAY COMMITTEE 2013

Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Friends:

Our annual commemoration of the birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant

will be held on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the National Monument on 122nd

Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattan. The ceremony begins at 11:00 AM,

which also includes the initiation of new members of the Oliver Tilden Camp.

150th Anniversary of the
Sinking of the USS Monitor
EVENT DATE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013
Cemetery Trolley: Commencing at 1:00 PM we will honor the
USS Monitor Crewmen at their grave sites. Followed by
Greenwood Chapel: Memorial Service, musical tribute,
USS Monitor displays, refreshments.
Bus from Greenpoint for those requiring transportation.
Call to let us know if you will attend and bus reservations.
718-383-2637 The Green point Monitor Museum
917-832-9999 Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26, SUVCW

Join The Greenpoint Monitor Museum,
Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26, Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War and
Co. I, 83rd NY Vol. SVR to honor the
crew of the USS Monitor.
GREENWOOD CEMETERY
500 25th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
HONORING
USS MONITOR CREW BURIED
AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY
including
EDMUND BROWN
EDWARD L. CRABB
EDWARD FARON
ISSAC NEWTON
LOUIS N. STODDER
DANIEL TOFFEY
Yours in,

 

Browsing Archive: March, 2012

Weber Guard "Webser Medal Ceremony February 25, 2012

Posted by Mark R. Day on Thursday, March 22, 2012,

WEBER MEDAL CEREMONY

 

One-hundred-fifty plus years after John Baptiste Weber enlisted in the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry; he was posthumously awarded the Civil War Campaign Medal by the U. S. Department of the Army. Cadre from Weber Guard formed the Honor Guard when Colonel Weber’s Civil War Campaign Medal was placed with his other artifacts in the Lackawanna Public Library. The Weber Guard is commanded by 2LT Michael Erb and 1SG Robert Wiltshire.

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SVR units requested to attend a grave dedication at Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington Delaware May 27th 2012

Posted by Mark R. Day on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, In : SUVCW Events 

The Appomattox Camp from Wilmington is tentatively planning to conduct a grave dedication ceremony at Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday afternoon the 27th of May.

This time has been selected due to a prior commitment of the 2nd Delaware, which will be participating in a Civil War memorial service at Mt. Salem Church in Wilmington at 10:00 am.

This is the schedule was provided by the organizers:

10:00 am - 1:00 pm There will be a church service followed by a progr...


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