PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY OLIVER TILDEN CAMP NO. 26 Grant Program 2019 SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, N.Y., N.Y.
Captain Oliver Tilden Camp welcomes you to the Annual General U.S. Grant Birthday Commemoration. We are honored to have many National, Department, Camp, Tent officers and members of the SUVCW, Auxiliary to the SUVCW & DUVCW in attendance, which make up the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic.
We are privileged to have in attendance Donald W. Shaw, Commander-in- Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He will give remarks and will initiate new Tilden Camp members into the SUVCW. Departments of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, The Grant Monument Association, Archibald Gracie Camp #985, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Association, Boy Scouts of America members will also be in attendance to honor Ulysses S. Grant.
There will be a special tribute to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (Bro. Larry Clowers) and Pres. General Ulysses S. Grant 197th Birthday Abraham Lincoln (Bro. Commemoration Sunday, April 28 2019 11:00 AM Bob Costello).
Co. I, 83rd NYVI, (9th NYSM) SVR will lead the “Let Us Have Peace” Color Guard. Dedication We dedicate our program this year to the memory of our camp’s namesake, Captain Oliver Tilden, along with our Civil War ancestors and the deceased members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
PROGRAM
Call to Order…… Senior Vice Commander Arthur P. Kirmss, Past NY Dept. Chaplain, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Advance of Colors…… Color Guard Co. I, 83rd New York Vol. (9th NYSM), Sons of Veterans Reserve
Civil War Music…… A selection of period music by SVC Arthur P. Kirmss
Invocation…… Marc Hermann, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Pledge of Allegiance…… Brother Arthur Kirmss, SVC, Patriotic Instructor
The National Anthem……Sung by Arthur Kirmss, SVC
The American’s Creed……Steven J. Lally, Sergeant-at-Arms, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW Welcome…Commander George J. Weinmann, PCC, Past NY Department Commander, Capt., Co. I, 83rd New York Vols. (9th NYSM) SVR
Introduction of Guests…… John Gregor, JVC, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
A Tribute to President Grant and President Lincoln General U.S. Grant (Bro. Larry Clowers) and Abraham Lincoln (Bro. Bob Costello)
The Gettysburg Address…… Brother Bob Costello as Abraham Lincoln , Major General George Armstrong Custer Camp #17, SUVCW
Robert Wilder Lord "Patriot of the Year" Award. Presented by Commander George J. Weinmann, PDC
Presentation of Wreaths... John Gregor, JVC, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
1- National - SUVCW…. Donald W. Shaw, Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
2- New York Department -SUVCW….Leo McGuire, N. Y. Dept. Commander
3- Camp - SUVCW... CC George J. Weinmann, PDC, Oliver Tilden, Camp #26, SUVCW
4- NY Department Auxiliary - SUVCW... Hope Parker, Past President, NY Deptartment
5- National - DUVCW……… Lynne Dolan, National Council Member #5, DUVCW
6- New York Dept. - DUVCW… Mary F. Cordato, NY Department President, DUVCW
7- Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Association and the Veterans of the 7th Regiment... Thomas Principe, BG Ret. NYARNG 8- Sons of Confederate Veterans.. James DeSalvo, Commander, Archibald Gracie Camp #985
9- Grant Monument Association…. Frank Scaturro, President
10- Department of New Hampshire, SUVCW – Carol Stamatakis, Chair -Wreath Committee
Civil War Music …. A selection of period music by SVC Arthur P. Kirmss
Remarks…… Donald W. Shaw, Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Initiation of New Members… Donald W. Shaw, Commander-in-Chief, SUVCW
Remarks……. N. Y. Dept. Commander, Leo McGuire SUVCW
Remarks ……... Hope Parker, Past President, NY Department, Auxiliary, SUVCW
Remarks …… Lynne Dolan, National Council Member #5, DUVCW
Remarks……. Mary F. Cordato, President, NY Department, DUVCW
Remarks…...Thomas Principe, BG Ret. NYARNG, Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Association and the Veterans of the 7th Regiment... Music…… A selection of period music by Louise and Eugene Bender, SUVCW
Remarks……. Frank Scaturro, President, Grant Monument Association
Remarks….. James DeSalvo, Commander, Archibald Gracie Camp #985, SCV
Benediction…… Marc Hermann, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Civil War Music……A selection of period music by SVC Arthur P. Kirmss
Remembrance…… Commander George J. Weinmann, PCC, Past NY Dept. Commander,
“Taps”…… performed by Eugene Bender, SUVCW
Closing Remarks……Commander George J. Weinmann, PCC, Past NY Dept. Commander
Retiring of Colors……Color Guard “The Battle Hymn of the Republic" performed by Brother Arthur P. Kirmss, SVC & PI ————————————————————
Meet Ulysses S. Grant & Julia Grant (Larry & Connie Clowers) & Abraham Lincoln (Bob Costello) Commander
COMMANDER George J. Weinmann, PDC The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was established in 1881 as
SENIOR VICE the successor to the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union Army Veterans' COMMANDER organization. It was chartered in 1954 by Act of Congress. Arthur P. Kirmss The Oliver Tilden Camp was created in 1884 and is now one of two JUNIOR VICE Camps in the downstate area of New York State. The Camp was named for COMMANDER John B. Gregor Captain Oliver Tilden who lived in Morrisiania, an area of the Bronx. When the Civil War came, Tilden formed Co. E, 38th Volunteer New York Infantry. He SECRETARY Roy Wildenberger was killed at Chantilly, Virginia on September 1, 1862. Tilden is buried at
TREASURER Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Charles Lirio Meetings of the Oliver Tilden Camp are held the last Wednesday of CHAPLAINS every month from September to June at the Mayor David N. Dinkins Municipal Rev. Fr. Paul Lorentzen Building, 1 Centre Street, 22nd Floor, Suite 2208 in Manhattan, NY. The COLOR GUARD SGT. building is across the street from City Hall at Chamber St. A 6:00 P.M. business Gerard J. Kaczynski meeting will be held in the conference room. A guest speaker will speak at each PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTORmeeting on various Civil War topics. Arthur P. Kirmss The Oliver Tilden Camp conducts the annual observance of General GENEALOGIST & Ulysses S. Grant's birthday on the last Sunday of April at the National HISTORIAN CC, PDC & PCC Monument in upper Manhattan. New members of the Camp are initiated George J. Weinmann during the General Grant ceremonies. The Camp also participates in the SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Memorial Day, Flag Day and Veterans Day parades in the City; the annual Steven J. Lally November Flag Service at St. Thomas' Church. It also conducts Civil War EAGLE SCOUT headstone dedications. The Camp's Color Guard and Musical Unit participate CERTIFICATE COORDINATOR in community parades. The Camp also participates at encampments, displaying Mark Goret artifacts in a Civil War officers Wall tent. It is also involved in commemorative WEBMASTER services at Cypress Hills National Cemetery and other cemeteries in the area. George J. Weinmann, PDC If you are a male descendent of a soldier, sailor or marine regularly mustered and honorably discharged during the War of Rebellion, 1861 to 1865, consider membership in this friendly and active Camp. Members of the Camp Sons of Union Veterans George J. Weinmann PDCwill assist in identifying a veteran ancestor. Membership may also be extended 1 Centre St., Suite 2208as an "Associate Member" for individuals without a veteran ancestor. New York, NY 10007 917-832-9999 For more information, contact Commander George J. Weinmann, PDC, at [email protected] or 917-832-9999.
Organized 1881 — the only male organization recognized by the Grand Army of the Republic Webpage http://olivertildencamp26suvcw.org/index.html Captain Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26 Commanders Past to Present
Captain Jackson (1884) Bert Sack (1956-1959) S.M. Bowers (1885, 1892-1898) Eugine J. Smith (1962-1963) W. Bogart (1886) Walter Owens (1964) J.H. White (1887-1890) John W. McWilliams (1965) F.B. Westervelt (1891) Bro. McCann (1973-1974) Louis Walters (1892, 1900) Albert A. Morey (1976-1977, Fred Beckerich, Sr. 1979, 1982-1990) J. Black, Jr. Robert J. Eck (1990-1992) William Peaice James Gismer (1992-1994) Charles Vanderbilt Joseph J. Pucciarelli (1994-1996) P. Biegel Clifford Henke (1996-1998) H. Lord George J. Weinmann (1998-2000) Charles E. Baxter (1910) William F. Mason (2000-2002) W.P. Lorch (1912) John P. Portanova (2002-2004) Harry McNally (1913) George J. Weinmann (2004- ) Frank A. Watson (1914) Ed R. Dawson (1915-1917) Edward Gottschling (1917) Julius Issacs (1918-1919) Charles Boyton (1923) Robert Wilder Lord Sidney H. Ehrenreich (1925, 1934) "Patriot of the Year" Richard Beatty Award Recipients Peter J. Faush A. Quidar 2006 Michael S. Bennett, PDC W. Sietz 2007 George J. Weinmann, PDC & PCC H.H. Rosenbaum 2008 Arthur P. Kirmss George Roeder 2009 Mark Goret Lester L. Rosenbaum (1927-1928) 2010 James F. Bond 2011 Roy Wildenberger Charles J. Uhl, Sr. (1928-1929) 2012 Janice Lauletta-Weinmann Joel Newman (1929-1930) 2013 George J. Weinmann, PDC & PCC Sol Goldfish (1934-1935) 2014 George I. Rand R.A. Maguire (1937-1939) 2015 Charles Lirio Bertram Isaacs (1940) 2016 Philip Koether David Longstreet (1941) 2017 Larry Clowers Frank Hewes (1942-1943) 2018 Marc Hermann William A Pearce (1944-1945) Matthew F. Werner (1946-1947) Jacob Goldfish (1948-1948, 1953) Cecil M. Baer (1950-1952, 1980-1981) Lawrence Issacs Bro. Maples Etching of Abraham Lincoln, by artist Otto Schneider, created between 1900-1920. Based on a photograph taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois, on June 3, 1860.
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Oliver Tilden Camp #26, Charted 1884 Incorporated by Act of Congress August 20, 1954 Recipient of the 2011 Abraham Lincoln “Camp of the Year” Award Lone recipient of the 2012 Alfred Woolson Award Sesquicentennial Signature Event Award for the 150th Anniversary of the Launching of the USS Monitor
George J. Weinmann, Commander, Past NY State Dept. Commander
Senior Vice Commander Junior Vice Commander Secretary Arthur P. Kirmss John Gregor Roy Wildenberger Treasurer Chaplain Color Guard Sgt. Charles Lirio Rev. Fr. Paul Lorentzen Gerard J. Kaczynski
Patriotic Instructor Genealogist & Historian Sergeant-at-Arms Arthur P. Kirmss George J. Weinmann, PDC Stephen J. Lally
Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator Camp Council Webmaster Mark Goret John Portanova, George J. Weinmann, PDC PCC & Mark Goret, George I. Rand
Company I, 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry (9th NYSM) 2nd Military District Sons of Veterans Reserve (2019 Muster Roll) Three time Recipient of the SVR Unit Citation Award Capt. George J. Weinmann (Company Commander) Pvt James R. Dolan 1 st Lt & Adjt John P. Portanova Pvt John F. Dolan 1st Sgt Kent Howell Pvt Nathan Huebschen 1st Sgt Roy Wildenberger Pvt Matthew Hyland Sgt William Mason Pvt Thomas A. Illmensee Sgt George I. Rand Pvt Gerard Joseph Kaczynski Sgt Marc Hermann Pvt Neil Kelley Corporal Jay B. Bond Pvt John Kelley Corporal Mark Goret Pvt Lawrence Levine Corporal Douglas M. Harding Pvt Jerry Lieberman Corporal Charles Lirio Pvt George Mukenbeck Jr Chaplain Fr. Paul A. Lorentzen Pvt William J Parry Musician Arthur P. Kirmss Pvt Steven Reilly Pvt Thomas E. Bernhard Pvt Richard Reilly Pvt George Blanthorn Pvt George F. Spiegel Pvt James W. Bond Pvt Charles J. Spiegel, Jr. Pvt Jeffrey S. Bond Pvt Vernon Wagner Pvt Paul Borodin Pvt Julius Weston Pvt M. Phillip Brown Pvt Claud Wuytack Pvt Joseph Corr Vivandiere Janice Lauletta-Weinmann Oliver Tilden Camp #26, 1 Centre St., Suite 2208, NY NY 917-832-9999 olivertildencamp26suvcw.org THE GREENPOINT MONITOR MUSEUM New York State Museum Charter—April 24, 1996 Celebrating the Museum’s 23rd Anniversary Thanking Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW for their 23 years of Support!
Celebrating the 197th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant at Grant’s Tomb, NY, NY
THANK YOU FROM THE MUSEUM BOARD MEMBERS Janice Lauletta-Weinmann, President Irene Klementowicz, First Vice President George J. Weinmann, Second Vice President Elizabeth Roncketti, Secretary Karen Olszewski, Treasurer George P. Stanley, Board Member Paul Pullo, Board Member Memorials
In memory of Lorraine Orton, National Historian, Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the G.A.R. By Jerome Orton, husband, Greg Sterio, son.
Jerome Orton, PDC New York Department Historian, SUVCW
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In memory of my great-great grandfather, William Rimmer.
Kevin W. Walsh, Oliver Tilden Camp #26 SUVCW
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In memory of my great-grandfather George W. Edmondson, 1836 – 1922, corporal, 127th Regiment, Co. G, U.S.C.T.
William Webb Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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In honor of our ancestor, Samuel B. Childs. Peter C. Hein & Peter C. Hein, Jr.
Peter C. Hein Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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In honor of 2nd Lt. Simon Pincus, and 1st Sgt. Adolph Pincus, Co. G, 66th New York Vols., Newman Pincus, Pvt. Co. K, 12th NYSM, Co. G, 2nd Conn. Heavy Art’y & Co. K, 14th Conn. Vol. Inf. The Union Preserved! In Memory of my mother Adele Goret.
Mark and Joyce Goret, Camp Council Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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Honoring Luther Lebar Clark, 29th Ohio OVI, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry and my mother, Sharon Gregor for preserving our family's history.
John Gregor, Junior Vice Commander Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW In Memory of my father, Charles Lirio (also known as Carlos Garcia), U.S. Navy, WWII
Charles Lirio, Treasurer Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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Remembering my Great Grandfather Ernest Wagner, Co. H, 13th New Jersey Volun- teers 1862-1865, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, March to the Sea, Atlanta, Peachtree Creek, Savannah, Goldsboro, Bentonville, North Carolina, The Grand Review, Past Post Commander, Brooklyn City Post, G. A. R., 1888 Gettysburg 25th Reunion, State of NY Aide de Camp 1912.
Arthur P. Kirmss, Senior Vice Commander Patriotic Instructor, Music Director, Chaplain's Aide Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW Past New York Department Chaplain, SUVCW
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In Loving Memory of my Ancestors:
Elisha Stetson, Massachusetts Militia, Revolutionary War; Mark Knight, Massachusetts Pvt. John Lincoln, Massachusetts Continental Army, Revolutionary War; Elisha Stetson Corporal, Militia, Revolutionary War; Pvt. Charles Frederick Weinmann (member of the Edgar Kimball Post 100 & Robert Anderson Post G.A.R.), & Pvt. William John Weinmann, Co. H, 9th New York Vol. Inf. (Hawkins' Zouaves) Civil War; Corporal Michael Ditzel, Co. F, 62nd New York Vol. Inf. (Anderson Zouaves), Civil War; Grenville M. Weeks, Assistant Surgeon, USS Monitor & Army Surgeon 3rd US Colored Troops, Civil War; Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas Brackett Reed, Pay Master US Navy, Civil War; Pvt. George Joseph Weinmann, Co. F, 308th Inf. (Lost Battalion) (WIA) WWI member of the VFW, American Legion and the Lost battalion Association; Pvt. Joseph Louis Weinmann, Co. M, 165th Inf. (Fighting 69th) (WIA) WWI; Pvt. John Frederick Weinmann, Headquarters Co. 32nd Artillery, WWI; Pvt. George Devine, US Army WWI; John Fre- derick Ebert, Flagship LSM #450 US Navy WWII; George Charles Weinmann, US Army Air Corp and US Maritime Service on the USMS Training Ship "Cape Frio" during WWII, Master Mason, Past Commander, Saint Stanislaus Memorial Post #1771 American legion.
Capt. George J. Weinmann, PDC 2nd Military Dist. Public Information Officer, Commander, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW Genealogist & Historian, PCC, & SVR 1st Lt. Company Commander, Co. I, 83rd New York Vol.
In loving memory of my great-grandfather; Corporal John Kelley, 49th Massachusetts Infantry, Company I, from his great-grandson, Paul F. Ellis-Graham, PDC, Dept of NY, PP Ellis Camp #124
Paul F. Ellis-Graham, PDC, PCC Sons of Unions Veterans of the Civil War
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George F. Spiegel, New York 69th, buried in France, WWI. Alfred E. Spiegel NY 69th US Marines, WWI, WWII. Philip Smith, NY 69th, American Civil War.
Theodore A. Spiegel, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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In honor of those who have served in the 14th Brooklyn to defend our Union.
In loving memory and honor for those of our family who have served in war and peace and especially those who served in 1861-1865. Edwin Munkenbeck, 14th Brooklyn Co. K, Jakob Schneider, 15th NY Heavy Artillery, George Washington Hyde, Chaplin, CSA, Samuel Tilden Allen, NC State Troops.
George J. Munkenbeck 14th Brooklyn NYSM Co. H, Oliver Tilden Camp #26 SUVCW
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In memory of my great-great grandfathers Lt. Col William Lemon, Co H, 8th Regiment 37th PA Vol. Corporal Henry Mauk Company A, 27th Regiment, PA Vol.
Ellen M. Higgins, National President Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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In memory of Private James Murray, 4th US Infantry, Co K
Eileen Sleckman, PDP Kady Brownell Tent #36 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
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In memory of brother James F. Bond, Past Treasurer, Oliver Tilden Camp.
The members of Oliver Tilden Camp #26 SUVCW In Honor of James W. Walker, Pvt. Co F, 13th NY Infantry and FM21C, USS Flambeau
David C. Nelson, Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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In memory of my Great Grandfathers & Ancestors; James F. Meagher, 47th NY Infantry, Michael Dolan, 116th PA, Anthony Meagher, 47th NY Infantry, Joseph Gallaudet 6th NY Heavy Artillery, John Gallaudet 2nd NY Vol Heavy Artillery.
James Dolan & John Dolan, SUVCW Lynne Gallaudet Dolan PDP NY Dept. DUVCW
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Alexander J. Pappas (in honor of Matthew G. Cornell) 10th New York Volunteer Infantry, Company E
Alexander Julian Pappas Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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Honoring our great-grandfather Philip Reilly, who enlisted in the 69th N.Y.S. Militia, 20 April 1861 at age 12 years 19 days. Along with his big brother, Bernard, KIA North Anna River. Captain Rich Reilly, C.O. Delta Company 69th N.Y.N.G. Steve Reilly, Lost Mountain Georgia, Tilden Members.
Steve Reilly Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
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In memory of my ancestors who served our country in war time. William Bond, Seaman US Navy who served on: USS Brooklyn, USS Clara Dolsen, USS Tuscumbia, USS Eastport William A. Bond, Civil War. Served on the USS Kearsage William A. Bond, US Navy, WWII. Served on board PC 1138 Robert Screder, 56th NY Infantry, William S. Screder, 5th NY Zouaves James Screder, 135th NY InfantryJohn J. Schreeder, 1st and 3rd Continental Regiments 1776-1783 Revolutionary War. In memory of Twenty Four Civil War soldiers and veterans buried at the NYC Parks Dept. Monument plot in First Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens. Jay Bond and family Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
————— In loving memory of my Civil War Veterans, John Rile, PA Heavy Artillery and Walter White, OH Nat'l Guard. Elizabeth Radley. Elizabeth Radley Kady Brownell Tent #36 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 Boosters
Let us never forget the greatest general of the Civil War.
Major General Robert E. Grim Sons of Veterans Reserve – SUVCW
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Moses A. Baldwin Camp #544, SUVCW, Hempstead, New York. Helping Long Island remember the Boys in Blue, Frederick J. Kuntz, Commander.
Dennis J. Duffy, Secretary Treasurer Moses A. Baldwin Camp #544 SUVCW
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The Grant Monument Association thanks Oliver Tilden Camp #26, Sons of Union Veterans. We remember President Ulysses S. Grant on his 197th birthday.
Frank Scaturro Grant Monument Association
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We and the CWRT-NY commend Oliver Tilden Camp for always remembering Gen. Grant and American history.
Patrick Falci & Joan McDonough Civil War Round Table of New York
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Commending Oliver Tilden Camp #26 SUV for their steadfast commitment to the commemoration of General Grant.
Patrick Falci & Joan McDonough
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In honor of Ulysses S. Grant
Marc Hermann Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
Honoring General Ulysses S. Grant
Kady Brownell Tent #36 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
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The Colonel Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp #124, SUVCW joins the Oliver Tilden Camp #26 in commemorating the 197th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant’s birth.
Bruce Crandall, Sec. Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp #124, SUVCW
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My compliments to all my brothers in the Tilden Camp and across the Department of New York.
Donald W. Shaw, Commander in Chief Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
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Honoring Ulysses S. Grant
Laura Congleton, Tent Treasurer Kady Brownell Tent #36 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
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Honoring the DUVCW
Sarah W. Meyer, President DUVCW Lynne Dolan, National Council Member #5 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
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Honoring the 150th anniversary of the first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant to the presidency, March 4th, 1869.
1869-2019
The American's Creed
by William Tyler Page
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitu- tion, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.
–Written 1917, accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.
The Department of New York Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Offers its Commendation and Appreciation To Oliver Tilden Camp #26 For Honoring General Grant on the Anniversary of His Birth, And For Their Tireless Efforts to Keep Alive The Memory of All The Boys in Blue
Leo McGuire, Department Commander “Lest We Forget”
Ulysses and Julia Grant, circa 1864/1865 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Oliver Tilden Camp #26 Honors President Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant
1884 2019
Oliver Tilden Camp #26, S.V.U.S.A. at Camp Bolster on September 2, 1901
Captain Oliver Tilden Camp #26, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is proud to host the 197th Birthday Commemoration for General Ulysses S. Grant. UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS - SPRING - SUMMER 2019 May 17 & 18, 2019—(Fri. & Sat.) New York Department Encampment—Lake George, 48 Canada St. Lake George, NY 12845. (518) 355-1510. [email protected] May 18, 2019 (Sat.) Memorial Day Service: Mt. Olivet Cemetery - GAR Marks Post plot. 11:00 am - Assembly near cemetery office at 10:45 am. Flags will then be placed on Civil War graves at Mt. Olivet Cemetery and Lutheran Cemetery GAR Post plots, members can then join us to visit Cypress Hills Cemetery (Not the National Cemetery) in Section 1 to place flags. May 27, 2019 (Mon.) Commemoration at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, 89th St. and Riverside Drive in Manhattan. (More details to be announced) Formation at 9:45 AM. Sons of Veterans Reserve members please attend in uniform. (Sponsored by the Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Memorial Assoc.) May 29, 2019 (Wed.) Tilden Camp Monthly Meeting. Meet at 6:00 PM at 1 Centre St, 22nd Floor, Suite 2208, Manhattan, NY, Conference Room. The Municipal Building is across the Street from City Hall at Chambers Street. Contact the Commander if you plan to attend the meeting. You have to be on a list of attendees in order to enter the building. Memorial Day Service for our Civil War ancestors and our departed Brothers. June 14, 2019 (Fri.) - 9:00 AM—Flag Day ceremony—PS 34 Greenpoint, Brooklyn. We are the Color Guard for this event. June 14, 2019 (Fri.) - 12:00 PM Flag Day Parade. 11:30 AM Formation. City Hall Park in Manhattan. (Hosted by Sons of the Rev.) June 2019—Tilden Camp Monthly Meeting and Small Party (Date and time to be announced). July 4, 2019, (Thur.) Macy’s Fireworks Display - Greenpoint Monitor Museum site, 56 Quay St., Bklyn. (details TBA) July 2019, (Sat.) City of Water Day - The Greenpoint Monitor Museum site, 56 Quay St., Bklyn. (Date and details to be announced) Aug. 8-11, 2019 (Thur.-Sun.) 138th National Encampment, SUVCW, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Cleveland— Independence, 6200 Quarry Lane, Independence, Ohio, 44131-2218, USA TEL: +1-216-447-1300. Aug. 25, 2019 (Sun.) Battle of Brooklyn, Green-wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. New York. (Details TBA). Sept. - Oct. 2019 (Sat.) Honoring Captain Oliver Tilden, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. (Date and details TBA) Sept. 25, 2019 (Wed.) Tilden Camp Monthly Meeting. Meet at 6:00 PM at 1 Centre St, 22nd Floor, Suite 2208, Manhattan, NY, Conference Room. Contact the Commander if you plan to attend the meeting. Nov. 9, 2019 (Sat.) Headstone Dedication Ceremony for Pvt. Mathew George Cornell, Co. E, 10th New York State Vols. “National Zouaves”. At the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, Queens at 11:00 am. 10:30 am formation at the cemetery office for instructions. SVR members please attend in uniforms. THANK YOU for YOUR SUPPORT!
The General Grant Memorial Committee would like to thank the following organizations, Civil War historical, re-enactment groups and uniformed color guards: National Park Service, Manhattan Sites 4th United States Infantry (Grant Memorial Guard) Transfiguration Life Together Church. Staten Island, NY Co. H, 14th “Brooklyn” NYSM Society of NY Co. I, 83rd New York Vol. (9th NYSM) SVR Captain Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW Moses Baldwin Camp #544, SUVCW Archibald Gracie Camp #985, SCV Kady Brownell Tent #36, DUVCW Department of Massachusetts, SUVCW Knickerbocker Greys
Major McKinley Camp #9, SUVCW Col. George L. Willard Camp #154, SUVCW Department of New Hampshire, SUVCW Augustus Van Horne Ellis Camp #124, SUVCW The Greenpoint Monitor Museum Co. H, 14th New Jersey Vol. Inf. Boy Scouts of America ——————–———————————————— “Billy Yank” The official publication of Captain Oliver Tilden Camp #26, SUVCW
John B. Gregor - Co-Editor George J. Weinmann - Co-Editor Arthur P. Kirmss - Co-Editor