Col George L Willard Camp 154 NY SUVCW

September Monthly Camp Meeting
2021-09-02 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Latham Community Baptist Church, 109 Forts Ferry Road, Latham, NY, 12110, United States
Join us for our September Monthly Camp Meeting at the Latham Community Baptist Church located at 109 Forts Ferry Road, Latham, NY 12110 @ 10 am.

General George Thomas Monument Lot Re-Dedication Ceremony
2021-07-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY, United States
DATE: JULY 31ST, 2021:
TIME: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
General George Thomas Ceremony Monument Lot Re-Dedication @ General George Thomas Monument at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY.
Over a nine-year effort the Col. George L. Willard Camp # 154, Department of New York, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, along with Oakwood Cemetery Association and the Friend of Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, jointly have reconstructed the ornamental cast-iron fence and replaced the broken and stolen finials at the General Thomas gravesite. Money was raised to remove a large Beech tree that towered dangerously over the Kellogg Family Plot and was responsible for destroying portions of the fence and headstones within the plot. Funds were also obtained to raise the descriptive bronze tablet of General Thomas off the ground.
On July 31st (the anniversary of Thomas’s birth in 1816) there will be a re-dedication of the gravesite by the Willard Camp, Cemetery Association, and Friends of Oakwood Cemetery. Time 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.
General Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia a southerner, who remained loyal to the Union. A graduate of West Point, and veteran of the Mexican War, Thomas played a prominent role and was a principal commander in the Western Theater during the war. His defensive stand during the Battle of Chickamauga earned him the sobriquet “The Rock of Chickamauga”. Truly, General George H. Thomas was a loyal Patriot and dedicated American.
You are invited to participate in the rededication of the site and the honoring of the service of Major General George H. Thomas
On Saturday morning those in attendance will form and proceed to the Kellogg Family Plot for the rededication of the site, with a reception to follow.
A Civil War tour of the Cemetery and its rich Civil War history will also be given after the reception.

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PROGRAM
Guests Assemble Music by the Ragtime Windjammers
Greetings Thomas Maggs, Board, Chair, Oakwood Cemetery and member of Col. George L. Willard Camp #154, Department of New York, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Welcome Michael P. Barrett, Executive Director, Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway, MC of today’s program
Invocation Reverend Isaacs
Posting of the Colors Led by the Willard Camp
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem
Battle Hymn of the Republic (2 stanzas) Nicole Osterhout, accompanied by Ragtime Windjammers
About the Rehabilitation Project Dave Dziewulski
The Legend of General George Thomas, Rock of Chickamauga, Michael Barrett
Laying of Laurel Wreath at the Grave of General Thomas
Musket Salute Led by the Willard Camp and the 125th NY Regimental Association
Taps Led by Willard Camp
Announcement of Retirement of the Colors, Michael Barrett
Closing Michael Barrett
Closing Prayer Reverend Isaacs
Refreshments in the Tent Provided by Stewarts
If you are interested in attending or have any questions concerning this event, contact me at restraight1@gmail.com or cell phone (518) 344-7773.
NOTE: For those traveling and or who would like to spend the weekend Civil War Camping, an area with amenities of, firewood, straw, water, and restrooms will be provided and be available on Friday afternoon July 30th thru Sunday the 1st of August on the grounds of Oakwood Cemetery.
For more information visit Oakwood Cemetery’s Website at: https://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/events-list/re-dedication-of-the-general-george-thomas-grave-site

Grant's Cottage Remembrance Day
2021-07-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Grant’s Cottage, Wilton, NY, Wilton, NY, United States
PDC, PCC Robert Wagoner Laying a Wreath at Grant’s Cottage in 1973

The Camp has been asked to participate in the Annual Grant Cottage Remembrance Day Ceremony to honor General Grant on the day of his death, July 23rd.
Brothers will muster at 12:30 and will supply a color guard for the 1:00 pm ceremony.

Either Camp or Civil War uniform, please contact Cmdr. Straight if you plan on attending.

Gravestone Repair Workshop @ New Mt. Ida Cemetery, Troy, NY
2021-07-03 - 2021-07-05 | New Mt. Ida Cemetery, Troy, NY, Pinewoods Avenue, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
There will be a gravestone repair workshop with Joe Ferranninni, this Saturday, July 3rd – Monday, July 5th

at the New Mt Ida Cemetery in Troy on Pinewoods Avenue.

There is always a need for volunteers to help clean the stones with D/2. Joe will then do the repair work.
All materials will be provided.

Lincoln Luncheon & Legion of Merit Brown's Brewery Troy, NY
2021-06-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Brown’s Brewing Company, Troy, NY
Lincoln Luncheon & Legion of Merit Browns in Troy at 12:00 ($26.00 including tip)

June Camp Meeting
2021-06-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Masonic Temple Corning place Albany, 67 Corning Pl., Albany, NY, 12207, United States
5 June Camp Meeting 10:00 Masonic Temple Corning place Albany

Albany Rural Cemetery & Oakwood Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremonies
2021-05-30 09:30 - 11:00 | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY, United States
30 May Albany Rural then Oakwood Cemetery Ceremonies 8:30 at the caretakers building

Oakwood Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony
2021-05-29 08:30 - 10:00 | Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY
29 May Oakwood Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony Brother McEneny will be the speaker @ 8:30 am

2020 Wreaths Presentation @ Soldiers and Sailors Lot, Albany Rural Cemetery
2020-12-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY
2019 Presentation

Wreaths Across America Wreath Presentations –
@ Albany Rural Cemetery & Saratoga National Cemetery for December 27th @ 10:00 AM.

We have RESCHEDULED the WREATH PLACING for Sunday, 27 December 2020. We will assemble at 10:00 AM at Albany Rural Cemetery at the GAR monument which is adjacent to the Soldiers and Sailors Plot.
We will be placing 150 wreaths on the Soldiers and Sailors headstones at Albany Rural. Also, the Camp will be placing a wreath at the GAR Monument and the GAR Plot at Albany Rural and then proceed to Troy to place a wreath at Willards and Thomas’s grave at Oakwood Cemetery.
Please advise if you will be able to help.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience. (518) 624-2780 or eaglebsa@gmail.com

Wreaths Across America Wreath Presentations – (TENTATIVE) December 13th @ Albany Rural Cemetery & Saratoga National Cemetery
2020-12-13 | 200 Duell Rd. Schuylerville, NY, 200 Duell Rd., Schuylerville, NY, United States

December Camp Meeting – Saturday, December 5th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-12-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

November Camp Meeting – Saturday, November 7th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

President Chester Arthur’s Birth Ceremony (1829)- October 5th @ Pres. Chester Arthur’s Grave at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
2020-10-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY
President Chester Arthur’s Birth Ceremony (1829)- October 5th @ 11 am
Pres. Chester Arthur’s Grave at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

October Camp Meeting – Saturday, October 3rd, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-10-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

September Camp Meeting – Saturday, September 5th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-09-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

(CANCELLED) 139th Annual National Encampment of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic – August 13th-16th, Atlanta, GA
2020-08-13 - 2020-08-16 | Atlanta Marriot Buckhead Hotel and Convention Center, 3405 Lenox Road North East, Atlanta, GA, Georgia, 30326, United Kingdom
CANCELLED!

Atlanta Marriot Buckhead Hotel and Convention Center
3405 Lenox Road North East, Atlanta, GA 30326

Dates: August 13 – 16, 2020

(For more information visit: http://2020nationalencampment.org)

Gen. Grant’s Death Service – (TENTATIVE) – July 25th @ Grant’s Cottage, Wilton, NY (Grant’s death (23rd) at the cottage)
2020-07-25 | Grant’s Cottage, Wilton, NY, Wilton, NY, United States
Gen. Grant’s Death Service – (TENTATIVE) – July 25th @ Grant’s Cottage, Wilton, NY (Grant’s death (23rd) at the cottage)
For more information visit: https://www.grantcottage.org/events

7th Annual Lincoln Luncheon – (TENTATIVE) – Saturday, June 13th, @ The Trojan Room, Brown’s Brewery
2020-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Brown’s Brewing Company, Troy, NY
(For more information visit: http://glwillard154.org/events/the-lincoln-luncheon)

June Camp Meeting (TENTATIVE) – Saturday, June 6th, 10 am, @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-06-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

137th NY Dept. Encampment – Friday-Sunday, June 5th-7th, Crowne Plaza Suffern – Mahwah Hotel, Suffern, NY
2020-06-05 - 2020-06-07 | Crowne Plaza Suffern – Mahwah Hotel, Suffern, NY, Three, Executive Blvd,, Suffern, New York, 10901, United Kingdom
137th NY Dept. Encampment – Friday-Sunday, June 5th-7th, Crowne Plaza Suffern – Mahwah Hotel, Suffern, NY
(For more information visit: http://nysuvcw.org/encampment)

Annual May Memorial Day Ceremonies – May 30th, Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, NY & Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY
2020-05-30 | NY
Memorial Day as always is a busy time for the Willard Camp. This year we will be involved with three Memorial Day events.
This year of 2020 marks the 152nd anniversary of the issuing of General Order No. 11, by John A. Logan, Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and establishing May 30th “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in the defense of their country”. If you are available and can attend please contact Commander Brian Castler at your earliest convenience. We will need at least four Brothers for the Color Guard. All Brothers are encouraged to come and honor their Civil War ancestors and all who have died in defense of their county.
May 30th, Decoration Day Ceremony Time 9:30 AM, Albany Rural Cemetery at 10:00 meet at the caretaker’s house. After services at Albany Rural, we will proceed to Oakwood Cemetery and conduct services there; with visits to Col. Willard’s and Gen. Thomas’s grave sites. We will have a Camp Color Guard, Bugler, and be in Civil War or Camp Uniform.
Please contact Commander Castler regarding the above events no later than Wednesday, May 22nd at cmdr@glwillard154.org

Saratoga National Cemetery Ceremony – May 25th, Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2020-05-25 11:00 - 13:00 | 200 Duell Rd. Schuylerville, NY, 200 Duell Rd., Schuylerville, NY, United States
May 25th, Memorial Day Service, Gerald H. Solomon National Military Cemetery, 200 Duell Rd. Schuylerville, NY 1287, at 11:00 AM Note: Camp will not participate officially, Brothers are asked to arrive at 9:30 AM we will form a Civil War Color Guard in Civil War or Camp Uniform. We are not part of the program, but the Camp has been invited to stand in line with the cannons of the USNLP.

Oakwood Cemetery Ceremony – May 23rd, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY
2020-05-23 08:30 - 09:30 | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY, United States
(For more information visit: http://glwillard154.org/events/memorial-day-excercises

May Camp Meeting – Saturday, May 2nd, 10 am @ Online Zoom Video Meeting
2020-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Zoom Video Meeting, United States
May Camp Meeting – Saturday, May 2nd, 10 am @ Online Zoom Video Meeting, the meeting will be conducted online,
Brothers of the camp will receive an email 15 minutes before the start of the meeting with an Invitation to join in on the meeting.

April Camp Meeting (CANCELLED) – Saturday, April 4th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-04-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States
April Camp Meeting – Saturday, April 4th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center.

On behalf of Camp Commander Brian Castler,

Our next scheduled Camp Meeting on Saturday, 4 April 2020 is being CANCELED due to COVID 19
and the Governor’s directive that all gatherings, of any size for any reason must be canceled or postponed.

We will keep you informed of our Camp’s schedule as more information becomes available on COVID 19 restrictions or lifting of them.

March Camp Meeting – Saturday, March 7th, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

February Camp Meeting – February 1st, 10 am @ The Watervliet Senior Citizens Center
2020-02-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Watervliet Senior Citizens Center, 1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY, 12189, United States

President Chester A. Arthur Memorial Service
2019-10-05 | Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, NY
President Chester A. Arthur Monument Grave, Albany Rural Cemetery, Time and More Information TBA

Grant's Cottage Civil War Weekend Encampment
2019-08-11 10:00 - 2019-08-12 15:00 | Grant’s Cottage, Wilton, NY, Wilton, NY, United States
Grant’s Cottage Civil War Weekend Encampment
Saturday, August 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM through Sunday, August 12, 2019 until 3:00 PM

138th Annual National Encampment of the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic
2019-08-08 - 2019-08-11 | NY
http://www.suvcw.org/?page_id=2791
