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D. B. HENDERSON CAMP: Difference between revisions
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Much of the interest was credited to military preparedness. The South was credited with keeping the military spirit. Many of the military cemeteries had representatives from every regiment and company sent from the occasions and State of Iowa. Speakers at the meeting remarks about the advantages of keep such a camp in terms of prevention desecration of Memorial Day, observation of patriotic holidays, furnishing speakers for patriotic occasions, and patriotic exercises for public schools. | Much of the interest was credited to military preparedness. The South was credited with keeping the military spirit. Many of the military cemeteries had representatives from every regiment and company sent from the occasions and State of Iowa. Speakers at the meeting remarks about the advantages of keep such a camp in terms of prevention desecration of Memorial Day, observation of patriotic holidays, furnishing speakers for patriotic occasions, and patriotic exercises for public schools. | ||
Following the meeting, it was decided to form a military organization of the Sons of Veterans should be carried out or at least the old firing squad which had saluted departed members of the [[GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC(G.A.R.)]] (1) | Following the meeting, it was decided to form a military organization of the Sons of Veterans should be carried out or at least the old firing squad which had saluted departed members of the [[GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G. A. R.)]] (1) | ||
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Revision as of 19:03, 18 November 2025
D. B. HENDERSON CAMP #18. On July 21, 1915nan estimated seventy-five sons and grandsons of Union soldiers, soldier and submariners meet in the banking room of the FEDERAL DEPOSIT & TRUST COMPANY to reorganize the D. B. Henderson Camp #18. According to a newspaper account, this had one been one of the leading patriotic organizations in Dubuque.
Much of the interest was credited to military preparedness. The South was credited with keeping the military spirit. Many of the military cemeteries had representatives from every regiment and company sent from the occasions and State of Iowa. Speakers at the meeting remarks about the advantages of keep such a camp in terms of prevention desecration of Memorial Day, observation of patriotic holidays, furnishing speakers for patriotic occasions, and patriotic exercises for public schools.
Following the meeting, it was decided to form a military organization of the Sons of Veterans should be carried out or at least the old firing squad which had saluted departed members of the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G. A. R.) (1)
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1. "Sons of Veterans to be Organized," Telegraph-Herald, July 22, 1915, p. 3