Schedule of Events

2009 - 2010

NOVEMBER
21 - Gettysburg Address - State Capitol, Lincoln, 10:00 AM
21 - Remembrance Day Ceremony - Gettysburg, PA
26 - Thanksgiving Day - (President Lincoln issued proclamation Oct 3, 1863, to observe the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving )

DECEMBER
TBA - Lincoln Dome Rededication, 1st Methodist Church, Lincoln – 100th Anniversary)

7 - Pearl Harbor Day

25 - Christmas

2010

JANUARY
10- Shiloh Camp Meeting - Southwood Lutheran Church 2:00 PM
16 - Mid-year Department Meeting 10:00 AM, Public Library - Fremont
FEBRUARY
12 - Lincoln's Birthday, Guard posted at Monument, State Capitol
13 - Lincoln's Birthday Party, Lincoln - location TBA
MARCH
20 - General Thayer's Birthday Ceremony, Wyuka Cemetery - Lincoln
APRIL
10 - Lincoln's Death Day, Lincoln Memorial, State Capitol - Lincoln
17 - 10th Annual Department Encampment 9:30 AM, Mormon Trails Museum, Omaha

24 - Daniel Freeman's Birthday - Homestead Monument - Beatrice
MAY
16 - Victor Vifquain Ceremony, Calvary Cemetery - Lincoln
30 - Headstone dedication, Daniel Houser, Sioux City, Iowa
31 - Memorial Day Observed - plan and attend ceremonies in local cemeteries
JUNE

25 - 125th Monument rededication - Pender

August

12-15 129th Annual Encampment, Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS

October

16- Kearney Monument Rededication

NOVEMBER

11 - Veterans Day - Parade, Lincoln

updated 11/16/09

For more information, add event, Contact Merle Rudebusch, Department Secretary

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