Schedule of Events

2012

APRIL
9 - Civil War ended, General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 1865
12 - Civil War began, shots fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861
14 - 15 - President Lincoln shot on 14th, died on the 15th, 1865
14 - Lincoln Death Day Ceremony - State Capitol
14 - Lincoln Tomb Ceremony, Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery - Springfield, Ill
21 - 11th Annual Nebraska Department Encampment, Midland University, Fremont, NE, 10:00 AM
27 - General/President, U.S. Grant's Birthday
27-29 - DUVCW Nebraska Department Convention, Holiday Express Hotel, Beatrice, NE
MAY

19 - Shiloh Camp Meeting - 2:00 PM Southwood Lutheran Church

25 - Place Flags in GAR Circle in Wyuka Cemetery

28 - Memorial Day Observed - plan and attend ceremonies in local cemeteries

- Lincoln - Wyuka Cemetery 9:00 AM, Lincoln Memorial Park 11:15, Veterans Garden 8:00 PM

30 - Memorial Day

JUNE

23 - DUVCW Tent 7, Celebrate America Picnic - IOOF Hall, Lincoln - Noon

JULY

4 - Seward, NE 4th of July Parade
TBA - Shiloh Camp Meeting
August
13-14 - National SUVCW Encampment & DUVCW Convention, Los Angles, CA
September
TBA - Shiloh Camp Meeting
October
November
TBA - Veterans Day Parade - Bellevue
TBA - Shiloh Camp meeting 2:00 Southwood Lutheran Church
11 - Veterans Day - Parade, Lincoln, Football Stadium - Auld Center
17 - Gettysburg Address Remembrance Ceremony - State Capitol, Lincoln, 10:00 AM
17 - Remembrance Day Ceremony - Gettysburg, PA
22 - Thanksgiving Day - (President Lincoln issued proclamation Oct 3, 1863, to observe the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving )
DECEMBER
TBA -Wreaths Across America - Wyuka Cemetery 9:00 AM
25 - Christmas
2013
JANUARY
TBA - Mid-year Department Meeting 10:00 AM, Public Library - Fremont
24 - General /Governor, John M. Thayer's Birthday
FEBRUARY
12 - Lincoln's Birthday, Guard to post at Monument, State Capitol 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
TBA - Annual Lincoln's Birthday Celebration,
24 - Flag Day
MARCH
17 - General Thayer's Ceremony, Wyuka Cemetery, Thayer Monument 10:30 - Lincoln, NE
17 - St. Patrick's Day Celebration - Wisner, Parade 3:00 PM
TBA - Shiloh Camp Meeting, Southwood Lutheran Church
APRIL

13 - Department Encampment, IOOF Hall, Lincoln, NE

updated 3/22/2012

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

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