Membership is open to female descendants , and legally adopted daughters, ten (10) years of age or over, of honorably discharged Union soldiers, sailors and marines of the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, ex-army nurses of that War, are also eligble to membership. The primary purpose of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Inc. is stated in the Act of the United States Congress incorporating it. "To perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865; to assist in every practicable way in the preservation and making available for research of documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members; to cooperate in doing honor to all those who have patriotically served our country in any way; to teach patriotism and the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag; to oppose every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, or make for the destruction or impairment of, our constitutional Union; and to inculcate and broadly sustain the American principles of representative government, of equal rights and of impartial justice for all." PRINTABLE APPLICATION FORMS HTML Version = Print it from the webpage Microsoft Word Version = Download, Save & Print For further membership information please contact: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Janice M. Corfman, PNP 9057 S.R. 83 Holmesville, Ohio 44633 (Phone) 330-279-4393 - (Fax) 330-279-2458 - email jmclgar@aol.com You are the 11120visitor since July 24, 2000. This page last updated Saturday, 01-May-2004 12:30:47 MDT The music you are listening to today : "Take Your Gun And Go John" Dayle K. Painting:"Off to the Front" 1861 [Home] [History] [National Officers] [State Depts.] [Events Calendar] [Links] C. LaRue. Copyright © 1999-2004.