Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department of Michigan

Curtenius Guard Camp #17
Lansing/Sunfield, Michigan

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CAMP NEWS

  • September 14, 2012
  • Memorial Booklet for Camp Member Brian D. MacVean (May 18, 1963 - September 11, 2012)

  • July 27, 2012
  • Memorial Booklet for Camp Member Chuck Langworthy (February 7, 1922 - July 24, 2012)

  • May 5, 2012
  • Camp member particpates in Mexico's Cinco de Mayo Commemoration in Puebla, Mexico

  • December 10, 2010
  • Camp member and Past Commander-in-Chief Keith G. Harrison interviewed in Michigan History Magazine.

  • February 23, 2010
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Civil War History Seminar on Michigan Soldiers at Andersonville Prison, was another great success with 145 participants.

  • November 10, 2009
  • Charlotte GAR Post Records Presentation and Program on the Michigan Brigade's Role at Gettysburg, Charlotte, Michigan.

  • November 7, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17, DeWitt Camp #58, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Company B., Inc, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and Mason Middle School Civil War Fife and Drum Corps participates in November 7, 2009 Veterans' Day Parade, Mason, Michigan.

  • October 20, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 participates in City of Lansing Mount Hope Cemetery (1709 E. Mount Hope Avenue) Michigan Historical Marker Dedication.

  • September 19, 2009
  • Rededication of Tombstone of Corporal Harmon W. Paddelford, September 19, 2009, Lansing Mount Hope Cemetery (1709 E. Mount Hope Avenue).

  • August 5, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 participates with other organizations in ralley to try and save the Michigan State Library and Museum in Lansing.

  • June 30, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Civil War History Seminar on Elijah. E. Myers, America's Greatest Capitol Architect, was another great success.

  • May 25, 2009
  • State News (Michigan State University Newspaper) article by Marissa Cumberson Memorial Day Ceremonies at Lansings' Mount Hope Cememtery

  • April 29, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Civil War History Seminar on Native American Sharpshooters Unit was a great success.

  • January 27, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Endorses Commander Paul David Arnold for 2009/10 Department Junior Vice Commander.

  • January 6, 2009
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Commander throws his name into the ring for Department Junior Vice Commander at the Department Encampment in April. It is anticipated that the Camp will issue a formal resolution supporting this move at the meeting later this month.

  • November 11, 2008
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Commander Members paticipate in annual Veternas Day Parade in Mason, Michigan (Photographs).

  • October 2008
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Hosted Three Successfull Civil War Seminars in 2008.

  • September 9, 2008
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Commander Members paticipate in Kickoff event for Lansing, Michigan Sesquicentennial (Photographs).

  • August 2008
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Members at the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Encampment, Boston, Massachusetts (Photographs).

  • July 2008
  • Curtenius Guard Camp #17 Camp Commander Publishes Article in Michigan History Magazine.

  • April 2008
  • Annual Department of Michigan Encampment, Lansing, Michigan (Photographs).

    Past Commander-in-Chief publishes a 648-page geneaology entitled, The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison - Revisited Nineteen Years Later. The book documents over 1,500 ancestral families and over 6,000 individuals. He currently is working on an another book documenting the photographic history of his hometown, Cassopolis, Michigan.

  • October 2007
  • Camp 17 Rededication ceremony at Mount Hope Cemetery October 14, 2007.

  • August 2007
  • Camp member and Commander-in-Chief at 2007 National Encampment in St. Louis, Missouri.

    Camp 17 continues with its Restoration Efforts of Mt. Hope Cemetery's Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Monument and Graves with the powerwashing of all the tombstones in the section.

  • July 2007
  • New Junior joins Camp 17.

    Camp 17 continues with its Restoration Efforts of Mt. Hope Cemetery's Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Monument and Graves with the raising of 29 headstones and repositioning of 1 Spanish-American, 5 World War I, and 1 World War II Tombstones within the GAR Section of the Cemetery.

    Keeping the Civil War Faith Living, July 1, 2007 News article from the Lansing State Journal.

  • June 2007
  • Camp 17 with the assistance of many begins cleaning and restoration of Mt. Hope Cemetery's Grand Army of the Republic Monument and Graves.

  • May 2007
  • Camp 17 conducts annual Memorial Day ceremony at GAR Hall, Sunfield, Michigan, May 30, 2007.

    Camp 17 conducts annual Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan May 26, 2007.

  • April 2007
  • Brian Shumway elected to another term as Department Treasurer
    and New Camp Display shown at 2007 Department Encampment, Lansing, Michigan.

    Three Camp Members Participate in 51th Lincoln Tomb Observance Ceremony in Springfield, Illinois.

  • November 2006
  • Camp Members Participate in 50th Anniversary Remembrance Day Program in Gettysburg.

  • August 2006
  • Camp Member Elected Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

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