This may be of interest to those researching in the Camden area. >From: LaniMacA@aol.com >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:42:13 EDT >Old-To: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] The G.A.R. & its Museum in Phila. >To: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7163 >X-Loop: PHILLY-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: PHILLY-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: >Status: O >X-Status: > > In light of past discussions about the GAR on this list, this might >be of >interest: > >The Doylestown (PA) Patriot newspaper, 1 Oct 1998, p. 12 > The Bucks Co. (PA) Civil War Round Table will present a free program on >Phila.'s Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum & Library on Tues., Oct. >6, at 7 pm in the Community Rm. of the Bucks Co. Courthouse (E. Court & Broad >Sts.), Doylestown, PA. Guest speakers Bud & Margaret Atkinson will describe >the history of the G.A.R., the primary veterans' organization of the Civil >War, and the creation of the G.A.R. museum. They will discuss the formation, >focus and mission of the G.A.R. and will explain how Phila.'s G.A.R. Post No. >2 created the G.A.R. museum. The museum has passed to Civil War veterans' >descendants and remains one of the region's major sources of historic >information. > The Sons of Union Veterans (S.U.V.) of the Civil War, the G.A.R.'s >descendant >organization , is experiencing a rapid regrowth, and its ongoing projects at >the museum will be detailed. Information on the S.U.V. Auxiliary and its role >in preserving the memory of Civil War veterans and their deeds. > The program is free and open to the general public. > >Lani >