Shiloh Camp Meeting
2021-05-16 02:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | VFW State Headquarters, 2431 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE, 68504, United States
The May meeting will be held at the VFW State Headquarters at 2431 North 48th Street in Lincoln (roughly 48th and Huntington streets). Parking is available at the back of the building. Please bring a mask and social distancing will be observed. We will also host the meeting on Zoom, check your email for login details.

Last Soldier of Dixon Co. Ceremony
2021-05-22 14:00 | IA
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, Harrison Camp 53-2 will conduct a ceremony honoring Jeremiah Sullivan, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Dixon County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Saint Anne’s Cemetery at Dixon.
Jeremiah (Jerry) Sullivan was a Private in Co. I, 47th Ohio Infantry and died April 20, 1938 at the age of 98.
Directions: St. Anne’s Cemetery is located east of Dixon on 8685 Rd (3rd St) at the corner of 578 Ave.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started the final phase in our Last Soldier Project. The purpose of the project is to locate and appropriately mark the final resting place of the last Union Civil War Soldier buried in each county in the state of Nebraska. We are marking the graves of these veterans with a bronze star marker and QR code medallion. The full list of veterans can be viewed here.

G.A.R. Observance of Memorial Day
2021-05-30 | IA
Grand Army of the Republic Observance of Memorial Day – 153rd Anniversary
Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.

Memorial Day - Lincoln Events
2021-05-31 | IA
Wyuka Cemetery
3600 O Street
8:30 AM – Wreath Casting Honoring those Lost at Sea
Procession to the G.A.R. Circle
9:00 AM – Program at the G.A.R. Circle
Lincoln Memorial Park
6800 S 14th St
11:30 AM – American Legion Riders, Wreath Casting
11:45 AM – Program

Calvary Cemetery
3880 L St
1:15 PM – The SUVCW – Sons of Veterans Reserve will give a brief ceremony and fire a volley near the grave of Civil War Medal of Honor winner Victor Vifquain.

Veterans Memorial Garden at Antelope Park
33rd & A St
7:30 PM – Program – Remembrance Ceremony for Veterans

Members/SVR – if you are attending the services please be at Wyuka Cemetery at 8:00 AM to prepare as we will fall in for the procession to the GAR Circle. SVR will join the firing squad with the VFW and American Legion.

Memorial Day - Omaha Events
2021-05-31 | IA
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Day Observance Program: 10:00 AM
7909 Mormon Bridge Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68152
http://www.forestlawnomaha.com

Prospect Hill Cemetery
Memorial Day Observance – 11:00 AM

A program featuring the noted historian Ryan Roenfeld , author of Secret Omaha and Wicked Omaha
The Prospect Hill Preservation Brass Band ensemble, playing traditional music
First Nebraska Regiment Civil War re-enactors, presenting the Colors and a 21-gun salute
Boy Scouts Troop 88 leading the Pledge of Allegiance
and the annual tribute to philanthropist and businesswoman Anna Wilson

3202 Parker Street • Omaha, NE 68111
http://www.prospecthill-omaha.org

Memorial Park Cemetery
Memorial Day Observance – 11:00 AM
6005 Underwood Ave, Omaha, NE

Memorial Day Parade – 6:30 PM

Preparade activities including live music will begin at 4 p.m. at 12th and Jackson Streets, where the parade is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. It will follow a short route: two blocks east to 10th Street, then 2½ blocks south to the Durham Museum.

Lee Greenwood will perform in the museum’s parking lot after the parade. Hy-Vee will give away free hot dogs and apple pie.
