News and Announcements
September 1, 2000 "Civil War meets Satellite"
If you think this is just the latest low-budget summer thriller at the movie
theater, think again! This is the best of the latest high-tech digital cameras
and hand-held GPS devices being used to locate and identify the graves of over
400 Civil War veterans buried in the cemeteries in Keene, N.H.
The General Simon G. Griffin Camp #10 and Auxiliary #11 to
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) have initiated this photography
and gravesite waypoint project to expand the current graves' registration
database.
Waypoints and hyperlinked photographs from the gravesites are being recorded and
published directly to the "SUV, GAR and CW Cemetery Data" section of the Camp
#10 website, which is currently, located at:
http://www.suvnhcamp10.iwarp.com/cem.html
When complete, the information will be used to aid annual
flag placements, develop various tours and other educational activities, as well
as, serve the needs of Civil War enthusiasts, genealogists and family historians
around the world. Watch for future updates on this innovative pilot program.
MEMORIAL DAY, 2000
Dept. of N.H. Commander David Proper and long-time Camp 10 Brother Wayne Wyman
observing combined Camp # 10, Aux. # 11 and 6th NHV Color Guard Memorial Day
service at the Sedgwick G.A.R. Lot in Woodland Extension Cemetery, Keene. This
service followed the Keene parade and service on Monday, May 29, 2000.
Click here for picture!
Camp #10 Commander Bob Corrette in his 6th NHV persona officiating the combined
service at the General John A. Sedgwick G.A.R. Lot in Woodland Extension
Cemetery, Keene. Click here for picture!
Auxiliary #11 Sisters Beverly Marston, in period dress, and
Alene Hall along with Camp # 10 Brother Creighton Hall at the General John A.
Sedgwick G.A.R. Lot in Woodland Extension Cemetery, Keene.
Click here for picture!
Seven Auxiliary #11 members from "their" horse-drawn wagon
(1-to-r: PDP and current Aux. Pres. Florence Jennison, PP Beverly Marston, Helen
Draper, DVP Bonnie J. Tolman, PDP & PP Arlene King, Aux. VP Alene Hall, and
Color Guard #I Kathy Lewis) Click here for picture!
THE G.A.R. HALL
The former G.A.R. Hall is located at 27 Mechanic Street, Keene NH. It was built
in 1928 and dedicated 1929. The G.A.R. Memorial Association sold the building in
1974 and consequently the Camp and Auxiliary must meet in other buildings or in
private homes, The building is currently owned by 27 Mechanic Street, LLC and is
occupied by Kohler & Lewis, a mechanical engineering firm, The building was used
for a variety of groups, functions and activities through the years.Â
If you have photos of the interior or exterior, please, contact this site's
webmaster Hal Brown (shodan@libertybay.com), or send them to the Auxiliary at
322 Old Homestead Hwy., Swanzey, N.H., 03446. If you want photos returned,
please write this fact on the outside of the envelope,
Click here for picture of the front facade.
Click here for picture! of name plate on the front of
the building.
HURRICANE ROAD CEMETERY. KEENE
Here lies B. H. FOSS of the 5th NHV. He had been forgotten for a number of
years. Auxiliary #11, accompanied by Camp #10 Commander Bob Corrette, presented
a flag and said a prayer for him as part of the group's Memorial Day Weekend
2000 activities. Click here for picture!
50-YEAR MEMBERSHIP AWARD, JUNE 17
 Click here for picture!
Several Camp #10 members joined with Auxiliary #11 to present some special
membership awards. Shown here are, (1-to-r) Camp #10 Commander Bob Corrette,
Auxiliary #11 President Florence Jennison and 50-year badge recipient Bob Heald.
Congratulations, Brother Bob! The group enjoyed a Dutch Treat Luncheon at. Best
Western in Keene.
CAMP #10 PROGRAM, JUNE 13, 1999
Concord-based authors Mike Pride and Mark Travis address a gathering of over
fifty people on their soon to published book, MY BRAVE BOYS, which is about
Lancaster, NH's, Col. Edward Cross of the 5th NHV. The book is tentatively
scheduled for a April, 2001 release. Click here for
picture!
MAY 1999 -- SONS WORK AT G.A.R. LOT
Camp #10 Brothers hard at work--Mike Hurt paints the cannon balls while
Creighton Hall tackles the flagpole. Click here for
picture!
On March 25, 1999, over 30 people attended a special educational program titled
"Researching Your Civil War Ancestor". The local Sons Of Union Veterans Of The
Civil War (S. G. Griffin Camp #10, Keene, NH), invited the general public to the
Historical Society of Cheshire County, 246 Main Street (across from Keene State
College).
Camp 10 Grave Registration Officer Michael P. Hurt presented
a very interesting program which focused on the following topics; Profiling the
Civil War soldier based on Federal Records, sources for genealogical information
on your Civil War Ancestor, general Civil War sources, how to obtain copies of
regimental histories and information on
individual soldiers service and pension records.
S. G. Griffin Camp 10 is very interested in receiving
articles, pictures and other information to add to our site. We have the ability
to scan pictures and the use of a digital camera. If you have something -- an
article, a picture, a piece of memorabilia that we could take a picture of,
please email or write to the Camp 10 webmaster; Hal G. Brown. Thanks!
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