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Future meeting dates for 2026:
Camp Meeting
Saturday
April 25
Saturday
June 13
The 2026 Department Encampment of the Department of Colorado &
Wyoming will be held Saturday, June 13
at the Westminster Elks Lodge located at 3850 Elk Drive, Westminster, CO
Camp Meeting Saturday
July 25
Camp Meeting
Saturday
October 24
Camp Meetings will be held at:
CANVAS CREDIT UNION
4111 Future St.
Castle Rock, CO
Prospective members are welcome
Future meetings will be held in person and virtually (Zoom)
In 1881 the GAR formed
the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (SUV) to carry on its
traditions and memory long after the GAR had ceased to exist. Membership
was open to any man who could prove ancestry to a member of the GAR or to
a veteran eligible for membership in the GAR. In later years, men who did
not have the ancestry to qualify for hereditary membership, but who
demonstrated a genuine interest in the Civil War and could subscribe to
the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW, were admitted as Associates. This
practice continues today.
Many GAR Posts sponsored Camps of the SUV. In 1925, the SUV name was
changed to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), under which its
federal charter was
issued in 1954. The SUVCW is legally recognized as the heir to, and
representative of the GAR.
Today, the National Organization of the SUVCW, headed by an annually
elected Commander-in-Chief, oversees the operation of 26 Departments, each
consisting of one or more states, a Department-at-Large, a National
Membership-at-Large, and over 200 community based Camps. More than 6,360
men enjoy the benefits of
membership
in the only
male organization dedicated to the principles of the GAR -- Fraternity,
Charity, and Loyalty. It publishes "The BANNER" quarterly for
its members. The
SUVCW National Headquarters
is located in the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The SUVCW is one of five Allied Orders of the GAR. The other four
Orders are: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief
Corps, Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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