The headquarters of Post 2 was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members of Post 2 were made up of members from Post 1, which was dissolved into Post 2. The Post was active in numerous GAR activities including preparing memorial day services for veterans and maintaining its own orchestra. In the early 1900s, as numerous GAR posts began to disband throughout the city, and members began to pass from age, Post 2 eventually became the last remaining Post in the city. Since Post 2 was the last remaining, the final resting place of many Post’s records and artifacts was with Post 2. Post 2 later became defunct and turned all of its records and property to S.U.V.C.W. Philadelphia Camp. It is the property and materials of Post 2 turned over to the Philadelphia Camp that eventually formulated the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library. The last member of the original Post 2, Col. Samuel P. Town, died in 1937.
From the guide to the Records of Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, 1870-1950s, (Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library)
