Records of Garfield Lodge No. 19, Order of the Shepherds of Bethlehem 1899-1917

Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Pennsylvania.

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Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

Order of Shepherds of Bethlehem. Garfield Lodge No. 19. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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The Order of Shepherds of Bethlehem was a women's auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. A meeting at the Anna Camp’s building at Girard and Hutchinson organized October 30, 1899. The camp was instituted at the hall of Star of the East Lodge No. 2, Order of Shepherds of Bethlehem, by the WG Commander Lady Eva Wyckoff with approximately 60 charter members. From the guide to the Records of Garfield Lodge No. 19, Order of the Shepherds of Bethlehem, 1899-...

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

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In 1866, Union veterans of the Civil War organized into the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), which existed until 1956. In 1881, the GAR formed the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (SV) to carry on its traditions. Membership was open to any man who could prove ancestry to a member of the GAR or to a veteran eligible for membership. Men who did not have the ancestry to qualify for membership, but who could subscribe to the objectives of the SUVCW, were admitted as associates. In 1...