Department
of North Carolina
Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department
Order #2
Series 2020-2021
20 May 2020
OBSERVANCE
OF MEMORIAL DAY
Section 1: 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 and was first observed on 30 May
1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers
at Arlington National Cemetery.
Section 2: On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform
Monday Holiday Act, which moved Memorial Day to the last Monday in May and is
May 25 this year. This Act did not change our sacred obligation to remember and
honor the memory of our Nation’s defenders.
Section
3:
One of the Missions of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is to
cooperate with others in honoring all who have patriotically served our country
in any war. Our Order participates in a variety of ceremonies designed to honor
Union veterans of the Civil War and veterans of all U.S. conflicts, and the
most important of these is Memorial Day.
Section
4: As members of the Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, please remember and honor our Union dead by
participating in a Memorial Day Ceremony. If you’re unable to attend a group
Ceremony, then please attend to the grave of a Union veteran by flagging it or
placing a flower there to honor and remember him.
Section
5: During this time of the Coronavirus
Pandemic, please follow the guidelines of the Center for Disease Control by
wearing a mask, maintaining a distance of six feet from one another and wash
your hands properly and frequently in order to protect yourself and your
Brothers and the public from this highly contagious virus.
So ordered this 20th Day of May 2020
In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,
Robert Alvin Crum, PCC
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
649 Reservoir Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
(704) 310-0382
Attest: K. Travis Masters, PCC, Department
Secretary-Treasurer
