Grand Army of the Republic
Location: United States
Surnames/tags: GAR Civil War
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Grand Army of the Republic
Formed in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) grew to over 410,000 members in 1890. The GAR was formed as a fraternal organization for the Union Veterans of the Civil War. It was one of the first veteran's advocacy groups and championed many causes including the establishment of veteran's pensions, promoting patriotic education, black voting rights, ad the creation of Memorial Day.
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Members were organized into State Posts and local posts. The GAR posts were the forerunners of modern day VFW and American Foreign Legion Halls.
The last member, Albert Woolson (1850 - 1956) passed all of the files and records to the successor organization, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW). Today, SUVCW membership is open to any male descendant of any Union Civil War veteran.
The society badge worn by GAR members is the Grand Army of the Republic Medal, stylized after the Civil War era Medal of Honor.
Sticker
Under construction. Baty-260 20:08, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Resources
- Family Search has Grand Army of the Republic records for the following states: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Utah. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?cqs=grand%20army Since volunteers keep indexing more records, it's worth checking back for more. J. Crook - via G2G 6 Dec 2019.
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Very nice certificate! I'm green with envy!
Best -RP
I was in the process of working on this sticker and others for lineage societies when life caught me (birth of third child). It is a project I plan to get to but it might be a while.
In the interim, you might consider using the Occupation Sticker (template). In addition to listing one's occupation, the sticker (template) gives a description that should cover the GAR until a formal sticker is approved:
This sticker is used to note a person's occupation (career, profession or professional organizational affiliation) that was either important to them, or may have been a distinguishing feature about their life.
edited by SJ Baty