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Grand Army of the Republic (U.S.)

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The Grand Army of the Republic

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was an organization of veterans of the US Union Army, Navy, and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member.

The "Grand Army of the Republic" or "G.A.R" were Union veterans who served in the U.S. military during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), and they held many reunions after the Civil War. To continue the G.A.R legacy, their sons later developed the "Sons of Veterans of the Civil War" or "S.U.V." {"Sons Union Veterans"), and conduct Civil War battle re-enactments and reunions.

GAR logo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022

1890s GAR flag "Department of Ohio G.A.R."

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022
flag source: https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/flags/id/1333/

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is a fraternal organization dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of heroes who fought and worked to save the Union. Organized in 1881 and chartered by Congress in 1954, it is the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic.
https://suvcw.org/

SUV logo (early) source: https://suvcw.org/?page_id=3468
SUV logo (current) source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Union_Veterans_of_the_Civil_War

Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022

Department of Iowa - Grand Army of the Republic

(really a chapter of the S.U.V.)

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022
flag source: SUV source: https://www.ebay.com

SUV flag (1900s?)

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022

SUV national flag (c. 2015)

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022
flag source: SUV source: https://www.ebay.com

Red SUV flag - Department of Indiana

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022
flag source: http://suvcwin.org/?page_id=30 

SUV California & Pacific

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 October 2022
flag source: http://www.suvpac.org/