Meetings are held on the fourth Saturday
at 2:00 P.M. at the I.O.O.F. Hall, 1111 North 56th Street, Lincoln
except in Fe
bruary when we hold
our annual Lincoln Day Dinner that begins at 12:30 P.M.
Tent members continue the tradition of remembering our first president, Emma Susong, and the following Civil War Nurses for Memorial Day: Sarah D. Gillespie, Waittie E. Gosper, Dr. Hettie Kersey Painter, Melinda A. Pratt, and also Col. Trimble, who are buried in Wyuka Cemetery. May 27, 2000, we remembered another Civil War Nurse, Adeline\Adelia Williams, for whom we are working on getting a grave stone at Wyuka. Also, for Memorial Day, we continue the tradition of placing flags beside each grave stone of the 265 veterans of the Civil War who are buried in the GAR Circle.
In the past, and until the lake was closed, our tent members annually cast a wreath from a historic bridge at Wyuka Cemetery to honor the sailor dead. May 29, 2000, the historic bridge having been restored, we again were honored to cast a wreath to honor the sailor dead, before we participated in the annual parade to the GAR Circle.
In 1997, $10,000 was given by our tent for the establishment of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Scholarship Fund at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska.
On June 3, 2000, a white granite bench with the inscription, "In memory of all veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865" was dedicated at the Veterans Memorial Garden, Antelope Park, Lincoln, Nebraska.
We send one or two children to the Salvation Army summer camp each year and we also donate to patriotic and community organizations.
