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PROGRAM of REMEMBRANCE on the 150th ANNIVERSARY of the CIVIL WAR

The J-W-Conway-Bunker-Hill-Post-26-American-Legion is cosponsoring a Civil War Memorial Ceremony on Sunday April 27th in Charlestown. The program will begin at the Abraham Lincoln Post 11, GAR Memorial Hall, 14 Green St in Charlestown with the opening Ceremony at 12 Noon.
The keynote Speaker will be Paul Kentworthy of the Salem Zouaves.
There will be a Concert at 1 pm by the Providence Brigade Band, a unit that performs in Civil War uniforms with period instruments. The band has appeared at various events in New England, Gettysburg and else-where around the US.
Reading of the Necrology, Civil War Roll of the Dead,will take place at 2 pm by the Charlestown High School JR ROTC.At the completion of the memorial service at the GAR we will move to the Civil War Memorial where there will be a Wreath Laying at the Training Field at 3:00 with the USS Constitution Honor Guard in attendance. The Civil War Memorial statue is adjacent to the inter-section of Winthrop St and 1 Adams St.,a short walk from the Bunker Hill Monument.
The Charlestown Civil War Remembrance Committee is comprised ofJ-W-Conway-Bunker-Hill-Post-26-American-Legion, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War of Massachusetts, Abraham Lincoln Post 11, GAR and The Charlestown Historical Society. This group has been working to honor the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War every April since 2011.
This was an annual event in Charlestown until the mid 1950's. Post 26renewed the ceremony back in 2006. Since then the Charlestown Preservation Society with the help of other charitable organizations has restored the memorial to its original condition
Submitted by Paul Morceau, Adjutant, Post 26 American Legion

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