- Brothers are reminded that the 2011 Department Encampment will be held at the Great Lakes Christian College in the City of Lansing, Michigan on May 21, 2011. We have several important questions to deal with and can deal with them more effectively if we have input from as many of our brothers as possible. Decisions are made by those who show up. Come join your brothers in helping chart the course you would like the Department to take for the coming year.
- All Camps are encouraged to bring their Camp Flags to the Department Encampment to be displayed with the Department Colors.
- Effective on and for the day of Saturday, May 21, 2011, the headquarters of the Department of Michigan shall be at the Great Lakes Christian College, 6211 W. Willow Hwy., Lansing, Michigan, to allow for the transaction of business by the 122nd Department Encampment of the Department of Michigan. Thereafter, Department headquarters shall revert to the address it had prior to this transfer or to such other address as the Department Commander shall designate in his Department Orders.
- On behalf of myself and the Department Secretary, I wish to thank our camps for their diligent work in getting their Form 22’s completed and their form 27a’s submitted on time. Good work brothers. We can now take care of our filing requirements at the Department level.
- We are two weeks away from Memorial Day as I write these Orders. All brothers are reminded that at the core of what we do is our obligation to, “keep green the memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861 to 1865.” If your Camp is sponsoring an activity, attend!!! Stand with your brothers as they render honors to those who truly deserve it. If you cannot attend an activity with your SUVCW brothers, do something in your own way to honor those boys in blue who saw us through one of the most dangerous periods of our nation’s history.
In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,
/s/
Donald W. Shaw
Department Commander
Department of Michigan
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Attest:
/s/
Paul Davis
Department Secretary
Department of Michigan
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War