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Local camps are responsible for decorating graves on Memorial Day in addition to continuing to preserve history. Many camps seek to complete their mission in a number of ways. For example, members of Alden Skinner Camp 45 have organized and now maintain the New England Civil War Museum . HISTORY The GAR created SUVCW in 1881 to ensure the preservation of its own mission following the death of the last Union Civil War veterans. It is based on the principles of the GAR: Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty. MEMBERSHIP Full membership in the SUVCW is open to any man, 14 years of age (6 to 14 for Junior members), who: SUVCW membership webpage . Associate membership is available to men who do not have the ancestry to qualify for hereditary membership, but who demonstrate a genuine interest in the Civil War and agree to support the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW. AUXILIARY TO THE SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR (ASUVCW) Membership Eligibility for the ASUVCW: Women who are lineal or collateral descendants of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines regularly mustered and honorably discharged from the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States of America during the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865 are eligible for membership in the ASUVCW. Additionally, membership is open to mothers, wives, widows, daughters and legally adopted daughters of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW). Associate Memberships are available to women who do not qualify through heredity but who demonstrate a genuine interest in the Civil War and can subscribe to the purpose and objects of the Auxiliary. Junior Membership is open to young ladies of at least eight (8) years of age. SEE ALSO REFERENCES NOTES |
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