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From: "Ernest Everett Blevins" <>
Subject: Re: [SUVCW] Camp #1881 Fundraising
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:55:31 -0500
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Is this the area where members of the SCV camp set up an SUVCW camp about a
year or so ago? I recall it caused quite serious stir on SCV email lists
although it was quite an education for some members who have become less
antagonistic towards the SUVCW and a few even quite friendly to me
personally.

Ernie
List Administrator



On Nov 29, 2007 8:59 PM, <> wrote:

> Brothers -
>
> If you haven't already heard, our camp has produced an ornament and is
> selling them in order to raise money for a monument that we would like to
> erect in
> Luray, Va. to honor the men - blue and gray - who held a reunion there in
> July 1881 and later in Carlisle, Pa. in Sept. 1881. In many ways, we feel
> that
> the effort of soldiers in years after the war, in reunions such as these,
> fulfilled an important part of President Lincoln's vision for the country
> in
> years after the war - reunified in peace.
>
> Please see the attached images for the ormament and the box in which each
> one comes. Note the fine detail and the fact that each ornament has an
> oval at
> the bottom of each, in which you can have your favorite jeweler engrave
> the
> name of your ancestor.
>
> If you have any questions - feel free to ask.
>
> The ornament sells for $20 each and $3 for shipping for up to three
> ornaments in one package.
>
> Orders may be sent to -
>
> Luray-Carlisle Camp
> c/o Robert Moore
> 1519 Parkersburg Tpk
> Swoope, Va. 24479
>
> Thanks in advance for your orders!
>
> In F., C., & L.,
>
> Robert Moore
> Cdr., Camp #1881
>
>
>
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