Then, Comrades, do your duty while living, if you expect your children to do theirs after you are dead.” By order of John F. That while living and able we should be faithful to the trust, so that the generations to come may respect the memory and honor the graves of their fathers. We should all feel that we have a duty to perform upon that day which must be attended to. “Comrades, Our Duty are plain as each year roles by, and our ranks become thinner, there is a greater necessity that every Comrade should respond to this call. The Commanders makes this appeal to members of the Post: Tuttle, Commanding Carriages with disabled soldiers and sailors, Carriage with Orator and Clergy, Followed by citizens in carriages. Newmarket Cornet Band, George E, Joy, Leader, George A. and proceed to the different cemeteries, to decorate the grave of our noble dead in the following order:Ĭhief Marshall, John F. Hall, (which was above the present day Legion) at 2 o’clock p.m. The Post will form on Main Street, the right resting opposite G.A.R. sharp, and a cordial invitation is extended to all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors to join with us in the sacred duty that we have to perform on that day. May 30, 1891, will be observed in Newmarket in the following manner. were cast from melted down Confederate cannons.Īs listed in the Newmarket Advertiser is the following: Nationally, the badges/medals worn by the G.A.R. The Sons of Veterans is named in his honor. One founder was also its first commander, Sgt. There were many founding members of Newmarket’s George A. The Sons of Veterans led a large procession escorting him to the family gravesite at Riverside Cemetery. died on June 8th, 1934 he was the last of Newmarket’s Civil War veterans. Brackett, a former Police Chief and past Commander of both the G.A.R. eventually was absorbed into the American Legion which includes veterans of all foreign wars and conflicts. In time there were offshoots - the Sons of the GAR, and a Ladies Auxiliary (The Woman’s Relief Corps which continued in Newmarket up until after WW II).Īs members passed, the G.A.R. The Post also oversaw Decoration Day (the precursor to Memorial Day), and placed flowers on the graves of the fallen. It assisted stricken veterans, their widows and families.
It was a fraternal organization of and for local Civil War veterans.
After the Civil War, the G.A.R established posts throughout the country - Newmarket was the 18th in New Hampshire to organize in 1868.
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