What We Do

Gravestone raising Blissfield and Petersburg Cemeteries

Parades

                                                         Veterans Day 1998                             Veterans Day 1999                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Veterans Day 2013  Gary Holmes, Butch Miller, Tim Ernst, Montgomery Hall                        

Gravestone Dedications    

Civil War Veteran Honored with Headstone

More than 93 years after he was first laid to rest in the Ogden Zion Cemetery, William Harrison Marshall has a headstone.

On Thursday, members of the Marshall family, members of Nash-Hodges Camp #43 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the director of the Michigan Historical Museum helped dedicate the previously unmarked grave of the Civil War veteran, who died April 18, 1918. His remains are in the Ogden Zion Cemetery in Ogden Township.

“This is a great day to be an American and to be a member of the Marshall family,” said Mark Lindke of Ann Arbor, great-grandson of William Harrison Marshall.

 Adrian College Homecoming / 150th Anniversary of 4th Michigan & Camp Williams

( September 24, 2011  Displays were setup, 25 people helped to man displays, fire rifles, fire a small cannon, camp life, talk about medical and answer questions.  At the beginning of the football game an Honor Guard comprised of 3 Adrian College Alumni presented the colors ( which is a relpica of the original that was presented to Col. Dwight Woodbury of the 4th Michigan in June of 1861 on the Adrian College Campus which the men called Camp Williams.  A six man rifle Squad along with a small cannon fired a salute as the game ball was launched to the field from behind them.

Gary Holmes at 2013 150th Gettysburg Remembrance Day

2 spots where Gary took dirt from to take to Gettysburg

Martin Loop Marker Dedication and Cemetery Tour October 14, 2018 / The stone in the 3rd picture was just raised the day before the tour

Dedication of the Corp. William H. Crittenden Marker May 23, 2021

Austin Ingall Honors Monroes forgotten black soldier with the placing of a headstone.

May 18, 2025

, Nash-Hodges Camp #43 performed a military marker dedication and unveiling ceremony

for Private Aaron Bromley at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, Michigan (his gravesite was previously

unmarked). This was Brother Austin Ingalls (age 16) 2025 American Battlefield Trust Youth Leadership

Team local history project. He is the first high school student picked for this honor in Michigan. Brother

Austin spent months working with the City of Monroe and numerous other organizations, researching

Private Bromley, Monroe County African American soldiers and the 102nd U.S.C.T. Approximately 100

people attended the ceremony, organized and carried out by Brother Austin. Nash-Hodges, Camp #43,

SUVCW was one of the sponsors and assisted Austin in unveiling the Civil War military marker.

Department Commander David Kimble led Co. A, 14th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Sons of Veterans

Reserve as the Honor Guard. The beautiful replica regimental 1st Michigan Colored Infantry flag was

brought from Lansing by Chairman/Curator of Save the Flags, Matt VanAcker and carried by Monroe

resident, Xavier Allen. All the speakers were outstanding, including the emotional singing of "Battle

Hymn of the Republic" by the Monroe Second Missionary Baptist Church Choir. It was a dignified

ceremony and a very memorable day.