Department of Kansas SUVCW

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Thank you for visiting the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Department of Kansas website. Please take your time looking around and find out what we are all about.
These next six years promise to be an exciting time for our organization as we join in on the celebration of our nation’s 250th Anniversary. Nationally, and here within the State of Kansas, the SUVCW will be actively participating in the 250th Birthday of the United States, taking part in community activities, parades, and other events.
For many brothers of our organization, the 250th anniversary holds special meaning. Not only did these members obviously have ancestors who fought to save the Union, they also had ancestors who fought to establish the Union and create our nation. That is an amazing lineage! An ancestor who is part of the Revolutionary War, fighting and struggling to establish a new nation, followed by that ancestor’s son or grandson eighty-five years later fighting to preserve what had been established. And now, here we are – the descendants of those founding patriots and those who held it all together.
Being a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War recognizes, honors, and pays respect to our forefathers who understood the importance of maintaining the union of states. The nation was stronger when we were together. They understood the risk to themselves, to their families, but they also understood the meaning of “patriotism” and “duty.”
And so, as we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States, let us pause and reflect on our ancestors who created our nation and our ancestors who held it together. The best way for us to honor them is to look forward to the future and maintain what they created and preserved – a nation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with liberty and justice for all.
Let us not forget.
Yours in Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty,