Nov 20, 2010

Remembrance Day Parade (NR Annual Meeting)
Gettysburg, PA

National Regiment maximum attendance effort event
Schedule
Dates: November 20, 2010

Start/end times: The unit will form up at 11:30 am behind the Gettysburg Area Middle School on Lefevre Street, which is across the street from the Farnsworth House off on Baltimore Street.  The parade will begin at 1:00 pm
 Description
Event Sponsor: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War  The 2010 Remembrance Day Parade marks the 53st anniversary of this continuous and venerable occasion sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Sons of Veterans Reserve.
Role of rank and file:  Traditional military style parade
Uniform:  Dress UniformDark blue trousers, Frock, stock, scales, white gloves, and hardee hat. If no dress uniform, fatigue with white gloves
Equipment:  Parade Marching Order  Belt, cap pouch, bayonet, cartridge box, canteen, and musket (no haversack) 
Colors:  All units may display their colors in the parade, but all colors will be massed in a single color company in the center of the battalion. Whether we want to do that is up to each company's Color Sergeants.
Ammunition:  No rounds or caps.  Important!! You will be fined if any Park Ranger discovers that you are carrying rounds or caps, so be sure your box and pouch are empty before you fall in.  
National Regiment Activities:  TBD  

 

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