CIVIL WAR REMEMBRANCE DAY
 
DEDICATION OF PLAQUES 
AND
MEMORIAL SERVICE

Delaware, Ohio

May 10, 2008

Sponsored by

The Kroger Company
Delaware County Historical Society
Delaware Bicentennial 2008


 

     

Plaque on the west side of Sandusky Street
 Dedication of Wall Plaque Honoring Frederick Douglass and
General William T. Sherman

          Dedicated to the appearances of African-American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass who spoke in Templar Hall on June 6, 1856, and to General William Tecumseh Sherman after the Civil War.

Plaque on the east side of Sandusky Street

Dedication of Wall Plaque Honoring Civil War Troops Trained at Camp Delaware
"Camp Delaware" USCT Commemoration

            Dedicated to the 127th Ohio Voluntary Infantry Regiment of colored soldiers who were trained at Camp Delaware.  A famous photograph of the soldiers shown lined up in Sandusky Street in 1864, reproduced on the plaque. The regiment was subsequently redesignated the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

  Oak Grove Cemetery Wreath Laying and Memorial Service

A wreath was laid at the tomb of fifteen unknown United States Colored Civil War soldiers resting at Oak Grove Cemetery who were trained at Camp Delaware.

Presentation by Private Mel Reid, Company B, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a resident of Washington, DC and a native of Delaware, Ohio

INSCRIPTION

BENEATH THIS SOD LIE THE REMAINS
OF FIFTEEN BLACK UNION ARMY SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR WHO SHALL FOREVER REMAIN UNKNOWN TO ALL BUT GOD

Active participation by the following members of the United States Colored Troops Living History Association
  • Clark Morgan - Sergeant at Arms and Executive Board Member
  • Mel Reid - Executive Board Member
  • Frederick Smith - Member
[EVENTS]

[CIVIL WAR]

[LEST WE FORGET]

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Posted by

Bennie J. McRae, Jr
LWF Network
Trotwood, Ohio