March 28, 2024

Riverside Resident Elected To Lead RI SUVCW

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An East Providence resident has been elected and installed as Commander, Department of Rhode Island, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, on April 6, 2019. The installation took place at the Department’s 135th Annual Encampment, held at the historic Benefit Street Arsenal in Providence, RI.
Mr. Scott A. Reese, from Riverside, is the Department’s 98th Commander. He succeeds Mr. Jamie P. McGuire, of North Kingstown, who was Department Commander from 2016-2019. Elections are held annually. Mr. Donald Shaw, Commander in Chief of the National Organization, presided over the installation.

Mr. Reese, a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander, has been an active member in the Department since 2013 in the Governors Elisha Dyer Camp #7. Currently there are four Camps throughout the State. The Sons of Union Veterans is Congressionally Chartered as a 501(c)3 organization, and trace their direct roots to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) veteran organization, which was first organized in 1866. Membership is open; all male patriotic and history enthusiasts are welcome to join, especially those who have lineage to Union Civil War veterans who served between 1861 - 1865. For more information contact the RISUVCW website at https://risuvcw.org or email Mr. Reese at commander

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