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Headstone Dedication for Pvt. Wait Wright
May 11, 2002
North Amber Township Cemetery
Scottville, Michigan: Mason County: near corner of Johnson
& Styles Rd.
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| At 3:00pm on Saturday
May 11, 2002; the Sgt. Robert Finch Camp No. 14 of Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War were honored to be able to host the
dedication of a new headstone at the grave of Private Wait Wright
in the North Amber Township Cemetery in Scottville, MI . Camp
Commander Jan White, Camp Secretary/Treasurer and Department
Junior Vice Commander Neal F. Breaugh led out in the ceremonies
which were attend by members of Camp No. 14 and approximately
60 ancestors of Private Wright. There were family members present
from Howell and Macomb, Cass City, Snover, Standish, Kentwood,
Wyoming, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, St. Johns, Portland, Mason, Dearborn
Heights, Battle Creek, Big Rapids, and Bellaire, Michigan.
Among the Camp members present for the ceremonies were: |
| Commander:
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Jan
White |
| Senior Vice Commander:
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Jim Slis |
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Secretary/Treasurer and Department Junior Vice Commander: |
Neal
F. Breaugh |
| Chaplain:
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Jim Ribby |
| Color Bearer: |
Bill Skillman |
| Historian:
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George Goodrich |
| Member (Honor Guard Commander): |
Josh Kuckmuk |
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Member (Great, Great Grandson of Sgt. Robert Finch): |
Robert Clark |
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Our Camp would like
to thanks to PDC Jim Lyons,
Commander of Curtenius Guard Camp
No. 17, of the Lansing/Sunfield area and Bill Lowe of
General Benjamin Pritchard Camp
No. 20 of Kalamazoo for providing us with the 1917 Service
that was used by the Grand Army of the Republic.
You can read a
brief biography of Private Wait Wright
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Headstone of Pvt. Wright
Caden Shea (left)
is the great, great,
great, great grandson
of Pvt. Wright |
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Left to Right: Historian George Goodrich in Artillery
Uniform; Color Bearer Bill Skillman,
Member and Honor Guard Commander Josh Kuckmuk; Secretary/Treasurer
and Department
Junior Vice Commander Neal Breaugh (the musket
being used by Josh Kuckmuk is the
original musket used by Sgt. Robert Finch as a member of the
1st Michigan Sharpshooters in
the Civil War.
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George
Goodrich, Bill Skillman (who also played Taps at the Ceremony),
Josh Kuckmuk far right: Robert Clark, the great, great grandson
of Sgt. Robert Finch. (Clark was initiated into our Camp earlier
that day, participated in the Ceremony by presenting the single
red rose, and brought Robert Finch's musket to our Meeting
and the Ceremony.)
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George Goodrich, Bill Skillman (who
also played Taps at the Ceremony), Josh Kuckmuk:
Robert Clark, the great, great grandson of Sgt. Robert Finch.
(Clark was initiated into our Camp earlier that day, participated
in the Ceremony by presenting the single red rose, and brought
Robert Finch's musket to our Meeting and the Ceremony.)
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New
Camp Flag of Robert Finch Camp 14; George Goodrich, Josh Kuckmuk,
Bill Skillman
Note the items all necessary for this Memorial Dedication:
Musket with Kepi on it; Canteen, Haversack, and Knapsack
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A Wreath of Evergreen:
Symbol of Undying love for Comrades of the War
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A Single Red
Rose: Symbol of Purity
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A Laurel Wreath:
Symbol of Victory
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| SUVCW Honor Guard at the headstone
of Pvt. Wright with Michael Howard (left) Caden Shea (right)
both are great, great, great, great grandsons of Pvt. Wright. |
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