A successor organization to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) is the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) which was established in 1881. Also, the Ladies Auxiliary was founded.
Both organizations are to carry on the mission of the GAR.
A local camp (different groups in the SUVCW are called camps) of the SUVCW was organized in Rockford and met at the Memorial Hall from 1903 to 1957.
They reorganized in 2005 as the Logan Camp No. 26 and still meets in the same Post Room where the original camp met.
To continue the legacy of the GAR to honor the memory of Civil War vets, the SUVCW cleans and replaces grave markers of Civil War veterans, and members conduct ceremonies to commemorate the history of the war.
They meet the first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.
--Old Secesh
