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dalaidjoiced with them.”Brigade Reunion of the 74th, 92d, 96th, and 96th 111-Vo.e. to be held atRockford. 111. Sept. 6th,;h6th, and 7tThe committee of the above regiments met Thursday of last week at Rockford to make final arrangements for the above reunion. Differeut committees reported and there is every prospect of the surviving comrades of these regiments having a grand reunion. It was decided to exteud the dates to include Sept. 7th.- All 'members of these regimen ts who can are expected to report at G. A. R. Hall in Rockford, promptly upon arrival, and it is urged that as many as can be present on the first day of the reunion, as all of the old soldiers of these regiments will form in line at 12:30 p. m., on Monday, Sept. 5th, and march in a body to the old Camp Fuller grounds, where the ladies of the Rockford Relief Corps will serve dinner and meals throughout the three days’ encampment there. The committees have ordered a good supply of tents, and comrades of the above regiments are requested to brinjfittieir blankets and tents and sleep on the old camp grounds.Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th, there will be a large camp fire held at one of the halls of the city.It is expected that the committee on transportation wi 1 be able to secure reduced railroad rates, but those coming from counties in the viciuity of Rockford can obtain reduced rates on account of the Winnhbago county fair being held the same week.This brigade meeting is the first one to be held by all these regiments since they on were mustered in thirty years ago at * Camp Fuller*
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McHenry Plaindealer
Mchenry, Illinois, US
Wed, Aug 24, 1892
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