Event Calendar

See PAST EVENTS for more photos and information on events already completed, to include in 2024.

JAN 2, 2024: Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

FEB 6:   Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

MAR 5:   Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

APR 2:   Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

APR 17: Parade - We were asked for a repeat performance to the "Veterans Day on the Hill" where our 1st Minnesota Color Guard led the veterans to their rally at the State rally at the Minnesota Capitol

APR 27:  Spring Muster - The First Minnesota’s 2024 Muster is Saturday, 4/27 from 8 am - 7 pm. Location is the historic General William LeDuc Mansion at 1629 Vermillion St. in Hastings. Join us for plenty of needed drill from School of the Soldier to School of the Company, for checking out gear before the upcoming campaign season, and for good camaraderie around the campfire.

MAY 7:   Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

MAY 27: Memorial Day - 1st Minnesota Infantry will be at Cannon Falls on Memorial Day. Parade lineup 10:30 am. 11:00
am step off. Breakfast ends at 9:00 am at VFW. Carpool leave Base Camp at 8:00 am at latest. Parade somber so no
firing. Awaiting word on firing salute at cemetery, but likely. Join us as we pay our respects at the memorial of Colonel William Colvill. He was the Commander of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment during the battle of Gettysburg. Uniform is sack coat, forage cap, canteen full of water, rifles, caps and powder, and blackened leathers.
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JUN 4:   Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

JUN 14:  Manitou Day Parade - in White Bear Lake, MN. Form up at 5:30, parade starts at 6:30 on Friday. Park by the Library or City Hall and meet at the corner of 2nd Street and Clark Avenue by the GAR monument. Uniform: Traps, canteen full of water, sack coat, trousers, forage cap or hat, blackened brogans, cleaned musket. A refreshing cold beverage is provided after the parade by veterans and community who appreciate our annual participation.

JUL: No meeting

JUL 13: Pan-O-Prog Parade - in Lakeview, MN. Be there well before 4:30 as streets are closed off, parade starts at 5:30. Uniform: Traps, canteen full of water, sack coat, trousers, forage cap or hat, blackened brogans, clean musket and 15 blanks as we march and fire in this parade with an "... estimated 20,000 spectators lining the entire parade route".

JUL 26-28: From Prisoner to Prairie - Fort Abercrombie, 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment event.

AUG 6: Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

SEP 3: No Meeting (change)

SEP 6-8: LeDuc Reenactment - LeDuc Civil War living history weekend in Hastings at the LeDuc Mansion. Uniform: Traps, canteen full of water, sack coat, trousers, forage cap or hat, blackened brogans, cleaned musket.

SEP 29: Civil War Headstone Dedication.  2:00 at the Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis. In addition to the dedication of 106 headstones, a cemetery tour of the 1st and 2nd Minnesota soldiers interred there is planned.

OCT 1: Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting (with elections) starts at 8:00 at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

NOV 5: Meeting - Drilling starts at 7:00 PM, the meeting starts at 8:00 PM at the Fort Snelling Base Camp

DEC 3: Meeting - Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery, 445 Smith Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55102

Last Union Veteran ceremonies unit members are invited to attend with the Camp 56, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, but are not a unit event:

27 APR 1:00pm          Hubbard Co    Frank Teus               Park Rapids at Greenwood Cemetery
2:30pm         Hubbard Co     MOH Lloyd Hawks Park Rapids at Greenwood Cemetery

18 MAY 11:00 am        Polk Co              Kneutt Newton        McIntosh at Saint Johns Cemetery
                 1:00 pm          Polk Co              MOH Andrew J. Kelley Crookston at Oakdale Cemetery
                 3:00 pm           Norman Co     Even Larson              Halstad at Halstad Lutheran South Cemetery

25 MAY 2:00 pm          Ramsey Co     50 New Headstones Dedication St Paul at Oakland Cemetery

27 MAY 12:30 pm Aitkin Co          Abel C. Bennett        Palisade at Pine Grove Cemetery

30 MAY 6:00 pm         Ramsey Co Decoration Day Ceremony Saint Paul Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Capitol Grounds

1 JUN    1:00 pm           Kanabec Co    Carl A. Lund               Mora at Oakwood Cemetery
3:00 pm          Carlton Co        Richard Abbott         Moose Lake at Riverside Cemetery

29 JUN 1:00 pm        Benton Co        William Raber           Rice at Rice Cemetery
4:00 pm       Sherburne Co William Lovell           Zimmerman at Bellwood Cemetery

13 JUL 1:00 pm          Isanti Co           Benjamin Bong         Cambridge at Union Cemetery
                4:00 pm         Chisago Co     Andrew Dedon           Center City at Methodist Cemetery

27 JUL 1:00 pm         Stevens Co      Amos Pushor              Morris at Summit Cemetery
4:00 pm         Traverse Co    Antoine Brunell          Browns Valley at Calvary Cemetery

3 AUG   1:00 pm    Pope Co          James Farnham          Glenwood at Glenwood City Cemetery
4:00 pm    Kandiyohi Co Andrew Larson            Wilmar at Fairview Cemetery

17 AUG 1:00 pm Pipestone Co William Stork             Jasper at Jasper Cemetery
4:00 pm    Jackson Co     Clark Wood                Heron Lake at Lakeside Cemetery

31 AUG 1:00 pm Swift Co            Gauis Parker                Appleton at Appleton Cemetery
4 pm            Lac qi Parle Co      Syvert Anderson         Dawson at Dawson Cemetery

14 SEP   1:00 pm Rice Co William Comstock     Morristown at Riverside Cemetery
                 4:00 pm      Steele Co        Edward Paddock          Owatonna at Forest Hill Cemetery

29 SEP   2:00 pm Hennepin Co 50+ Headstone Dedication Minneapolis at Lakewood Cemetery

5 OCT 1:00 pm Olmsted Co       Orson Pease                Rochester at Oakwood Cemetery
3:00 pm   Olmsted Co       William Hor                 Quincy at Little Valley Cemetery
5:00 pm Fillmore Co       Charles Culver           Chatfield at Chatfield Cemetery

Addition Information on 2024 Events

"Dril them till they drop" by Urbanski

Drilling before Meetings - New to the unit and want to prepare for muster? Or, are you in a new leadership position and need to practice giving marching orders before a reenactment? Or do you just need to knock the rust off your marching? Take advantage of the opportunity to socialize and drill with your pards before the meeting.