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. . 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.