| Veterans Day 2010 |
One activity of the 69th Pa "Irish Volunteers" is the location of the final resting
places of the men who fought in our regiment during the Civil War and the placing
of grave markers on their graves if no marker or gravestone has been placed prior.
Many, if not most, of the veterans of the 69th never had a stone or marker.
Thus far we have placed scores of markers and conducted dedication services
on these plus many more. Our ceremony places Irish soil on their resting place,
features a three gun salute and a reading of a brief biography of each soldier.
places of the men who fought in our regiment during the Civil War and the placing
of grave markers on their graves if no marker or gravestone has been placed prior.
Many, if not most, of the veterans of the 69th never had a stone or marker.
Thus far we have placed scores of markers and conducted dedication services
on these plus many more. Our ceremony places Irish soil on their resting place,
features a three gun salute and a reading of a brief biography of each soldier.
| The assembled members of the 69th at Cathedral Cemetery in West Philadelphia Saturday November 6, 2010 |
| The biography of each man honored is read |
| Three volleys sound through the Philadelphia neighborhood as we honor our comrades |
| "Salute arms" in front of each gravesite at the end of the ceremony |
| Our officers and flag guard at the front of the ceremony |
| Captain Kopich leads the graveside service |
| Our men march to the next grave site to honor yet another lad from the regiment |
| Each year we return at the end of the services to the grave site of our Colonel, Dennis O'Kane who died at Gettysburg. |