FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - Camp Chase Memorial Service
***************************************************************************
OHGENWEB NOTICE:  All distribution rights to this electronic data are
reserved by the submitter.  Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted
material will require the permission of the copyright owner.
***************************************************************************
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
John Cramer
John.Cramer@das.state.oh.us
October 23, 1998
***************************************************************************

Westside Messenger
June 15, 1998
Vol. XXV, No. 4
Page 1
Camp Chase Memorial Service

The 104th annual Camp Chase Memorial Service was held June 7 at
Camp Chase Cemetery, where 2,200 Confederate soldiers are buried.

Mark Diemer, pastor of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, led the
invocation and benediction; Stanton Prior provided the welcome
address; Joe Briggs Jr. played "Taps;" the crowd gathered for the
event sang "Dixie" and the "National Anthem;"  and the 17th Mississippi,
Company D, Army of Northern Virginia re-enactment group fired a
musket salute in honor of the soldiers buried in the cemetery.
Pvt. Lawrence Marple read a passage from Romans 8:18.
The Bible in which he was reading from belonged to a Confederate
soldier buried in Camp Chase Cemetery. Marple purchased the
Bible at an antique sale.

Submitted by John Cramer
--   (:})
JWCramer-HillTopUSA  jcramer@freenet.columbus.oh.us
Also  John.Cramer@das.State.OH.US
Beware of the Genealogy Bug; It's bite can be addictive.
Under Construction  http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/jwcramer/
My Surnames: Cramer, Schmitt / Smith, Hipple / Hippel, Trick / Truck,
Bulcher, Fisher / Frisher, Floyd, Foisinet, Foy, Gundish / Grandish,
Kley, Kuntz, Loy, Martin, Pequignot, Ratliff, Riddle, Smith,
Snider, Wampler, Wantz, Washington, Wolverton