Welcome to the Mary Whitney Phelps Tent #22, Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War, 1861-1865
We are a friendly, welcoming Tent (Chapter) located in Springfield, Missouri. We meet February-May and September-December, on the 3rd Saturday of the month, at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1415 South Holland Street, Springfield, Missouri. Our meetings feature a special speaker and a business meeting.
The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861 – 1865 is a not-for-profit organization formed to unite the daughters, granddaughters, great granddaughters, and all female direct lineal descendants of honorably discharged Union Veterans of the Civil War in promoting our principle mission which is: to perpetuate the memories of our ancestral fathers who served in the Civil War, to honor their loyalty and their unselfish sacrifices to preserve the Union, and to keep alive the history of those who participated in that heroic struggle for the maintenance of our free government.
Mary Whitney Phelps Tent #22 was chartered on October 3, 1999, in Springfield, Missouri, with 32 members. Our membership has more than tripled since then and continues to grow. Over our twenty-five years of existence, we have placed markers denoting Civil War sites, supported Veterans at the Mt. Vernon Veterans Home, offered Patriotic Instruction to schools, participated in community events, donated a porch flag kit to every new Habitat for Humanity homeowner, and supported Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation.
For more information about our Tent, please browse our website. For more information about DUVCW, please visit the National website at https://duvcw.org
We invite you to join us for a meeting. Our Registrar can help you with your application if you decide to join us.
Francis "Fran" Black
President, Mary Whitney Phelps, Tent 22
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