Willaim B Keith Camp

The Unofficial Site for Camp #12 Las Vegas
For Further Official Information Go To www.suvcw.org

Current Officers
Commander Donald L. Hotchkiss, Jr.
Sr. Vice Commander - Chuck O'Hartz	Jr. Vice Commander - Galen G. Good	Secretary - Ted Quill	Treasurer - Jim Hinds
Camp Council - William G. Jones, Gary G. Johnson, William Brannigan	Patriotic Instructor - Jim Edwards	Chaplain - Alan E. Peterson, PDC	Historian - Leonard C. Becker, PCC
Counselor - Matthew D. Carling, Esq.	Guide - William G. Jones	Color Bearer - John F. S. Maloney	Signals Officer - Jason G. Coffey
Guard - Dennis S. Hays	Graves Registration Officer - Leonard C. Becker, PCC	Civil War Memorials Officer - Jason G. Coffey	Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator - Alan E. Peterson, PDC
GAR Highway Officer - Jason G. Coffey	Newsletter Editor - William G. Jones	Quartermaster - Donald L. Hotchkiss, Jr.	Publicity Chairman - William Brannigan

UpComng Events	Supporters
Memorial Day Memorial	Hal Woods
Logandale Camp	Willaim Jones
Civil War Days	Penguin Computer Services

Memorial Day Memorial

The 30th of May we will be celebrating Decoration Day, or as we now know it as Memorial Day. We will be providing participation in honoring Private William Boone Keith and Private Joseph Moore Graham of the Confederacy, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas, NV.

The site of the burial of these two Civil War Veterans is the only place in the world where a Union Soldier and a Confederate Soldier are buried side by side in the name of peace and friendship. Graham died first and Keith bought two spaces at Woodlawn Cemetery in Las Vegas, Nevada. He buried Graham there. ( Note: He also had Grahams wife’s ashes brought from the east and buried with Graham). Keith bought a granite shaft. On one side he had chiseled “ J.M. Graham and wife; on the other side, “William B. Keith, born 30 March, 1840. Died,_____” On one side of the monument facing both graves, he had chiseled these words: “Arrayed in the conflict, in strife and dismay, One wore blue, The other gray. Time brought its changes. We two came to know The joy which true friendship in life can bestow”. And so, at last, the blue came to sleep beside the gray.”

The honoring will be at 6 PM, Wednesday, 30 May 07, at Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 N. Las Vegas Blvd. Per information from Al Peterson, PDC, PCC, and man in charge, the guest speaker will be Mr. Frank Fieldler of KLAV Radio, 1230 AM, “ Lets Talk Las Vegas”. Opening ceremonies will be by William B. Keith Camp 12 Commander Don Hotchkiss, who along with Penny Husson will lay a wreath upon Keiths grave. Greetings on behalf of the Daughters of Union Veterans will be from Penny Husson. Company B., 1st Nevada Vol. Infantry will present the colors and also provide a 21 gun salute. Dr. John Minor, Commander of Silver State Grays Camp 1989, Sons of the Confederate Veterans.