Appomattox Camp No. 2: 2025 memorial day observances

Join us on Sunday, May 26, 2025 for our annual Memorial Day Observance Service at Mt. Salem United Methodist Church, 2629 W 19th St, Wilmington, DE 19806.  After the church service, we will lead folks to the cemetery where over 90 Civil War veterans are interred and discuss in more detail the lives of 5 or 6 of the veterans.  (NOTE: see below for more information and pictures from last year's event.)

This year the Wilmington Memorial Day Committee will conduct a modified parade and event at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument  at Delaware Avenue and N. Broom Street, Wilmington DE 19806 on May 30, 6:00 PM,  The monument (https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp? was erected in 1870 to commemorate Delaware’s Patriotic Dead who sacrificed their Lives for their country during the Rebellion of 1861  -65. Join us in marching in Wilmington's annual Memorial Day Parade to honor the dead of all conflicts.