Members of the Isaac Eaton Camp, Sons of Union Volunteers of the Civil War participated in a "Silent Sentinel" program at the Erie Cemetery this past Memorial Day. This program honors past Civil War heroes through the cleaning and beautification of selected Union veteran gravesites and by posting a temporary honor guard vigil in full uniform to pay homage to their sacrifice. The sentinels remain 'silent' while accompanying Camp members make available to interested members of the public brief biographies of some of the interned men at the cemetery who fought to preserve our Union. Click HERE to download a copy of three such local heroes' stories. (Our thanks to local historian Verel Salmon's exhaustive research in his book on the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment entitled "Common Men in the War for Common Man" for helping us to memorialize the contributions of this year's featured soldiers.)
