MOSSAR Harry S. Truman Chapter Color Guard Photo Gallery
National Medal of Honor Day Ceremony Medal of Honor Recipient Private Nathaniel Gwynne Union Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri Friday, 25 March 2011
The Harry S. Truman Chapter, along with other local heredity groups including the Captain Daniel Morgan Boone Chapter,Society of the War of 1812; and Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; conducted a recognition ceremony for a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, Private Nathaniel Gwynne, buried at Kansas City’s Union Cemetery. Private Nathaniel Gwynne, Company H, 13th Ohio Cavalry received the Medal of Honor in 1865 for heroism and injuries when he rode across the battlefield to rescue the flag from Confederate troops. This was during the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia on 30 July 1864 when Private Gwynne was only 15 years old.
National Medal of Honor Day is held on March 25th of each year. This day honors the 3,454 men and women whose service and sacrifices were recognized with the nation’s highest medal, the Medal of Honor. Awarded since the Civil War, there are 34 deceased recipients buried in the greater Kansas City area.
The ceremony to honor Private Nathaniel Gwynne was held at 5:00 pm, Friday, 25 March 2011 at his gravesite near the cemetery entrance. Union Cemetery is located at 2815 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri. President Dirk A. Stapleton, President of the Harry S. Truman Chapter, is also shown here reading a Proclamation signed by Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser, during a recognition ceremony for Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, Private Nathaniel Gwynne, buried at Kansas City’s Union Cemetery. The ceremony was conducted on National Medal of Honor Day, 25 March 2011.
Left photo (L - R): Mel Prezant, Kansas Director Bugles Across America; Compatriot David McCann, Harry S. Truman Chapter, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; Major General Robert L. Grover, MOSSAR Color Guard Commander, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; Brian Smarker, Captain Daniel Morgan Boone Chapter President, Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Missouri; Dale Crandell, Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; and Compatriot Dirk A. Stapleton, Harry S. Truman Chapter Presiddent, National Society Sons of the American Revolution. Not visible in the photo are John Martin, Westport Camp #64 Commander, and Michael Lundeen, both members of Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Second photo from Left (L - R): Compatriot Dirk A. Stapleton, Harry S. Truman Chapter Presiddent, National Society Sons of the American Revolution.
Third photo from Left (L - R): Compatriot David McCann, Harry S. Truman Chapter, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; Major General Robert L. Grover, MOSSAR Color Guard Commander, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; Brian Smarker, Captain Daniel Morgan Boone Chapter President, Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Missouri; Dale Crandell, Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Not visible in the photo are John Martin, Westport Camp #64 Commander, and Michael Lundeen, both members of Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Right photo (L - R): Michael Lundeen, Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Compatriot David McCann, Harry S. Truman Chapter, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; Major General Robert L. Grover, MOSSAR Color Guard Commander, National Society Sons of the American Revolution; John Martin, Westport Camp #64 Commander, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; James Beckner, Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Brian Smarker, Captain Daniel Morgan Boone Chapter President, Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Missouri; and Dale Crandell, Westport Camp #64, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
