Dedication Ceremony for the Soldiers of the War of 1812
This page is about the ceremonies that took place on October 13, 2007 at Cuzzort and Marengo cemeteries. These ceremonies were presented by "Jonathan Jennings Chapter, Indiana Society United States Daughters of 1812" and "Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society." The Cuzzort ceremony took place first at 1:00pm EST and the Marengo ceremony took place at 2:30pm EST. Each ceremony honored the soldiers buried in that particular ceremony except the Marengo ceremony also included other soldiers that are buried in various other cemeteries in Crawford County. Here is a list of the men honored in these ceremonies:
John Brock
Nicholas Cosby
Isaiah Cuzzort
Ninian Haskins
William Baker Johnson
David Jones
John Morgan
William Prewitt
James Suddarth
Martin Henry Tucker
On this page, I have presented photos from each event as well as a full video presentation of the ceremonies. These video clips are "raw" so you will see the ceremony as presented and unedited. The audio on the Cuzzort video is pretty low due to the lack of a sound amplifier system, so you will need to turn up the volume on your computer. Due to the length of each ceremony, I have encoded the videos at a very low bitrate. I do this to keep the file size down and because most people around here are still on dialup (as am I!).
Cuzzort cemetery ceremony
Here is a rundown of the program:
Posting of the Colors.....IN Territorial Militia, under Commander Col. Thomas Chapman
Welcoming Remarks.....Evelyn Harper Jackson
Invocation.....Becky Hammond Stetter
Pledge of Allegiance.....led by Densil Wilson
National Anthem.....Audience
American's Creed.....Carol Seales
Intro and Greetings.....Patricia Hiatt
Roll Call of War of Veterans.....Becky Hammond Stetter & Descendents present
Tolling of Bell.....Chris Fisher
Prayer Honoring the Soldiers.....Dorothy Hall
Closing Remarks.....Col. Thomas Chapman
God Bless America.....Audience
Gun Salute & Retiring of Colors.....IN Territorial Militia
VIDEO Download (8MB in WMV format): Click HERE to download the video. I recommend saving to PC rather than streaming if you are on dialup. Also, to keep the file size down, I had to keep the video resolution low (160x120). However, you can resize the video by right clicking on the video (while watching it in Windows Media Player) and selecting VIDEO SIZE and then 200%.
Marengo cemetery ceremony
Here is a rundown of the program:
Posting of the Colors.....IN Territorial Militia, under Commander Col. Thomas Chapman
Welcoming Remarks.....Evelyn Harper Jackson
Invocation.....Bro. Toney McCutcheon
Pledge of Allegiance.....led by Densil Wilson
National Anthem.....led by Edith Harper Key
American's Creed.....Carol Seales
Intro and Greetings.....Patricia Hiatt
Roll Call of War of Veterans.....Becky Hammond Stetter & Descendents present
Tolling of Bell.....Chris Fisher
Prayer Honoring the Soldiers.....Dorothy Hall
Closing Remarks.....Col. Thomas Chapman
God Bless America.....led by Lynne Keasling
Gun Salute & Retiring of Colors.....IN Territorial Militia
VIDEO Download (13MB in WMV format): Click HERE to download the video. I recommend saving to PC rather than streaming if you are on dialup. Also, to keep the file size down, I had to keep the video resolution low (160x120). However, you can resize the video by right clicking on the video (while watching it in Windows Media Player) and selecting VIDEO SIZE and then 200%.
The program information was taken from the written program that was passed out at the ceremonies. This was typed up by Becky Hammond Stetter.
Jonathan Jennings Chapter, USD of 1812 website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~injj1812/
This page originally appears on the website www.lostgraveyards.com by Bill Piper. The page is republished on the CCHGS.info site with permission.