Congratulations Commander Converse
on your election as Department Commander of the Kansas Department of the SUVCW! We wish you luck!
Franklin Camp No 5

Our Charter

"...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.

The Grand Army of the Republic Monument at Olathe Memorial Cemetery. Photo taken at dusk by Jim Converse, P.C.C.

Franklin Camp No. 5 Officers
2009

Brothers from left to right; Senior Vice Commander Brent Lawrence, Camp Commander Lane Smith, Sec/Treas Matt Toll, P.C.C., Junior Vice Commander Cade Lawrence. Photo by The Old Flag Editor- Jim Converse, P.C.C.