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NEWS & EVENTS
2025 EVENTS
February 12 Lincoln Lecture - “…To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds...”President Abraham Lincoln’s Promise
for a “Just and Lasting Peace,” and the Tragedy of his Assassination
March 29 Civil War Symposium - Requiem and Reconciliation, 1865
Symposium description
Event flyer
Registration open NOW - Download registration form and mail with payment OR
Email completed registration form and pay electronically.
Adult Non-Member Registration - $35 Adult 2025 Member Registration - $30 Student Registration - $20
2025 Members of the Friends receive $5.00 off the registration fee. Not a current member? Join or renew today to receive the discount on registration!
May 26 Decoration Day ceremony at Historic Lincoln Park
July 1 Mankato Area Community Band Patriotic Concert in Lincoln Park
THE FRIENDS OF THE BOY IN BLUE MEMORIAL
meet monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month
at 5:30 pm at the Morson-Ario-Strand VFW
(1900 North Riverfront Dr. in Mankato).
Any changes in this schedule will be posted here.
All are welcome to attend.
Boys in Blue Stories
A series of five videos filmed by the Boy in Blue Committee to honor the Civil War veterans in Blue Earth County, MN.
Click on photo to view each video.
Thank you to all who have attended our fundraising events.
Pictures from these events are posted on our facebook page.
Check these out and "Like" our page!
BOYS IN BLUE STORIES
A series of five videos filmed by the Boy in Blue Committee to honor the Civil War veterans in Blue Earth County, MN.
Click on photo to view each video.
Boys in Blue Stories in Print
The Corn Crib Party – Civil War Heroes from Blue Earth County - MankatoLife.com, March 5, 2020
The Corn Crib Party – Civil War Heroes from Blue Earth County, Part 2 - MankatoLife.com, March 25, 2020
A Civil War Hero’s Gift to Mankato – John Eaton Tourtellotte - MankatoLife.com July 30, 2020
Thank you to all who have attended our fundraising events.
Pictures from these events are posted on our facebook page.
Check these out and "Like" our page!
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