Services will be held on May 26 at 10:00 AM.
LTC Carter Gill, USAF Retired will discuss his thoughts on our current period of belligerence. LTC Gill piloted a C-141 in the Vietnam theater He also participated in the search for Capt Lloyd Bucher and the crew of the USS Pueblo which was attacked and seized by North Korean forces in 1968.
The annual R.E. Lee service commemorating Gen. Lee’s birthday will be held at 1:30 PM on January 19, 2025 at the Chapel. The speaker will be Col. Greg Eanes, USAF (ret).
Col. Eanes is a historian and author of military history. He received his M.A. in military history from the College of Military History. Among his many works are local texts on Sailors Creek and the Wilson-Kautz Raid. He has also written about the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Korean War, and World War II.
Search “Greg Eanes” for more information about the author and how to order his books.
Perfect for Civil War buffs who wish to deepen their appreciation of post-war Virginia, the Confederate War Memorial Chapel (Pelham Chapel) was built by the Confederate Veterans of R.E. Lee Camp #1 Soldiers’ Home that occupied these grounds. It was dedicated May 8, 1887, in memory of the 260,000 Confederate dead who gave their lives during the War Between the States. Over 1700 Confederate Veterans were honored at the Chapel with funeral services before joining their brothers-in-arms at Hollywood Cemetery here in Richmond, Virginia.