Civil War Tombstone Dedications

Oliver Vincent Wallace Memorial Presentation

Beaver Creek Cemetery, Douglas County, Washington
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Sons of the Veterans
Wenatchee, Chelan County, WA

Daughters of the Union Veterans
Yakima, Yakima County, WA

If the veteran didn’t have a memorial stone, Fred Pflugrath
tried to obtain one from the government; in this case it was provided.
Upon arrival of the headstone, Fred arranged the memorial ceremonies.

George W. Parrish Memorial Presentation

Lone Grave, Original Parrish Farm 1914
Monitor, Chelan County, Washington
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The gravestone dedication for George Parrish, who served in the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) from Pennsylvania, was held Tuesday, November 11, 2008, on the Niemela farm in Fairview Canyon, Monitor. A Civil War veteran, Parrish was buried on his property in 1914. At that time there was no stone marker. The dedicated stone was provided by the U.S. Government. The dedication was lead by Rev. Mike O’Neal of the Monitor Methodist Church. During the short ceremony, Rev. O’Neal read two prayers that were first used during the Civil War. He also played “Amazing Grace,” sung at both George’s and his wife’s funerals, on his concertina. At the conclusion of the ceremony, “Taps” was played by Blake Baldwin, Cashmere High School, on his rotary trumpet. After the conclusion of the ceremony, Fred Pflugrath gave a short history of George W. Parrish. [This article was in The Cashmere Valley Record.]

[Pictures of the above Wallace and Parrish presentations were by Fred Pflugrath and Kent & Edith Clarida.]