Restoration

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Restoration

Hartsuff Post 74 GAR Hall
History
Restoration
Interior
Stained Glass Review
Events
Celebration 1999
Contributions
Renting the Hall

T he Task at Hand

How do things start?

    When I first became aware of The Sons of Union Veterans of the civil war some 7 years ago, I never had an inkeling of what I had in store for me or even if there would be anything in store for me. I wasn't sure what any of this would mean to me or even if it I would stay and become a member. But, I did stay. And I'm glad I did. It changed my life.

    So, our town was lucky enough to have built a meeting place for those vetrans, soldiers of the Grand Army of The Republic or GAR as it became commonly known as, and our camp was lucky enough to be able to have a free hand to run it as we saw fit. But this was no easy task.

    Think of the enormity of the task involved. A handful of people with the sacred trust of running one of the last GAR halls in the country that was being used for its original purposes with almost nothing to work with except for a meager income from small rents from small groups which barely covered the operating expenses -- but often times did not. One of our biggest expenses was the cost of heating a hall that size that had 10-foot ceilings in the lower hall and 14-foot ceilings in the upper hall.

    You might ask : "How did we do it?" Well now, I'm glad you asked! We made a lot of mistakes along the way; however, by just sheer plodding along, we managed.

    So without further ado, let me present to you our timeline for restoration of the hall : where we were, where we are now, where we are going.

    There were 4 periods in our effort to restore the hall :

Beginnings
middle years
Fundraiser
Restoration Begins

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