PA Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

10/15/2023

PA Companions at the 138th Annual Congress banquet in Gettysburg

05/07/2022

07/11/2021

Annual Meeting June 19th, 2021-- Corinthian Yacht Club -- Philadelpjia PA (l to r) Grove, Waskie, Forbes, Lentz. Kane, Forbes, Scott, Ames, White

05/05/2021

The crew of MOLLUS members attending the St. Andrew’s Society annual golf outing at Sunnybrook Golf Course. A grande time was had by all.

04/05/2021

Well worth the time to view. One of the many reasons to listen to or watch Michael Smerconish.

Corporate America and professional sports franchises have spoken out against Georgia's new voting law, but is all of the criticism truly warranted? Gabriel Sterling, COO of the Georgia secretary of state's office, speaks with Michael Smerconish.

05/25/2020

I had the distinct honor and privilege of representing the PA Commandery at this years Memorial Day observance ceremony at Laurel Hill Cemetary. We had a number of members present including CIC Joe Coleman, RiC Gary Grove, Registrar Paul Lader, JVC Bill White. We also had Ellen Mauk Higgins, President General of DOLLUS. Companion Dr. Andrew Waskie, conducted an inspirational and very moving ceremony to remember those that gave the full measure. It was an honor.

05/18/2020

We are finalizing our agenda for the 135th Annual Congress to be held in Philadelphia this year. 16-18 October 2020. Companions, please save the dates!

05/18/2020

Civil War-era Howitzer firing in slow motion

05/15/2020

Mark your calendar for Memorial Day at 9pm on the History Channel. 🇺🇲

At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous man in the world and stood alongside men like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American heroes. However, today Ulysses S. Grant is largely forgotten, his rightful legacy tarnished by a fog of myth, rumor and false...

02/12/2020

Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States and died in office upon his assassination. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis in the American Civil War.

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) was founded at the Union League in Philadelphia on April 16th, 1865, the day after Lincoln's Assassination.

Current Hereditary Members ("Companions") are direct descendants of then serving Civil War Union Officers.
Associate Members are those that are interested in the history of the Civil War but do not have a qualifying ancestor.

Go to http://loyallegionpa.org to learn more

11/27/2019

Gettysburg 2019 Remembrance Day Celebration (23NOV19 (Top: Nicholson Monument) (below left Parade) (below right: Gen Meade Monument)
(l to r) Hobart Kistler, Ellen Higgins (DOLLUS), Joe Coleman, Linn Malaznik, Paul Davis, Gary Grove. Paul Lader, Will Forbes, David Scott

11/13/2019

For a limited time, ancestry.com has allowed people to search military records of potential ancestors.

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10/26/2019

Current and Former National and PA MOLLUS Officers at the St Andrews Society of Philadelphia Annual Meeting 23OCT19 (l to r) Will Forbes, David Scott, Mike Bates & Joe Coleman

10/13/2019

10/13/2019

The 134th Annual Congress of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States -- PA Commandry

10/04/2019

Own a piece of history!

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's childhood home, complete with stunning garden space, a renovated kitchen and and endearing antique feel, sells for $5.6 million in Alexandria, Virginia

09/30/2019

Captured Confederates at Gettysburg. The war was over for them.

09/28/2019

Annual foray to the fields of battles at Gettysburg. Today we went through day 3 of the battle. We had a mid-tour lunch break at the Appalachian Brew Pub. Dr. Waskie did a masterful job walking us through the stages of the battles. In the picture General John Geary. Original MOLLUS member and past PA Commander. With William F. Forbes Paul Lader, Andy Waskie, Gary Grove, and Paul Tucci.

09/26/2019

(l to r) MOLLUS Officers Mike Bates and Joe Coleman at the St Andrew's Society Quarterly Dinner 25SEP19 at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia {present, but not in photo: Will Forbes and David Scott)

09/26/2019

(l to r) Companions and MOLLUS Officers Joe Coleman, John Meko, John Sirlin. David Scott. Gary Grove & Jim Munday at the Opening Reception of the Union League Legacy Foundation, Philadelphia PA Sept 23, 2019
THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION
Opening Reception – Sept 23, 2019
The Legacy Foundation executes a wide array of programs – cares for the historic collections, preserves the League House, provides civics education programs for high school students, curates interpretive and informative exhibits, grants scholarships for post-secondary education, presents the Good Citizenship Award, organizes multiple historical and cultural lecture series, and much more.
www.ulheritagecenter.org

08/24/2019

MOLLUS PA Summer Picnic Stalwarts -- 27JUL19 at the home of Paul Lader in Wenonah NJ

07/28/2019

MOLLUS PA Summer Picnic 27JUL19 at the home of Paul Lader in Wenonah NJ

06/10/2019

Changing of the Guard. 2019 election slate saw the election of William F. Forbes as the Commander with former Commander Brian Maloney taking on the recorder’s role.

02/02/2019

A permanent exhibition opening in May will include original copies of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Dred Scott’s signed petition for freedom, a fragment of the flag that Abraham Lincoln raised at Independence Hall, and more.

11/04/2018

This nonsense has to stop!

09/27/2018

A high quality scan of Peter Rothermel's Battle of Gettysburg oil painting, depicting Pickett's Charge, hangs in the library of the Matthew J. Ryan Office Building in Harrisburg. The original hangs in the The State Museum of Pennsylvania. The Abraham Lincoln statue is an original museum artifact when the Ryan Office Building housed the first state museum.

09/17/2018

Hillsdale College professor David Raney teaches a class about Civil War-era aid societies that supported Union troops. He highlights the work of the U.S. Sanitary Commission and the U.S. Christian…

09/03/2018

Soldier's and Sailors monument (1899) honoring American Civil War veterans from the 47th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. After the war had ended, Lehigh County and Allentown disagreed how the veterans of the war should be honored. In August of 1896, a petition was circulated to do something that most other counties in the state had already done, build a monument to local veterans. The proposal was overwhelmingly favored.

On June 26, 1899 the cornerstone was laid. Taking part in the services was Rev. Stephen Albion Repass, the pastor of Allentown's St. John's Lutheran Church, and a former Confederate veteran who had fought and was captured at Gettysburg. He was one of the few members of Picketts's charge to make it over the fabled stonewall, later known as the high water mark of the Confederacy. A box was placed at the base of the monument that included a cannonball from the battle of Bull Run and other items. October 19, 1899 was the date of the monument's dedication. It was selected by veterans because it was the anniversary of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. The 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the largest single regiment of local troops that fought in the war, had taken an active role in that Union victory.

Some photos courtesy of The Morning Call.

08/22/2018

To most people, the name Samuel J. Seymour will sound unfamiliar. Seymour, born in Easton, Maryland, in 1860, was the last surviving person who was

08/18/2018

When researching ancestors who fought in the Civil War, don’t forget to examine their Combined Military Service Records for important genealogical data.

08/07/2018

The Civil War Traveling Trunk program provides reproduction Civil War artifacts, books, music and other various materials for teachers to utilize during their Civil War instruction. The trunk fosters a greater interest in the American Civil War and in battlefield preservation by allowing students to have a hands-on experience. During the 2017-2018 school year, the trunks crisscrossed the nation visiting 75 schools, in 23 states and the District of Columbia. By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, the trunks reached more than 3,500 students.

The Civil War Traveling Trunk is FREE for teachers!

Note: Trunk registration for the 2018-2019 school year is now open.

Bring replica artifacts and other Civil War resources to your classroom for free with a Traveling Trunk brought to you by the American Battlefield Trust.

07/30/2018

Over the weekend, the PA Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States celebrated their second annual summer picnic. This event continues to generate significant interest in our venerable organization. Thank you to Sandy and Paul Lader for hosting and for David Scott for the photos.

07/23/2018

Who exactly was Ulysses S. Grant?

No American led a more eventful life than Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and the Union Army's most celebrated general. Garry Adelman, director of history and education at the Civil War Trust, tells Grant’s amazing story in this inspiring video. This video was made in par...

07/16/2018

This is a question that will always be debated.

07/11/2018

Be sure to watch the video...

On the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, thousands gathered once again in the Pennsylvania town for the annual Civil War reenactment.