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Monday December 29th 2025
Phillips West Neighborhood Upcoming Events-July 2016
July 7th (Thursday) 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ”“ Phillips West Monthly Community Meeting (Note No July Meeting due to proximity to 4th of July Holiday)
August 2nd (Tuesday) 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Phillips West Neighborhood 20th Annual National Night Out Celebration!
Please join hundreds of Community Partners & Residents for the biggest National Night Out Celebration in Minneapolis! EVENT AND EVERYTHING AT IT IS FREE FOR THE PUBLIC!!!!! Event will be held along 27th Street between Columbus and Portland Avenues! A variety of FREE Picnic Food including Snow Cones, Popcorn, Hot Dogs, Watermelon, Cookies & Ice Cream! There will also be a variety of Entertainment including a Mariachi Band, Dancing Contest, Open Mic Rap Contest with opportunity to win Grand Prizes, Salsa Dancers, 3 Clowns, 2 Bounce Houses, a Puppet show, Face painters, Fish Pond, Children”'s Games, McGruff the Crime Dog, twinkle the Mascot, Mickey Mouse, and a Giant Inflated Slide! Information on dozens of Community Resources will be available! If you would like an information table or would like to get involved contact Crystal at 612-879-5383 or email pwno2005@yahoo.com
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The count of Union and Confederate Civil War Veterans remains challenging
Handwriting idiosyncrasies and paper folds led to misreading of application ordering a tombstone for James Parker as a Civil War Union Veteran when burial was of Jonas Parker who was not a Veteran.
Part I: One Union Veteran Lost but Another Gained Two New Confederate Veterans
By TIMOTHY McCALL, Guest Writer
All right, so we didn”'t actually “lose” a Civil War Veteran–as it turns out, he never was one. Let me explain.  In the early 1930s -1940s, a concerted effort was made to identify and acquire markers for all of the Veterans buried in the cemetery. The effort was probably led by Albert Nelson, the cemetery”'s caretaker. Researching the cemetery”'s occupants”' history and genealogy in the early-mid 20th century must have been a herculean task considering that the availability of information was limited to printed material, telephone calls and writing letters to known genealogical sources, i.e., libraries and historical societies.
It was in early 1932, that an application was filed with the War Department to have a headstone made and shipped to Pionee rs and Soldiers Cemetery for one James Parker, who had served in Company A, 1st Minnesota Cavalry.… Read the rest “The count of Union and Confederate Civil War Veterans remains challenging”
Honoring Veterans and enjoying Buster Keaton at premiere venue
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- Sue Hunter Weir visits with a few of the 150 viewers at June 4th Cinema at the Cemetery with Buster Keaton in “The Cameraman.” +COMING SOON! “The Curse of Frankenstein” Aug. 20th; “The Mummy” Sept. 3rd; “Horror of Dracula” Sept. 17th.
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- Large crowd enjoys exploring, visiting, and ceremony at the 148th Memorial Day Ceremony at Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery. Many participants combined to make it a very special occasion.
BY SUE HUNTER WEIR
The weather was a mixed bag for Memorial Day weekend. Rain””more precisely the threat of thunderstorms””meant that we had to reschedule our screening of Buster Keaton”'s silent film, The Cameraman, from May 28th until the following weekend.
Earlier in the day, though, the weather cooperated and Scouts from Troop 1 helped with our annual planting. They did more than help””they did it. There are about two dozen urns that need planting and several small flowerbeds that need to be tidied up and to be filled in with some colorful spring flowers.… Read the rest “Honoring Veterans and enjoying Buster Keaton at premiere venue”
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