G.A.R. Hall & Museum News

Please join us live or via Zoom for our lecture this FRIDAY, JUNE 9 at 7pm. Al Smith will speak on “Respect for the Flag.” Watch on Zoom →

On June 24th the GAR Hall & Museum presents a day for all veterans to come together and celebrate. Family members and non-veterans are also welcome to attend. From 2pm – 5pm we will have raffles, music, food, tours, presentations, photo booth, swag giveaways and a...

The G.A.R. is the subject on LCTV’s “The History of Success” hosted by Judy Josephs. To watch the show, go to https://lynntv.org/watch-online/video/history-of-success-grand-army-of-the-republic-hall-museum-may-15-2023/

Please join our in-person lecturer David Kellyas he presents “Defending Henry Wirtz”this Friday 5/12 at 7:00 pm at 58 Andrew St in Lynn. Or join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88914004344?pwd=a0VMNkZCZ3NDZXB4VlczVk1GTWtTdz09

Please join our Friends at the Massachusetts Historical Society on Wednesday, April 26th at 6:00 pm for their program “ ‘I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife’: African American letters of Love & Family in the Civil War Era.” Read about it here:...

Our Salem friends at the Network for Good present “Salem’s Remond Family: The Next Generations’ Connections to Newport” April 23rd at 4PM at the historic Hamilton Hall, 9 Chestnut St in Salem More info:...

Please join us via Zoom or in person for our lecture this Friday, April 14th at 7pm. Our speaker is Mark Mello, Pres. New Bedford Civil War Roundtable and Park Ranger. He will speak on “A Compact with the Whale: New Bedford Whalers & Confederate Commerce...

Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum curator Wendy Joseph helps Lynn Classical student Allyson De leon dig through Ancestry.com in search of the genealogy of a Lynn Civil War veteran. (Spenser Hasak) Lynn Classical students are tracking down descendants of Civil...

Please join us in person at the Lynn GAR or online for our monthly lecture series this Friday, March 10 at 7:00pm. Our speaker will present “What Goes Around Comes Around: Americans Interpret the Lincoln Assassination.” Zoom link:...

Zoom Lecture this Friday, February 10 at 7 pm. Our Speaker is Joe Zellner, a member of the 54th MVIR, Co A. He will do a 3rd person presentation with documents in a PowerPoint program. Watch on Zoom:...

Join our Zoom presentation on Friday, January 13 at 7:00 pm. The speaker will be Ben Camp, Curator U. S. Grant summer home. His subject is “A Yankee galvanized; a man who fought on both sides.”...

On December 9, 2022 Robert Matthias, Curator Emeritus and GAR Trustee hosted a tour of the Grand Army of the Republic Hall & Museum in Lynn, Mass. We captured the entire event on video so you can watch it on YouTube or on our Videos page. If anyone knows the...

The Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum is #1 in Lynn Main Streets’ list of places to visit! https://www.lynnmainstreets.org/visit →

Please join us this coming Friday, September 9th at 7:00pm to hear Scholar and Author Barbara Gannon of the University of Central Florida speak on “Massachu­setts and the GAR.” Watch the presentation on Zoom:...

Please join us Saturday, September 17th from 9 am to 4 pm at the General Lander Grand Army of the Republic at 58 Andrew St. in Lynn for our Open House, part of the Essex Heritage Trails & Sails event series.

Pine Grove Cemetery Event, May 26, 2022, at 6:30pm, Civil War lot · Joe Zellner of the 54th Mass. Black Volunteer Regiment, guest speaker · Sponsored by Camp 5 Sons of Union Veterans

The Lynn G.A.R. Hall & Museum has open house hours on Friday, April 29, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, and Saturday, April 30, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. There is a free lecture and film screening of Amazon Prime’s Blood and Fury about John G. B. Adams — a member of G.A.R. Post #5!...

April 6, 2022

Friday, 8 April 2022 at 7:00 p.m. This is a remote event. Watch the Zoom lecture here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85948899210?pwd=ZVVPcFN3ZlEvRFFoVDZ3Um5iSWd4QT09

Meet Lynn’s GAR Men Who Became the Mayor Join us on Wednesday, April 6 at Noon at Lynn’s GAR Post #5 Hall & Museum at 58 Andrew St. as we preview our new exhibit. Our new exhibit showcases the Post #5 GAR members who went on to serve the City of Lynn as Mayors....