Gov. Crapo Corps No. 23 - Woman's Relief Corps

"We belive it is our duty to cherish and emulate all those who rendered loving service to our country. We strive to inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of our country among the children and in our communities, and encourage the spread of universal liberty and equal rights of everyone." - National Organization, Woman's Relief Corps

The National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc., is a patriotic organization whose purpose is to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic as its auxiliary organized at its request on July 25 and 26, 1883 in Denver, Colorado, and incorporated by Public Act of the 87th Congress on September 7, 1962. The Department of Michigan was organized April 2, 1884, and the Gov. Crapo Corps No. 23 of Flint was organized on October 15, 1884. A primary goal of the Woman's Relief Corps is to provide perpetually the curation and preservation of research documents and records that pertain to the Grand Army of the Repuplic (GAR) as well as the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC).

Gov. Crapo Corps No. 23 - 2024 Officers

President - Linda McKinch
Sr. Vice President - Dawn Bastian
Jr. Vice President - Kris Richards
Secretary - Carol Powers
Treasurer - Susan Wallace
Chaplain - Amanda Whitney

From the "Golden Jubilee of Flint - 1905"

"Prominent among the many benevolent organizations in Flint stands the Gov. Crapo Woman's Relief Corps, No. 23. It was organized Oct. 15, 1884, by sixteen enthusiastic women, 'to assist in caring for the Union veteran and his family; to inculcate lessons of patriotism in the community, and to assist in the observance of Memorial Day.' The three principal charter officers were Mrs. Mary A. McConnelly, President; Mrs. Harriet P. Thompson, Sen. Vice President; Mrs. Ann Willett, Junior Vice President. How well these purposes have been carried out is a matter of public knowledge. Since its organization it has expended in Flint for Union veterans and their families over two thousand dollars. There have also been substantial contributions made to the Soldiers' Home at Grand Rapids, the National WRC Home, the Hall of Fame in our Court House and to other worthy objects. The original meeting place was in the old IOOF Hall in the Judd block, but it was afterward changed to GAR Hall. The Corps now numbers 124 members."

The Woman's Relief Corps is one of five Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic. The other four Orders are: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

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