In October of 2011, Camp 22 led a formal Grave Dedication Ceremony for Captain Theodore Fitch, who is buried in the Sylvan Cemetery in Citrus Heights, California.
Sometime after his death in 1901, the request for his headstone became lost in government bureaucracy, and it never arrived. Jim Monteton of Camp 22 was successful in correcting the error. The men of Camp 22 and other Veteran’s groups conducted the ceremony and Cpl. Fitch received his long-overdue recognition.
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- Jim Monteton conducts the Dedication Ceremony.
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- Laying a wreath on the grave.
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- Traditional bagpipe music by Bob Maerdian.
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- The ceremony includes the laying of a single red rose by a woman in period garb, who represents the mother or widow of the deceased soldier.
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- Grave of Captain Fitch.