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Dane County Veterans Service Office

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Dane County Veterans Service Office, located in the basement of the Dane County Courthouse at 207 West Main Steet, is shown as an "inadequate, shabby, crow...
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Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
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Middleton Man Receiving Navy Award

Date: 10 30 1951
Description: Dale N. Gillings, center, of Middleton and a former naval aviation radioman receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from Commander J.E. McCue of the Madiso...
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Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae Holiday Book Fair

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Two people visit with a hospitalized veteran interested in writing who may possibly benefit from the proceeds of the "Holiday Book Sale" sponsored by Theta...
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Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Shown left to right at the founding of the Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter, are: Col. Herbert P. Schowalter, West Bend, president of the Wisc...
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Vets March Against Gulf War

Date: 07 04 1991
Description: New York members of Veterans for Peace, a national organization that united veterans of all wars, marching in a Fourth of July Parade.
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Veterans Day Parade

Date: 1991
Description: Members of the Clarence Fitch Chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, marching in a Veterans' Day event, probably in New York City.
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One-Handed Typewriter

Date: 1946
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ...
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Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: The Wisconsin State Journal was awarded a citation for its "distinguished service in reporting the news of veterans" by the Madison DAV chapter. Her...
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Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Block House, the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Men sit on benches along both sides of a path leading to the house, with a fla...
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Civil War Veterans at Soldier's Home

Date: 12 23 1938
Description: Two unidentified Civil War veterans at soldier's home on December 23, 1938, along with two representatives from the American Legion. The veterans are both ...
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Playing Horseshoes at National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A group of veterans pose while playing horseshoes at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. In the background, the top of the National Military ...
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Dining at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the...
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Funeral Ceremony at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: View of a funeral ceremony at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. A group of veterans march before a horse-drawn vehicle pulling a coffin on ...
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Cutler Post, Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1900
Description: Cutler Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The buildings shown behind the group, as well as the monument, are at the old Marathon County Jail and Sheri...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12

Date: 05 25 1901
Description: Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson, Post No. 12 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, meeting at the Methodist Church. From left to right are: Charles ...
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Wolcott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of members of the Wolcott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Lucius Fairchild Post of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 05 30 1910
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the members of the Lucius Fairchild Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The man fourth from the left (with the light hat) wa...
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Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of the five surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4. Standing from left to right around the framed chart...
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G.A.R. Encampment

Date: 06 1922
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Union veterans standing on the steps in front of a building, June 12-14.

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