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| Date: | 05 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Ella Bennett Bresee, a member of one of Madison's oldest families, has decorated the graves of American war veterans for 70 years or more. She is placing a... |
| Date: | 09 12 1949 |
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| Description: | A gathering of officers and members of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion, probably at their annual state convention. In Wisconsin the ardent ... |
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| Description: | Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi... |
| Date: | 07 04 1991 |
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| Description: | New York members of Veterans for Peace, a national organization that united veterans of all wars, marching in a Fourth of July Parade. |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ... |
| Date: | 07 05 1994 |
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| Description: | As a boy scout raises the flag, the people in attendance at the Park Falls Fourth of July celebration recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Congressman David R.... |
| Date: | 07 04 1994 |
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| Description: | Members of the Park Falls chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the community Fourth of July ceremony. |
| Date: | 05 01 1961 |
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| Description: | Peter Altenhofen (left), Milwaukee, of the Red Arrow Association, and Ruben Cain, Milwaukee, of the Cudworth Post #23 of the American Legion of MIlwaukee p... |
| Date: | 05 21 1961 |
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| Description: | The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | I.P. Rumsey is raising the Island Lodge flag. Caption reads: "Up with the flag! I.P. Rumsey." |
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