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American Legion Picnic

Date: 06 12 1949
Description: "American Legion Picnic at Firemen's Park."
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American Legion Run

Date: 05 1987
Description: "Chuck Berhard gives instructions to runners at the American Legion Run."
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Memorial Day

Date: 1976
Description: On Memorial Day American Legion Member Oliver Krueger drops a wreath into the Rock River.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."
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American Legion March

Date: 1973
Description: "American Legion members march up Main Street."
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Downtown Area of Oregon

Date: 10 10 1963
Description: View of Oregon's central business district showing parked cars and business's along the sidewalks. At center is an open area with a monument honoring Orego...
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Frank Willlman Funeral

Date: 07 16 1949
Description: Funeral cortege of veteran Frank "Bud" Willman at the railroad depot in Edgerton. The cortege included a color guard, Legionnaires and marching men of the...
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Grand Army of the Republic Parade During State Encampment

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Union veterans, some holding a banner reading "Iron Brigade," marching on a downtown street in a parade during a state encampment.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."
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Centennial Flag

Date: 1976
Description: "Members of American Legion Post 270, present a Centennial Flag. Oliver Krueger is at the flag pole."
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Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Levy

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Levy, wearing sandwich boards stating "We Had a Foxhole in Germany, Now Sidewalks, USA. Vet and Wife Need 4 Walls & Roof" and "After Se...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Parade with the VFW Color Guard. Kroger Super Market and Uptown Liquor Store, located on the 100 block of East Washington Avenue, ar...
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Eagle Regiment Car

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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...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth with the VFW Drum and Bugle Corps on East Washington Avenue. Club Royal and Blied Printing Company is visible in the...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: A Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving past a crowd in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. A sign on the passenger side of ...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving down a street in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. An American fl...
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Minnie May's New "Woods" Electric Car

Date: 07 19 1911
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is standing beside her new Waverley electric car made by the Woods Motor Vehicle Company. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War vet...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of large crowd with a banner reading: "VETS for PEACE / Bring the Troops Home Now." The crowd is following a Ford Mustang carrying five elder...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Glenn Detman and John Nolin of the Sun Prairie 40 and 8 Voiture 688 giving each other a fist salute as the American Legion's fun and honor group winds up i...
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Car with Grape Boycott Sign

Date: 1969
Description: A sign on the roof of a car that says, "Grapes = Poverty" supporting the United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO grape boycott. The car is parked on a street in f...

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