William Patton Griffith papers 1865-1932
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Grand Army of the Republic
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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...
Griffith, William Patton, 1843-1936
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Civil War soldier William Patton Griffith was born in Washington, PA, on July 22, 1843. Griffith worked at The Washington Reporter as a reporter, editor, and poet, and enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the War, Griffith served as New York State Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a national association of Union Army Civil War veterans. He also served as editor and publisher of The Soldier's Journal . When the Order of the Purple Heart was...
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
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Political clubs were among the earliest clubs to be organized in New York City. In the 1760s, along with pre-revolutionary rumblings in America, political clubs formed in support of the colonists or the loyalists. Following the American Revolutionary War, political clubs were established to support newly formed political parties, chiefly the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists. During the 19th century, as the idea of civic responsibility grew among citizens, so did the establ...