Records, 1887-1955

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Records, 1887-1955

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Pamphlets, speeches, notes, etc., of the Woman's Relief Corps, Dept. of Massachusetts, an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Woman's Relief Corps. Dept. of Massachusetts, 1883-

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The Woman's Relief Corps, an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1938. Its goals were to further the "love of country and its institutions and a love of liberty" through acts of charity. The WRC drew its membership from wives and daughters of Union veterans of the Civil War. Its charity extended to Union veterans and their dependents, war widows, and orphans. The activities of the organization ranged from erecting memorials to Union w...

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 ...