Ribbons and badges of Woman's Relief Corps and Grand Army of the Republic veterans reunions 1894-1928.

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Ribbons and badges of Woman's Relief Corps and Grand Army of the Republic veterans reunions 1894-1928.

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Reunion ribbons, delegate badges, and buttons of various reunions, including Woman's Relief Corps, 3rd Ohio Cavalry, and Wood County Soldiers & Sailors Association.

1 folder ; 31 cm.

Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132279

Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries

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Wood County Soldiers and Sailors Association.

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Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Ohio.

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...