A souvenir of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans 1905 September 5-7.

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A souvenir of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans 1905 September 5-7.

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This booklet, "presented with the compliments of the Hundred and Fifty Thousand Club," contains historical and biographical articles about the G.A.R. and its leaders, a pictorial history of the Woman's Relief Corps and allied organizations, and a description "of the many beauties and opportunities of Dallas, the 'City of Splendid Realities.'"

1 v. (48 p.)

Boulder Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7454715

Boulder Public Library

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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 ...

Allen, Mary Sherman.

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Hundred and Fifty Thousand Club (Dallas, Tex.)

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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...