Grand Army of the Republic printed materials 1896-1942.

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Grand Army of the Republic printed materials 1896-1942.

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These folders contain programs and rosters (in folders 44- 46 and 52-53), rules and regulations (in f. 47-48), newspaper clippings (f. 49-51), bylaws (f. 52), and histories (f. 54) of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in particular the Department of Colorado and Wyoming, Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, Boulder, for the period from 1896 to 1942. The materials also concern auxiliaries of the G.A.R., including the Woman's Relief Corps.

11 folders.

Boulder Public Library

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Boulder Public Library

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Grand Army of the Republic. Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5 (Boulder, Colo.)

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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...