Grand Army of the Republic : Memorial Day parade floats. [undated]-[1929].

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Grand Army of the Republic : Memorial Day parade floats. [undated]-[1929].

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View of a parade float mounted on a wagon at the side of the Odd Fellows building, with G.A.R. members holding rifles standing around a cannon, ca. 1890s; parade float mounted on a truck with G.A.R. members riding in the back, 1920s.

2 photographs.

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