Woman's Relief Corp : dedications. 1914-1934.

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Woman's Relief Corp : dedications. 1914-1934.

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View of members of the Woman's Relief Corps unveiling the Civil War memorial on the Boulder County Courthouse grounds, 11 November 1914; and view of the dedication of a plaque on the side of the new Boulder County Courthouse, 1934.

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

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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...