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| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
| Date: | 05 1895 |
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| Description: | Albumen print of spectators standing and seated around the public receiving tomb in Oakridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's body was placed after his fun... |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair... |
| Date: | 05 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Ella Bennett Bresee, a member of one of Madison's oldest families, has decorated the graves of American war veterans for 70 years or more. She is placing a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A small granite stone and American Flag mark the grave of Belle Boyd, actress and Confederate spy. The grave is inscribed with: "Belle Boyd, Confederate sp... |
| Date: | 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Delegates from the International Labor Press Association place a marker on the grave of President John F. Kennedy to mark the first anniversary of his deat... |
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| Description: | The old church where Washington preached to his soldiers, the surrounding area is likely a cemetery. Caption reads: "The Old Church where Washington preach... |
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| Description: | View from cemetery toward the stone church with leaded glass. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | An overview of the national cemetery in Andersonville. |
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| Description: | View of the Soldier's Monument, erected in 1898 at Evergreen Cemetery, sponsored by the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument, featuring a soldier and t... |
| Date: | 05 26 2003 |
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| Description: | A woman walking in Oak Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day. American flags stand at each headstone of past soldiers. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o... |
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| Description: | Native American burial ground. Caption reads: "An Indian Burying Ground, Near Antigo, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 30 1967 |
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| Description: | View of a parade traveling through a cemetery. Beyond, barns and farmhouses can be seen. |
| Date: | 05 1983 |
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| Description: | "Theresa American Legion members paid homage to former comrades on Memorial Day at the River Church Cemetery." |
| Date: | 05 1989 |
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| Description: | Legionaries place flowers on graves at River Church Cemetery. |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from rear of group of men standing in a field. Governor James O. Davidson stands in front of the group on the left. Behind him six men i... |
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