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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: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier. |
| 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: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Seven Elks Club members in front of a canopy at Roselawn Cemetery. About 400 persons attended the flag service when the flag and Official Elks Rest were de... |
| Date: | 05 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Mourners surround the casket of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy at his funeral at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Grave monument of James Duane Doty, who served as territorial governor and delegate of Wisconsin and territorial governor of Utah. The monument is located... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Confederate Graves at Forest Hill Cemetery. Each headstone has a Confederate flag stuck in the earth next to it. |
| 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: | A large color lithograph with caption of the battle in progress. |
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| Description: | Engraving excerpted from John S.C. Abbott's History of the Civil War in America. |
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| Description: | View from cemetery toward the stone church with leaded glass. |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. |
| 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. |
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