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Armistice Day Celebration

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an...
Photograph

American Legion Group Portrait

Date: 05 08 1945
Description: Group portrait of American Legion members dressed in various costumes.
Photograph

Women's Relief Corps Parading down Street

Date: 1902
Description: Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ...
Postcard

Reunion of Confederate Veterans: "Human Confederate Flag"

Date: 1907
Description: Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story....
Photograph

American Legion Christmas Party

Date: 12 1982
Description: "Santa Claus shows up at the American Legion Christmas party."
Photograph

American Legion Christmas Party

Date: 12 1984
Description: "Santa Claus pays a visit to Marlene and Chuck Bernhard at the American Legion Christmas Party."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 377-386

Date: 
Description: In the soft underside of war
The home point is to be home again with honor
without quite understanding why
Photograph

Tourism Float

Date: 09 1939
Description: The Wisconsin float in the 1939 American Legion Convention parade features a log cabin and a boat and is decorated with small evergreen trees and boughs. T...
Photograph

Richard F. Redfield in Costume

Date: 01 24 1958
Description: A man is posing in a leather fringed costume and fur cap, with what appears to be a fake beard. He is holding two dead animals up in his right hand. Two ot...

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