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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Reunion of Company K, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 07 28 1913
Description: Group portrait of a reunion of Company K, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, on the Trautwein farm. The company on this occasion were the guests of Mr. And ...
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Peace Activist David Cline

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Description: David Cline, a Vietnam War veteran and a national leader in Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, talking to a woman at a Memorial Day c...
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American Legion Post 347 — Exterior

Date: 10 06 2000
Description: "Members of the Wilz & Hren families join us at American Legion Post 347 in Lomira, WI."
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American Legion Post 347 — Interior

Date: 10 06 2000
Description: "We are at American Legion Post 347 in Lomira, WI."
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American Legion Post 69

Date: 11 16 2001
Description: "On this evening we travel to American Legion, Bonau Whereatt, Post 69 in Mayville, WI. Carl "Bear" Bandle is the manager." Note the fish fry signboard.
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Flag Raising in Rudolph

Date: 09 1995
Description: Local members of the VFW raise a new flag in front of the Rudolph Municipal Building. The flag, which had flown over the U.S. Capitol, was presented by Con...
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Dwight York

Date: 11 1984
Description: "After being assured of a victory, York thanks his followers for their support at the American Legion building in Lomira."
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Veteran Memorial

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Description: "WWII Veteran Les Beck, and Gold Star Mother Lorraine Heinecke."
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Vetetans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: Members of the local Marion Cranefield auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the banquet honoring the president of the national auxiliary. From left...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Banquet

Date: 03 07 1957
Description: A special tribute was paid to auxiliary hospital chairmen during the banquet honoring the national auxiliary president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Fro...
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Plaque Dedication on Memorial Day

Date: 06 1993
Description: Members of the Threresa American Legion Post 270 dedicated this plaque on Memorial Day. Les Beck, an army veteran, and Lorraine Heinecker, a Gold Star Moth...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified elderly woman posing standing on the left, and an unidentified elderly man po...
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World War I Veteran

Date: 1964
Description: Congressman David Obey, Ben Riehle, a rural Marathon County WWI veteran, and two women pose for a photograph.
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Disabled American Veterans Flower Sale

Date: 09 02 1964
Description: Wisconsin State Journal columnist Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin receiving an advance forget-me-not from Disabled American Veterans salesmen before the annual sa...
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"Veterans for Trump" Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An elderly man in a suit is holding a sign reading: "Veterans for Trump, Make America Great Again!" Other men and women are standomg around him waiting to ...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: Three Madison diners at the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and 8-banquet were Mrs. Alex Drives, Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis, and Mrs. Kathryn Nanker...
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Veterans Day

Date: 11 11 1960
Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman holding a US flag. "Many women - like this one — became misty-eyed during the solemn Veterans Day ceremony as they thought of t...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Driving a Car

Date: 1910
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt driving a car. Her father Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is sitting on the passenger side. Men are standing in front of the Hol...

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