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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
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Civil War Camp Scene

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Description: An unidentified camp scene from the Civil War.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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Civil War Cannon at Park

Date: 1911
Description: A decommissioned Civil War cannon at Courthouse Park.
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Black Hawk War Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Black Hawk war monument behind a fence, located at Fort Atkinson. Buildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Black Hawk War Monument, Fort Atkinson, ...
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
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Revolutionary War Memorial

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Description: View of a Revolutionary War Memorial, erected by Mrs. Nancy M. Parke in 1903. A liberty bell and eagle sit atop a list of soldiers of the war in 1776.
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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: A Confederate Rest at the Forest Hill Cemetery, with graves of Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1862.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Wounded Soldiers Reading and Talking

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, reading and talking about the war.
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Civil War Cannon in Snow

Date: 1929
Description: Winter scene with a Civil War cannon partially covered with snow at Camp Randall.
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Unidentified Camp Scene

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Description: An unidentified Civil War camp scene with raised rails.
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Black Hawk War Monument

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Description: A granite stone behind a low fence commemorating the Black Hawk War. Text on front of card reads: "Black Hawk War Monument Erected by Fort Atkinson D.A.R.,...
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Civil War Monument in the Cambridge Village Square

Date: 11 01 2014
Description: Stone monument topped with a statue of a civil war soldier holding his rifle. The monument reads: "Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War 1...
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Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil War re-enactors in costume at Greenbush.
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
Postcard

The Argonne Gate

Date: 1924
Description: Argonne Gate, S.J.M.A. War memorial for the service men from Delafield in the First World War. The lantern on the gate is meant to burn perpetually. Captio...
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Spanish War Monument

Date: 1936
Description: View of a boulevard containing a Spanish war memorial statue. The plaque on the statue's base reads: "Memorial to those who served in the war with Spain, 1...
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Confederate Rest at Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1950
Description: Burial plot at Forest Hill Cemetery, where 140 Confederate prisoners of war were interred after perishing at Camp Randall military prison during the spring...
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Kohler During World War II

Date: 06 1943
Description: Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II.

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