Harvard 69 Veterans Reunite for Long-Running Lifespans
About 63 living Harvard class of 1869 members gathered in Boston at the Algonquin Club and Phillips Brooks House. Notables include Russell Gray attorney and judge’s half-brother, bank president Thomas Beal, and oldest member Israel Welch in his 80s.
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Harvard
Boston
Algonquin Club
Phillips Brooks House
University
Russell Gray
Judge Gray
Supreme Court
Thomas Prince Beal
Second National Bank
Israel A. Welch
Robert Alder McLeod
Petersburg
Algiers
Portrait of Mrs. Lundgren in a Boston court room
The witness sits in a Lawrence courtroom described as a near lifeless figure with a pallid face and blank expression. Her husband Lundgren leans close to touch her hand as she reacts subtly to the proceedings, while the crowd observes and a postscript autograph offers a rare glimpse of her fragile state.
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Lawrence Court Room
Bessie Skeels Lundgren
Mrs. Lundgren
Twilight
Lundgren
Young Indian Wins Cross for Bravery
Pontiac Williams, a First-Class Private of the 125th Infantry, receives the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in World War I. An Ottawa journalist notes his coolness in battle from Chateau Thierry to the Rhine, praising his conduct and soldierly bearing. Williams, 25, a member of the Ottawa tribe from northern Michigan, enlisted in Michigan units and was educated at Mount Pleasant School for Indians. He is celebrated as a standout figure in the 125th Regiment.
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Massachusetts
Bussey Institute
Massachusetts Commissioners
Essex Institute
Marlboro Street
Boston
Peabody
Edward Livermore Burlingame
Charles Scribner's Sons
Harvard
China
University of Heidelberg
New York Tribune
Charles Scribner’s Sons
New York City
Henry Marion Howe
Samuel G
Julia Ward Howe
Columbia University
New York
United States
Pontiac Williams
K Company
125Th Infantry
Williams
Michigan
Letroit
38D
Michigan Infantry
125Th
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
Mount Pleasant
125Th Regiment
Old Glory Rises Over Ehrenbreitstein Fort, Rhine
In Coblenz the Third Army observes a solemn retreat as Old Glory is lowered from Ehrenbreitstein. Soldiers snap to attention and stand in respectful quiet while bugle notes echo across the Rhine.
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Third
Coblenz
Ehrenbreitstein
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Francis Henry Appleton
Veteran Association of the First Corps of Cadets
101St Engineers
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Washington Academies
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National Research Council
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Appleton Chapel
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John the Orangeman
H. Molyneaux
Widener
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Mes Oe
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Boston Sunday Post
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France
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