Fort Griswold and Benedict Arnold in Connecticut Fight
A 1781 action near Groton and New London saw Benedict Arnold leading British troops against Fort Griswold. Colonel Eyre's assault, stubborn American resistance under Col. William Ledyard, and heavy losses left 71 defenders dead and Clinton’s expedition failing to reach its main goal.
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Connecticut
Fort Griswold
Benedict Arnold
Washington
Cornwallis
Sir Henry Clinton
New London
Thames River
Fort Plumbull
Groton Hill
Arnold
Eyre
Fort Trumbull
William Ledyard
Griswold
Montgomery
Bromfield
Ledyard
Yorktown
Birth of The Star Spangled Banner in Baltimore Bombardment
Francis Scott Key witnessed Fort McHenry’s defense during the 1814 bombardment of Baltimore. He penned the poem that became the national anthem as the flag remained visible at dawn. The event followed Fort McHenry’s stern defense against British forces and naval bombardment.
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America
Washington
Maryland
Patapsco River
Baltimore
Whetstone Point
Patapsco
Fort McHenry
Novelties for Christmas Silk Vanity Cases Introduced
Santa Is Laden With Novelties presents two new vanity cases for Christmas. Made of black satin with silk ties, gold braid, and ribbon flowers, the sets include a small attached mirror and a powder puff. They promise to serve the cause of beauty for the season.
New Character Dolls Bring Faraway Friends Home
A regular Foreign Legion of character dolls ranks among the most precious possessions for modern children. The piece features a winsome Irish lad with bundle stick and tiny pipe, inviting readers to start a collection for their kids.
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Foreign Legion of Character
Long and Varied Military Career of Joseph Bartlett
Joseph Warren Bartlett, newly appointed judge advocate for Massachusetts American Legion, has a lengthy career from 1901 in Newton posts to Massachusetts National Guard major. He served on Gov. Moss staff, taught at Harvard regiment, then joined the US Army in 1918 as judge advocate, discharged 1919, later practicing law and holding Newton city offices.
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Joseph Warren Bartlett
Massachusetts Department of the American Legion
Legion
Newton
Bartlett
Massachusetts Department
Massachusetts National Guard
First Corps
Inspector General's
Gov. I. N. Moss
Harvard Regiment
United
American Expeditionary Forces
Ife
Bartlett, Jennings & Smith
Massachusetts
Clever Laundry Bag Makes a Useful Housewife
A pretty lady crafted as a laundry bag, with a painted wood head and a bright cretonne skirt, is described as an amusing, functional novelty. The figure may be scroll-sawed from thin board or cut from paper wall board and painted, or bought ready-made from novelty shops.
Pretty centerpiece wires with crepe paper and gauze
A decorative centerpiece for the dinner table features wires wrapped in crepe paper attached to a heavy cardboard disk covered with wide gauze ribbon. Little paper rosebuds sit among the gauze and wires and it can be lit with tiny electric lights.
Bonus Bureau Aids 2500 Hawthorne Ex-Service Men
The American service committee's bonus bureau in Hawthorne Chicago assisted 2500 ex service men filing adjusted compensation applications. It also handled six disability cases and helped veterans with insurance questions and bereaved families including cases reaching Poland and Italy. Several high ranking officers and nurses visited the bureau while some applicants gave humorous or questionable signatures.
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American Service Committee
Bonus Bureau
Hawthorne
Chicago
Poland
Italy
Ite
Bureau
Army
Legion post opens beach resort on Willamette near Newberg
The American Legion Post Has Beach Resort near Newberg Oregon opens on the river with attendees from Newberg Woodburn Portland Salem and other nearby towns.
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Newberg
Oregon
American Legion
Willamette River
Woodburn
Portland
Salem
Old Insurance Companies Begin Policies in 1721
The oldest life insurance firms Royal Exchange Assurance and London Assurance were chartered in 1720 and started issuing policies in 1721.
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Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation
The
London Assurance Corporation
Fossil Record Warns of Life’s Lasting Impact
A reflective line notes that even a fern leaf or stem leaves a trace in coal bed fossils and that even the smallest human life leaves a record of good or evil behind it.
Orten Named Scientific Director Of Tropical Plant Research
Dr W A Orten a noted jant scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture resigns after 25 years to head the Tropical Plant Research foundation directing offices in Washington and the first field station in Cuba.
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W. A. Orten
United States Department of Agriculture
Tropical Plant Research Foundation
Ifices
Washington
Feld
Cuba
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U. S
Western Newspaper Union
Santa
American ‘Legion’ News Service
Post
Old Insurance Companies
Smith
al Smith
French Lick
Ind
W. A. Humphrey
Charles M. Winchester
New York
Grand Rapids
Ich
Prohibition
Miss Pratt
Europe
Alwyn Pratt
Col
Arthur Spencer Pratt
G. T. Phipps
Elks
Diversey Boulevard
Lake View Avenue
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