Grand Army Encampment to Convene in Columbus Ohio
The twenty second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will meet in Columbus Ohio September 10 to 15. Ohio is a leading veteran state with strong post organization and past commanders from the ranks. Governor Foraker and the Ohio department officers are prominent organizers. The council plans parades camps and large public gatherings with facilities at the state capitol and Metropolitan Opera House. A 15 000 to 20 000 strong monster tent will host gatherings and fires for veterans when not in official sessions.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
Great Body
Grand Army
Society OF West Virginia
Dayton
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Order
Indiana
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Cleveland
New Haven
Harrisburg
Chicago
Providence
Springfield
Mass
Albany
Baltimore
Denver
Portland
San Francisco
Department of Ohio
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Llmois
Joseph W. O’neall
Lebanon
John W. Chapin
Columbia
RK. A. Pinn
Massillon
F. A. Kitchen
Toledo
T. J. Sheppard
Bucyrus
H. A. Johnson
Ashtabula
William Earnshaw
John & Kouitz
Poraker
Govenor Foraker
Slocum
Georgia
Foraker
A. G. Patton
C. D. Firestone
Alfred E. Lee
Republic
Capitol
Union
Metropolitan Opera House
General Council
General Committee
Society of the Army of West Virginia
Council For
Grand Army of the Republic grows stronger with time
The Grand Army of the Republic expands beyond early doubts with loyalty and fraternity cited as its core. Membership nears 400,000 with thousands more eligible veterans not yet on rolls while honorary and auxiliary memberships gain ground in post activities and relief efforts.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Sherman
New York City
Gettysburg
Soldiers' Homes Seen As Relief For Veterans At Dayton Centre Branch
The Grand Army promotes homes for soldiers with Dayton's Centre Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers as a major draw for veterans visiting Ohio for an encampment. Established after the war, it housed over 2,000 in 1872 and now serves more than 6,000 with new arrivals increasing the list.
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Dayton
Congress
Congressional Committee
Grand Army
Ohio
Columbus
Centre Branch National
Union
Woman's Relief Corps to Hold Sixth Annual Convention
The Woman's Relief Corps auxiliary of the Grand Army sets its sixth national convention to run in tandem with the Grand Army encampment in Columbus. Originating in 1879 in Portland Maine, the corps spread across states with unions and boards forming to unify women supporters of veterans. The organization gained official national recognition in 1883 at Denver and has grown in membership and activity since. The first president was Mrs. E Florence Barker of Massachusetts.
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St. Low's
Woman's Belief Corps
Grand Army
Parmaleo Post
Guilford
Conn
Parmaleo Corps
Department of Iowa
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
California
Elizabeth D’arcy Kinne
San Jose
Emma Blark Hampton
Detroit
National Association
Columbus
East
Bosworth Post
Portland
Massachusetts
Maine
Woman's State Relief Corps of
Denver
E. Florence Barker
Grand Army Memorial Work Gathers Steam After War
The Grand Army aims to preserve noble wartime memories through pensions, asylums and commemorative relics. Posts in Gettysburg Philadelphia and New York collect trophies while New York enacts rooms in public buildings and a capitol storage for records. Gen Curtis pushes histories, photos and memorial papers.
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Grand Army
Republic
Maine
Prairies
Mountain Empire
Gettysburg
Chester
Philadelphia
Lafayette
New York
Gen. Curtis
State Capitol
Albany
Individu
Ce Ent
Curtis
Reunion plans and veteran groups eye 1889 encampment
Headquarter bugle notes rehearse reunions of regimental and battery groups as a popular feature of the encampment. Milwaukee vies for 1889 site while Gen Curtis may move national headquarters to New York for 1888-89. Ohio and Iowa veterans share details on homes, posts, relief funds, and delegate representation.
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Milwaukee
Gen
Curtis
New York State
Ohio
Sandusky
Michigan
Grand Rapids
New York
Bath
Soldiers and Sailors
Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphan Home
General Council
Brown
Georgia
Western and Atlantic Railroad
G. A. R. Boys
Chattanoo
Woman’s Relief Corps
Wells Relief Corps
Woman's Soldiers’ Aid Society
J. C. McCoy
Columbus
W.R. C
Grand Army Record
Iowa
George L. Kilmer
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the Grand Army
National Camp of the Veterans
Wlans
National Soldiers’ Home
W. O’neall
Kountz
Womans Relief Corps
Joseph E. Johnston
Brooklyn
Grant
Delmonico
Gen. Sherman
Johnnie
Committee On Pensions
Senate
Minnesota
Illinois
New Hampshire
Col
Chas. A. Wells
N. M. Curtis
Union Veterans’ Union
Hoar
Cameron
Baker
Charles A. Wells
Wells
New York Volunteers
New York Veteran Cavalry
Sixteenth
Legislative Committee
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Veterans
Kansas
Women's Relief Corps of
Congressman Baker
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
House of Representatives
United States of America
Secretary of the Interior
Marines Corps
Patrick
West Point
Fagus
Hampton
Leavenworth
Kan
Pacific
Los Angeles
Cal
William B. Franklin
Connecticut
Martin T McMahon
J. A. Martin
J. 8. Negley
Pittsburg
J. C. Black
J. W. Hyde
Kaine
W. J. Sewell
L. A. Harris
John L. Mitchell
William Blanding
Emma Stark Hampton
Judge Rhea
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