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Resolutions praise Caldwell and condemn biased history in G A R encampment
The Grand Army of the Republic meeting in Caldwell passed resolutions lauding local citizens and the Chamber of Commerce for support during the encampment while denouncing a history that favors Robert E Lee over Ulysses Grant. It urges removal of unpatriotic textbooks, endorses military training, and mourns fallen comrades including past commander A G Nettle. The document also criticizes Memorial Day excesses and calls for a traditional campfire program.
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Caldwell
Robert E. Lee
U.S. Grant
Committee On
W. S. Hawkes
Chamber of Commerce
G. A. R. Post
Woman's Relief Corps
G. A. R. and
Daughters
Mit
Veterans Drums Corps
Boise
T. W. Schreffler
C. R. Underwood
George Fry
W. H. Innis
T. W. Schreffler, Jr
J. H. Thorne
Willis Mason West
Ulyssex 8, Jrant
Eugene V. Debsns
Phil Sheridian
Post No. 4
Sheridan Post
Idaho
Union of the Star
A. G. Nettle
Silent River
S. F. Russell
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
E. F. Conklin
James W. Shields
D. E. Gott