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Welcome Day in Tacoma Celebrates Washington Cruiser
In Tacoma on April 15 1908 residents celebrated the arrival of the new cruiser Washington. Festivities included flag bedecked streets and a harbor crowded with vessels as the ship entered Montesano Bay escorted by local boats. A salute of 21 guns marked the cruiser’s anchorage and the city’s pride in the national event.
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Tacoma
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E. T. Neller
Kadoka
Washington
Washingtonia
Mt. Tacoma
B ’S Pont
Anchorage
Sam
Ashington
Commencement Bay
Ancho Grounds
Tomoma