Memorial Day Tribute Traces Heroism Across World War Graves
The piece honors Memorial Day for soldiers buried at home and abroad, notes the Meuse-Argonne cemetery in France with 13 938 identified dead and 483 unknowns, and recalls Pershing, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and Stone Mountain memorials. It highlights grave regimentation, pensions, and postwar unity under one nation, with references to Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge.
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John Dickinson Sherman Lue
America
Meuse-Argonne
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
Afeuse
France
Ife
St. Mihiel
Somme
Oise-Aisne
Aisne-Marne
Suresnes
Flanders
England
Myron T. Herrick
A.bf
Sam
Italy
Ireland
Poland
Denmark
Sweden
Scotland
Czechoalovikia
Norway
Finland
Sardinia
China
Hing Peon
Ansthe
McCormick
Bmandrol
Aad
Bort
Houston
Washington
Shaftt
Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Stone Mountain
Confederacy
David C. Shanks
Army
James G. Williams
Chreleston
Ss. G
Navy Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee
Georgia
Yarding
Wilson
Nurding
Coolidge
Leigh Hunt
Hopkinson Helps Write a Patriot Song for Independence
A Philadelphia lawyer Joseph Hopkinson helps an actor adapt the President's March into a patriotic song. The manuscript is delivered after concern the benefit would fail. the theater fills nightly, audiences enjoin the chorus, and the song becomes a unifying, apolitical boast of American spirit.
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Hop‘kinson
World War Veteran John Bowe Leads Remarkable Legion Service
John Bowe a World War veteran and Canby Legionnaire with service under several nations plans repainting his monument in blood red to honor fallen Minnesota soldiers. His life spans many campaigns from the Spanish-American War to World War I and beyond, including French Foreign Legion enlistment, multiple medals, and long-term leadership within Minnesota and national American Legion activities.
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John J. Pershing
American Legion
President Coolidge
Sam Flouston
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Iatest
Minnesota New
John Bowe
Canby
Blinn
Bowe
Pierre
S. D
Dealwood
Dakotas
Montana
Spokane
California
Utah
Old Mexico
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Morocco
Algiers
Egypt
Turkey
Palestine
Greece
Cuba
Panama
Venezuela
Martinique
French Foreign Legion
Ferme Navarinie
Lrivery
Crots de
Legion Opens Night Schools in Georgia for Illiteracy Fight
The American Legion, including a Gainesville post, launches night schools to teach reading and writing. Instructors from Gamestie High School will staff these classes, aiming to aid those unable to read or write.
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Georgia
American Legion
the Legion
Gainesville
Gamestie High School
Open Membership Raid Shocks Winthrop Residents
Residents in Winthrop Alabama witnessed a dramatic sky glare and a fire scene in the downtown area as the American Legion staged a membership raid. Firefighters used water to dampen the blaze while red smoke and bombs simulated effects, and over one hundred membership applications were collected at the scene.
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Winthrop
American Legion
Legion post hears warning against radicals and communists
Dr Hubert N Rowell addressing Berkeles post of the American Legion warns of 15 radical leaders directing 1,400 national officials and a growing network. He says radicals fund 2.9 million dollars in California Nevada Oregon to disrupt government and urges Legionnaires to defend the country.
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Fald
Hubert N. Rowell
Bop
Ellis
Berkeles
Ted J
United States
California
Nevada
Oregon
Legion
TWW
Daylight Post 220 Suspended Over Policy Conformity
Daylight Post 220 of the American Legion in California was suspended for not conforming to nationally adopted policies on adjusted compensation. Adjutant Morgan Kenton announced the action after the post opposed the measure, with the executive committee backing the suspension. The post may appeal to the national organization, but the department must act at its convention. The letter stresses no threat to free speech, only adherence to Legion policy and urges withdrawal if opposing.
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Wilson
Majestic Memorial
National Cemetery
Arlington
Arington Glosoa
Potomac
America
McKinley
Bowe
American Legion
Minnesota Legionnaires
Pesta
Minnemalis
Basce
Andras
Cleveland
Faribault
Daylight Post
Department of California
Morgan Kenton
California
James F Collins
Department
Executive
National Organization
Keaton
State Department
Day- Ught Post
Veterans Warned Against Fees for Lost Discharge Certificates
The American Legion cautions veterans not to pay attorneys for securing a lost discharge certificate. In a letter by Watson B. Alter, national rehabilitation chair, it notes some lawyers demand fees while the government provides certificates free. Veterans should contact the adjutant general or the Legion Service Bureau in Washington for free handling.
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American Legion
Watson B. Ailter
Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Miller
Adjutant General of the Army
Service Bureau of the
Bond Building
Washington
Bridgeton Legion Bequest Aids New Hospital Fund
Bridgeton New Jersey post of the American Legion received 4000 dollars from the father of the post namesake. The Legion approved using the bequest for the hospital building fund and plans a memorial room honoring World War I fallen.
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Bridgeton
N. J
New Hospital
American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion Men as Scout Leaders in Bloomington
In Bloomington Illinois a class of 25 Legionnaires receives instruction from scout leaders to lead local boy scout troops. The Illinois Legion is active with Louis Fh Davis post in Bloomington sponsoring most city troops, taking charge under Legion sponsorship.
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Legion
Legionnatrer
Bloomington
Ill
Illinois
Louis Fh Davis
Americans seek French Lafayette observatory on Brandywine site
A group of American Legion members asks France to recognize Lafayette by funding an observatory at Brandywine battlefield near Chester Pennsylvania. They aim to turn the Revolutionary War site into a national shrine honoring General Lafayette and his deeds.
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Lafayette
Price
Brandywine Battlefield
Chester
American Legion
General Lafayette
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