City Memorials Draw Veterans to Waterloo Parade
City will honor Civil War veterans on Memorial Day with a parade to Waterloo Theatre where Gr and Army of the Republic members will address the crowd. The Robert Anderson post lists 40 members in the county with 22 in Waterloo and 16 in Cedar Falls Brownell post adds 16 veterans. Roster details show names and units from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania and beyond, highlighting long wartime service and local affiliation.
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EAD Grand Army OF the Republic
Waterloo
Grimwood
Robert Anderson Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Waterloo Post
Cedar Falls
Robert Anderson
la Porte City
Hudson
Gilbertville
Marshalltown
Brownell Post
Black Hawk County
John Tripp
Charles Herring
Andrew Bishop
Dave Allison
Illinois
John Armstrong
Eighth Street
Charles F. Brown
New York
Commercial Street
Martin Bender
Washington Street
G. W. Bothwell
Wisconsin
Randolph Street
Alonzo Bagley
Brandon
G. B. Birdsall
California
A. F. Baldwin
Iowa
H. P. Clark
H. E. Corwin
Des Moines
Isaac Wight
Vinton
Brownell
James Brownell
M. FP. Arey
Maine
Jacob Boehmeir
Enoch Boyd
Ohio
G. A. Fabrick
Ilinois
D. A. Finley
S. B. Humbert
C. H. Meyers
Illinois Cavalry
Brinkley Pierce
J. A. Speer
Pennsylvania
C. S. Simons
Eldridge Wilson
E. A. Wright
Ancil Walker
Police Department
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Sons of Veterans
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Allison
Waterton Theatre
Masa
Veterans and
American Legion Band
George Woodall
Paul Davis
T. F. Shannon
T. F. Shenae
Adj
Fred Koch
Leah Gallop
BE. A. Grimwe
Pensions Paid to 489,006 Veterans and Widows May 1 1927
On May 1 1927 there were 489 006 veterans and widows on the rolls of the U S Bureau of Pensions. The total pensions paid in April were 19 315 723 dollars. Civil War vets on rolls 94 263 a April loss of 1400. Widows 214 323 paid 7 008 949. Spanish war vets 135 008 on rolls an increase 1937 over prior report with 4 377 798 paid in April. Widows 22 860 paid 799 580 and 266 army nurses were paid 10 949. Mexican War vets six on rolls paid 612. Widows 983 paid 47 685. Indian wars had 3 774 soldiers and 82 widows paid 94 057 to veterans and 41 127 to widows. World War II disabled vets and 17 widows listed May 1 under the act.
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United States Bureau of Pensions
Winfield Scott
Scott
In Memoriam and Civil War Veterans Portraits
An In Memoriam poem by Col. Winfield Jones honors brave soldiers and memorials. A Waterloo G A R reunion photo lists 21 Civil War survivors aged 80 to 90, with names, ranks, and positions across three rows.
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Col
Winfield Jones
Atlanta, Ga
Roll of Honor Dead from Robert Anderson and James Brownell Posts
Members of Robert Anderson post G A R and James Brownell post G A R who died since last Memorial day are listed including N C MUNGE BYRON LEIGHTON WILLIAM SNODGRASS E T BALDWIN C M CARR WILLIAM BATES ISAAC WRIGHT ELI SWANK and W S REMINGTON W H VAN TILBURG among the names.
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Robert Anderson
Post
N. C. Munge
Byron Leighton
William Snodgrass
E. T. Baldwin
C. M. Carr
William Bates
Isaac Wright
Eli Swank
James Brownell Post
W. Remington
W. H. van Tilburg
Proper Flag Protocol and Display Instructions
Guidelines for displaying the United States flag include sunrise to sunset use, brisk hoisting and slow lowering, and placement rules indoors and outdoors. It covers positions near speakers, half-staff procedures on Memorial Day, mourning crepe usage by order of the president, casket coverage, church displays, and Salute to the flag affirming allegiance to the republic with liberty and justice for all.
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United States of America
Republe
lWberty
Justice
A Day for Flags Declared Memorial Holiday in Waterloo
Waterloo declares Memorial day a complete public holiday with all trades closed and industry suspended except essential services for community comfort. Local authorities emphasize respect and observance across the town.
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Waterloo
Boys of 98 Unite to Foster Patriotism in Waterloo
Veterans of the Spanish war in Fred Willier camp No. 11 pledge to support Memorial Day observances and cooperate with American Legion veterans. The camp reports 106 Spanish war and Philippine insurrection veterans, matching the old Company B unit strength, with many serving in various states’ companies.
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Fred Willier
S&s. WW. Vi
American Legion
Waterloo
Charles R. Dwyer
Sixth Street
West
Helen Gould
UU. S. W
Towa
Mounthy
Memorial Hall
Forty-ninth
Towa Infantry
Union
Waterloo Civil War veteran recalls service and town life
Born March 30, 1843 in Mainz, a Waterloo resident recounts joining Company A of the Thirty second Iowa Infantry at Dubuque. He fought at seven battles and 30 skirmishes, with two Pleasant Hill casualties nearby, and later mustered out at Davenport.
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Mainz
Jolls
Waterloo
Pleasant Hill
Page
Davenport
Dubuque
Iowa Infantry
Hubert F. Peebles
Clinton
US#4
Three Musketeers Survivors of Waterloo Civil War Unit
Waterloo honors three soldiers from the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry and notes other survivors. Levi Jalls born 1844 in New York State, served most of the war and returned to Waterloo. Baldwin, wounded at Pleasant Hill and shelled, mustered out in 1861. Comrade Baldwin remains active in the community. Page, Col. Page, predates Jolls and is remembered by older residents.
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Waterloo
Levi L. Jobs
A. T. Baldwin
Alwah Page
Thirty-second
Iowa Infantry
David Meyers
Wisconsin
al. Parmenter
Dakotas
Dolis
Levi J.alls
First Street
Waterton
Newo York State
Companio
Wiarterton
Tows
Measant Hill
Jolls
Waterlow
California
Maimder
Baldwin
Page
Colonel Page
Cuba Invites Boys of 98 to Reunion in 1928
President Gerardo Machado of Cuba invites Spanish American War veterans born 1898 to a 1928 reunion in Havana. He states Cubans will welcome them with gratitude for their service in securing liberty. A U S visit aims to strengthen ties as Coolidge may visit Cuba next winter.
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Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Washington
Machado
United States
Coolidge
United Spanish War Veterans
Havia
Ambassador Ferrera
Abali
Sident Morhade
Cuban Area of T8968 To Tsm, and Postmaster General Aball
Richard Wl. Hardencamp
Department of the District ofColubia
Taps Sound for 5 Legion Men in Yr. Taps Sound for 5 Legion Men in Yr. Taps have sounded for five mem bers of Becker-Chapman post, American Legion-Lieut. Charles O'Keefe, Walter Kechler, Walter Bartlett, James Lennan and Nick Wagner-since last Memorial day.
Becker-Chapman post honors five World War I veterans with military burials since Memorial Day. The post, now 625 members strong, lists John N. Ferris, William Gilpatrick, Leslie J. Bruce, Fred H. Becker, Harry Marson and others among buried veterans in Waterloo area cemeteries. two members remain in government hospitals, and many names appear across Memorial hall records for Elmwood, Calvary, and local Jewish cemeteries.
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Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Charles O'Keefe
Walter Kechler
Walter Bartlett
James Lennan
Nick Wagner
Post
Memorial Hall
Waterloo
Calvary Cemetery
Clarence Beebe
Walter J. Goswiller
Francis J. McNulty
Sami Palmer
Charles Schmidt
William Stewart
Walter J. Wilhelm
Nicholas Weber
Martin Dwyer
E. W. Griggin
Alex Cohen
Water- Too
Memorial Day Observance in Waterloo Honors Veterans
Waterloo prepares for Memorial Day with 650 graves decorated in four cemeteries by veterans auxiliaries. Events include bugle assemblies at 10 am, a 1:45 pm ceremony for sailors and Marines, and a 2 pm veteran parade led by David Allison. Orator E A Grimwood speaks at Waterloo theatre. ceremonies cover Watertown, Calvary, Elmwood, and Waterloo cemeteries with varied tributes and prayers. The day closes with post-parade programs and ball games by Illinois Central vs C R & P Cedar Rapids at Mississippi Valley league park.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Memorial Hall
Woman's Relief Corps
David Allison
Robert Anderson Post
Fifth
Bluff
Bridge
Franklin
Park Avenue
Lafayette
Waterloo Theatre
Fairview Cemetery
W. T. Hdwards
Bugle Assembly
C. R. Whaylen
W. T. McCormick
A. A. Hoffman
Richard Crane
Mr. McCormick
Jean Margadant
Coralie Coontz
Dorothy Gallagher
Harriet Buck
U. S. W. V. Squad
Taps—Buegler
Elmwood Cemetery
Henry Dallman
J. Paul Vincent
John
Reading
Marjorie Harker
George Woodall
Boy Scouts
Bueler
Waterloo Cemetery
Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
America
Assembly
Marion Snodgrass
O. M. Yargy
Eva Wanamaker
Rive
American Legion
Yarny
Tlinois Central
Cedar Rapids
Mitasissippi Valley League
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Joseph Grimm
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Bluff Street
John €. Good
Joseph Huseman
Henry Hollman
Soldiers Home
L. C. Holcomb
Ilinois Infantry
Thompson Avenue
Joseph Klingaman
Fiftyfourth
William Lindsley
H. Twentyninth
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
John Moyer
Cavalry
Locust Street
Edwin Moses
Forty Sixth
Riehl Street
Herbert Northey
Mullan Avenue
Alvah Page
Jefferson Street
J. G. Richstein
Indiana
Buckingham
Thomas F. Shannon
Ninth Iowa Cavalry
Fourth Street
Harvey Smith
West Union
Joseph Schuler
Fourth Iown Cavalry
Lafayette Street
Simon Shaulls
C. Tatro, Co
Twelfth Town
Amos Wheat, Co
Hllinois
Almond
Henry Woore
Mulberry Street
Wise, Co
Fifth West
Virginia
Clay Street
W. W. Whitenack
Cyrus Lichty
Eli Crouse
H. H. Markley
Mother
Lord Ars of
Hosta
Levi L. Jolls
Courier
A. H. Wheat
Department of Town
C. F. Brown
Julius Dennis
Isaca Gushard
Jos. Schuler
John C. Good
A. C. Tatro
A. L. Ettinger
Edwin Moser
Simon Shaukis
Flint Dave Allison
Fred Wilkes
G. A.B. Burden
Arthur A. Zimmerman
Becker-Chapman
Alvamt
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Dauty
Red River
Lloyd Lucas
Oakes Home
Denver
Colo
Allan Johnson
Army and Navy
Hot Springs
Ark
Elmwood
Cecil Primer
Ray E. Bass
Arnold Weltneyer
George Johnson
Charles Hudson
Ray Beebe
Roy DeCamp
Ellis J. Hoffman
Harry R. Jones
John Stichen
Earl D. Tuttle
Arthur J. Dunbar
Theodora Ptak
George W. Tull
Burton Shaffer
Harold B. Miller
E. L. Marsh
Frank G. Hitchins
Glen A. Hohl
Lee RR. Leckington
Dwight L. Strayer
Edwin S. Geist
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