otherNovember 5, 2018
A Look Back
Delegates attending the 21st Annual Encampment of the Department of Missouri of the Grand Army of The Republic gathered along Themis Street, at the foot of the Common Pleas Courthouse terraces, for a photo in May 1902. Members of a band � possibly Schuchert�s concert band � stand in the foreground, along with spectators. In the center of the crowd, marked with flags and most sporting hats with the distinctive G.A.R. badge, are the Union Civil War veterans...
By Sharon Sanders
Delegates attending the 21st Annual Encampment of the Department of Missouri of the Grand Army of The Republic gathered along Themis Street, at the foot of the Common Pleas Courthouse terraces, for a photo in May 1902. Members of a band � possibly Schuchert�s concert band � stand in the foreground, along with spectators. In the center of the crowd, marked with flags and most sporting hats with the distinctive G.A.R. badge, are the Union Civil War veterans.
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