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Mar 15, 20222 min read

A Seattle talk that “carried the boys back some thirty years”

—March 7, 1893 in Seattle— On the evening of March 7, 1893, the men of Seattle’s John F Miller post of the Grand Army of the Republic met...

Mar 15, 20223 min read

"Gleeful As A Band Of Children"- Civil War veterans’ Christmas at the Orting Soldiers’ Home

"Gleeful As A Band Of Children" - Civil War veterans’ Christmas at the Orting Soldiers’ Home - In the early 1900’s, Washington State...

Mar 15, 20225 min read

Asbury Haynes and the burial of the Unknown Soldier

Asbury Haynes wearing the overcoat he wore in the procession 100 years ago today, November 11, 1921, an unknown American soldier killed...

Mar 15, 20222 min read

A Civil War vet with a Gat

A CIVIL WAR VET WITH A GAT George Camp was not the only Civil War veteran to be arrested for illegally discharging a firearm in Seattle,...

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