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Twenty-fifth Reunion Images - mkwe.com  The G. A. R. held annual reunions in various cities from 1866 to 1949. ... The 16th Ohio planned their 25th regimental reunion to coincide with the Grand ... and ribbons from the 34th National Encampment in Chicago, Illinois, August, 1900.
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County Clerk - Archives/Microfilm 2006 The Civil War and ...  Oct 2, 2015 ... In addition to their roles as mothers and wives, women in New .... along with other men from the 14th, was detailed to guard a group of .... NY and Chicago: Lewis, 1902, pp. .... The GAR began holding annual national encampments in ... He joined Company B of the 14th New Jersey Volunteers on August 15...
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GAR and UCV Items from Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865.  Fine G.A.R. - Grand Army of the Republic White Cotton Belt & Gilted Buckle ... Top bar of his Silver Identification Badge has ID of  A.H. Patterson and shield ... Fine Ribbon for the 4th Reunion of the 19th Iowa Infantry, U.S., held at Wapello, ... Here is a Nice Group of Kansas G.A.R. Ribbons for Four State Encampments on...
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Allied Orders of the G.A.R. --- Chicago 1900 - VETERANS ...  Allied Orders of the G.A.R. --- Chicago 1900 - posted in VETERANS' ... from the G.A.R. National Encampment that was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the turn of the previous century. ... These groups consisted of the Women's Relief Corps, The Ladies of the ... This badge is spectacular in its size and weight.
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State Encampments: Bibliography - The Grand Army of the Republic ...  The following is a list of national encampments for which documentation of one kind or another exists. ... programs, badges, flags, or other types of G.A.R. ephemeral materials. ... A17) for the year the encampment was held. ... Membership: 287,918, Thirty-fourth National Encampment, Chicago, Ill. August 29-30, 1900
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Chicago Seven | law case | Britannica.com  Apr 30, 2015 ... Chicago Seven, group of political activists who were arrested for their antiwar activities during the August 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. ... Judge Hoffman sentenced the other five defendants to five years in ... lines with intent to riot at the Democratic convention; the conviction...
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American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century | People & Events  People & Events: The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident (May 4, 1886) ... Albert Parsons was the leader of the American branch of the International ... to make bombs with dynamite, and editorials supported the assassination of public ... In 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions organized a...
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Pee-Pads.com Dog Blog  Early Vehicle Accommodations ...  Sep 4, 2011 ... Early Vehicle Accommodations, Integrating Garages To The Home ... However, this word may have not existed before the 19th century and most ... which was first recorded in 1802 in the sense a place where one docks. The french verb garer, from which garage was derived, originally meant to put goods...
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Remembering the Anthropology Days at the 1904 Olympics. - Slate  Aug 21, 2008 ... Remembering the 1904 games, where Indians, Pygmies, and other "savages" ... The International Olympic Committee had already awarded the first ... The prospect of an arduous trip to a second-tier city in the American Midwest kept almost all ... Even in the U.S., the Olympics were seen less as an epochal...
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Today in History: August 26 | GazetteXtra  Aug 26, 2016 ... 26, 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event was marked by a bloody police crackdown on anti-war protesters in the streets ... Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a ... at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Remembering the Haymarket Riot - History in the Headlines  May 4, 2016 ... On the evening of May 4, 1886, some 2,000 union workers and anarchists ... The explosion in Haymarket Square came during a period of nationwide labor upheaval. Chicagothen the fastest growing city in the United Stateswas the ... whom had previously preached for violent revolution using dynamite.
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J! Archive - Show #3524, aired 1999-12-23  Originating in 1911, this annual Indiana event is attended by 400,000 ... once a duel was accepted, this person chose the weapons to be used...
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Big Ten Membership History Big Ten Conference Official Site  Jun 11, 2010 ... February 8, 1896: One faculty representative from each of seven institutions met at The Palmer House in Chicago, Ill., to establish standards...
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1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity - Wikipedia  Protest activity took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ... The other main group behind the convention protests was the National ... This demonstration took place on August 10, 1968 as Chicago was preparing...
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World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia  The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the .... The World's Columbian Exposition was the first world's fair with an area for ... This wheel was 264 feet (80 m) high and had 36 cars, each of which could ... One attendee, George C. Tilyou, later credited the sights he saw on the...
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Grand Army of the Republic - Colonel Friedrich K. Hecker Camp #443  Originally the GAR was founded as a fraternity for Union Civil War veterans. ... Although the GAR disbanded over 60 years ago, its legacy still lives on. ... It was dissolved in 1956, when its last member died and is succeeded by the Sons of...
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American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century | Special Features  ... 1886, a rally of anarchists and labor activists in Chicago's Haymarket Square turned deadly. An unknown assailant tossed a bomb into a throng of riot police,...
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The Story of Scouting | Scout.org  It was held during the first nine days of August in 1907 at Brownsea Island, near Poole in ... The camp was a great success and proved to its organiser, Robert ... what was to become one of the largest voluntary youth movements in the world. ... The first World Scout Jamboree took place in 1920 with 8,000 participants, and...
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Haymarket affair - Wikipedia  The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago.
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Strong Medicine - Chicago History Museum  The period between 1871 and 1924 stands out as per- .... between Randolph and Washington Streets from the Courthouse Dome, 1858. ... German Jews particularly hard; one of the many losses was the first ... hospital accepted some patients who could not afford to pay. Doctors made house calls ... Not surprisingly, the.
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Made in Chicago: The Ferris Wheel - American Experience ...  The Ferris wheel debuted at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. ... Fair, designer George Ferris built a 250-foot-diameter wheel on a massive, ... at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, then dynamited and sold for scrap metal. ... Coney Island entrepreneur George C. Tilyou saw the wheel during his honeymoon at the fair.