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What Once Was

Pensions, portfolios, and printing: J. Worth Carnahan in Washington, DC

Published: March 20th, 2019

To view images full size & high resolution, left click on each By Matthew B. Gilmore* The November 27, 1901 Evening Star announced the incorporation of The Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society, with “the object of the society. . . [being the] collection of the history of soldiers and sailors ...

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