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appalachiablue

(41,118 posts) Wed Dec 30, 2020, 05:34 PM Dec 2020

1915 Civil War Vets Parade, Grand Army of The Rep. Penn. Ave: 1938 Gettysburg 75th Anniv.

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1915 Civil War Vets Parade, Grand Army of The Rep. Penn. Ave: 1938 Gettysburg 75th Anniv. (Original Post) appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

Neat. I like the clackity clack noise of the old projector. mitch96 Dec 2020 #1

Fascinating! Staph Dec 2020 #2

There were according to estimates Lifelong Protester Mar 2021 #3

mitch96

(13,885 posts)

1. Neat. I like the clackity clack noise of the old projector.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Dec 30, 2020, 08:33 PM

Dec 2020

Crap those geezers were 65-75 years old for the parade..wait... thats my age❗️😁
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Staph

(6,251 posts)

2. Fascinating!

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Wed Dec 30, 2020, 09:18 PM

Dec 2020

In the first film, during the parade in 1915, I noticed that several of the flag bearers for the troops were young women!

And it's nice to see, in the second film at Gettysburg, where there were both Union and Confederate veterans, there wasn't a single Confederate flag to be seen.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)

3. There were according to estimates

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 09:51 PM

Mar 2021

About 6,000 veterans of the civil war alive at the time. Each attendee had to have an attendant.
It is said that Jackie Kennedy got the idea for JFK’s “eternal flame”from touring Gettysburg. The eternally burning flame that Roosevelt dedicated.

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