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From compact sidearms to heavy repeaters, this guide breaks down every clone trooper blaster and its variants from the Star Wars universe. Learn the design, purpose, and battlefield role of each ...
Grand Army of the Republic Museum Director Eric Pry leads a summer school class of fourth-graders in the military museum in downtown Aurora in 2023. (Denise Crosby / The Beacon-News) ...
In August 2020, I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which ...
From that day forward, continuing to the present, through the monuments provided by the G.A.R., and through the commemoration of Memorial Day, the Spirit of the Grand Army lives on.
His great-grandfather, George Washington Lakin, was only 17 years old when he joined the Union Army during the Civil War. He served under Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during the March to the Sea.
Alton’s Civil War memorials: The legacy of the Grand Army of the Republic endures Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building By John Dunphy, For The Telegraph July 12, 2025 ...
The Grand Army of the Republic Monument, unveiled May 30, 1905, sits among the graves of Civil War veterans at Yakima's Tahoma Cemetery. Donald W. Meyers/Yakima Herald-Republic ...
May 6th marked the 150th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Chancellorsville which started on April 30, 1863. The campaign pitted Union Army Major General Joseph Hooker’s Army ...
Description This stereograph has two arch-top images of men marching in a Grand Army of the Republic parade. In each image, rows of men proceed side by side down a street, with crowds in the ...
The Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Litchfield, Minnesota, was constructed 140 years ago and today looks largely the same, thanks to a decision by the Civil War veterans who built it. The deed ...