When Effingham County, Illinois, was established formally by law in 1831, the United States was developing a spirit of vigorous expansion. It was the era of the “Common Man,” the time of ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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) ...

The Grand Army of the Republic became the preeminent veterans organization formed at the close of the Civil War. Membership reached its peak in 1890, when over 400,000 members were reported.

Thousands of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic descended on Marietta in May of 1903 to reflect on their service and honor those who had died in the Civil War. Decades after the north and ...

The holiday, originally called Decoration Day, was formalized in 1868 by a Memorial Day Order issued by the Grand Army of the Republic's commander in chief, John A. Logan.

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.