GAR encampment badge, Boston, 1904
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans' group, held regular local and national encampments – reunions.
The badge identified its wearer as being from Maine and the Bosworth Post in Portland. The wearer attended the 1904 national GAR encampment held in Boston.
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