G.A.R. vets P.R. Barker and John Houder from Fitzgerald, Georgia, tell war stories to kids on historic Boston Common |
G.A.R. vets gathered near State House |
Battery A returning home from the Mexican border, B & A Yard, Boylston St. |
Battery A mule is reluctant to return home from Mexican Border, B & A Yard |
Disappearing gun at Fort. Warren, George's Island |
Big guns at Fort Warren |
Gun emplacement, Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Guns at Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Firing big gun at Boston Harbor Fort |
Loading the big 10' guns at Boston Harbor Fort |
12' mortars, battery Frank Whitman, Peddock's Island |
12' mortars, battery Frank Whitman, Fort Andrews on Peddock's Island |
12' mortars, battery Frank Whitman, Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Firing big guns, Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Fort Strong, Long Island, Boston Harbor, showing guns in action |
Horses frolic in snow, Commonwealth Armory |
Horses at Commonwealth Armory in snow |
Horses frolic in snow, Commonwealth Armory |
Infantry march on parade ground at Fort Devens in Ayer |
Rifle range, Fort Devens, Ayer |
Horses at Camp Devens |
Infantry maneuvers, Camp Devens |
Infantry on parade, Camp Devens, Ayers, Mass. |
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur visits Navy Yard |
Mrs. George Dewey leaving White House after congratulating President Coolidge |
Admiral Wiley and others from the Navy Yard visit South Boston army base to greet Gen. Edwards |
Secretary of Navy Wilbur disembarks at the Navy Yard |
Rear Admiral Wiley and Gen. Brewster |
South Boston Army base and drydock |
Calvary exercises in the snow |
Assistant Secretary of Navy Warner with Rear Admiral Andrews at Navy Yard |
G.A.R. veteran in Cap with gun, 'Let's Remember' |
Hingham arsenal marine's leave for China |
Calvary exercises, Fort Ethan Allen in Burlington, Vermont |
Calvary exercises, Fort Ethan Allen in Burlington, Vermont |
Calvary exercises in snow, Fort Ethan Allen in Burlington, Vermont |
Horses maneuver in tight circus during calvary exercises in snow, Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vermont |
U.S. soldiers move past house during Mimic War |
Largest parade in Boston since Dewey's parade. This picture taken from old State House as the state militia paraded for all the Governors of all the states of the union. |
National Guard calvary horses frolic in the snow at Commonwealth Armory |
Mortars in Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Guns at Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
Mortars, Fort Andrews, Peddock's Island |
G.A.R. men decorate the soldiers and sailors monument on Boston Common |
P.R. Barker, GAR vet from Fitzgerald, Georgia, tells kiddies stories that makes their hair stand on end, with him is vet John Houder, also from Fitzgerald. They are on historic Boston Common. |
Calvary horses at Commonwealth Armory frolic in snow |
Horses at the Commonwealth Armory before the guard had tanks and jeeps |
Calvary horses 'horse around' in the snow at the Commonwealth Armory |
Stern view of the Mayflower, South Boston drydock |
Loading the 10' guns at fort in Boston Harbor |
Soldiers in action during training at Fort Devens |