. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, at Lemon Hill. Fairmount Park.( l>v CI nre^ R. Pancoast.). LEADERS OF THE UNION ARMIES IN McCLELLAN. REYNOLDS. MEADE. (Photos by Charles R. Pancoast.) THE SONS OF VETERANS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHEN the Grand Army of the RepubUc, yet in the fullness ofits numerical and physical strength, realized the importanceof creating a junior body to become the worthy heir of itsprinciples and traditions, the medium through which the storyof the trials, losses and achievements of its members might be trans-mitted to o
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, at Lemon Hill. Fairmount Park.( l>v CI nre^ R. Pancoast.). LEADERS OF THE UNION ARMIES IN McCLELLAN. REYNOLDS. MEADE. (Photos by Charles R. Pancoast.) THE SONS OF VETERANS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHEN the Grand Army of the RepubUc, yet in the fullness ofits numerical and physical strength, realized the importanceof creating a junior body to become the worthy heir of itsprinciples and traditions, the medium through which the storyof the trials, losses and achievements of its members might be trans-mitted to oncoming generations, it encouraged the organization of theSons of Veterans of the United States of America. This movementoriginated in the year 1879, when a Cadet Corps attached to Anna Post, No. 94, G. A. R., at Philadelphia (organized the precedingyear), was constituted Anna M. Ross Camp, No. i, Sons of V^ existing cadet organizations affiliated with local posts soon adoptedthe new title and the obligations of the order. In the meantime similarmovements have gained strength in Pittsburgh and elsewhere,
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