Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . For some time it was branded asa poHtical organization, and even todaytliere are people, either ill-informed orill-disposed, who call it so. But it hasstood the test of time, its growth hasbeen marvellous, and it stands today asone of the grandest organizations inexistence, composed as it is of men who,in the hour of their countrys danger,offered all
Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . For some time it was branded asa poHtical organization, and even todaytliere are people, either ill-informed orill-disposed, who call it so. But it hasstood the test of time, its growth hasbeen marvellous, and it stands today asone of the grandest organizations inexistence, composed as it is of men who,in the hour of their countrys danger,offered all they possessed, e\en life itself, as a willing sacrifice upon her membership is cemented by a Fraternity such as cannot exist in any otherorganization; bv a Charity disbursed among the needy and destitute, who(whether belonging to the organization or not) served in the ranks of the Unionarmv or navy, and among the widows and orphans of those who died on the field ofbattle or have since passed away; and by a Loyalty that is as precious to them todayas it was in the days of 6i and 65, and which they desire to impress as stronglyupon the rising generation as it was fostered in their hearts in the darkest days ofthe Nations The statistics used in this article are from Beaths Historj- of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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