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MISCELLANEOUS MEMORIAL EXERCISES ... WASHINGTON, D.C., 1919-1930 Part 1
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Pres. Wilson and Gen. Nelson A. Miles review a G.A.R. parade in Washington, Sept. 1919. Young girls drop wreaths into Chesapeake Bay in memory of the Lusitania sinking. Disabled veterans and Gold Star mothers lay wreathes on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va., Mother's Day, 1925. The 69th Congress adjourns March 4, 1927. Rep. W.P. Connery sings a farewell song. Reps. Connery and N.W. Longworth descend the Capitol Bldg. steps. Chief Red Tomahawk (slayer of Sitting Bull) salutes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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