 Sons of Spanish American
War Veterans |
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A Brief History of
the Sons of Spanish American War Veterans |
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Colonel Rice W. Means - Camp
No. 1, New York City |
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Christmas Greetings from
Commander Means -1926 |
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Members of the Drum
& Bugle Corp at Memorial Day Parade - May 30,
1928 (Detroit, MI) |
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Approval for formation of
camps of the Sons of Spanish - American War
Veterans |
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Sons of Spanish
American War Veterans National Officers, 1945 |
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SSAW Veterans
National Officers & Other Delegates -
National Encampment (Milwaukee, WI 1946) |
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Illinois Camps of
the Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans
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Old Glory Camp No. 33 |
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Sons of Spanish American War
Veterans - Today |
| Nelson A. Miles Camp No.
610 - Collinsville, Illinois |
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Introduction &
Founding of Nelson A. Miles Camp No. 610 |
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Our Camp Roster |
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Collinsville
Spanish War Veterans |
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Belleville
News-Democrat "Local Group Marks Anniversary
of USS Maine Sinking" |
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Collinsville Spanish War
Veterans Memorial Dedication - May 21, 2005 |
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Memorial Service to
Honor William M. Barrett - 19 Nov 2005 |
| United Spanish War
Veterans, Illinois Department |
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United Spanish War
Veterans - An Historical Sketch |
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An Historical Sketch of the
Illinois Department |
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William McKinley Camp No. 6 |
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History of Our Lapel Button
& Emblem |
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Declaration of a Spanish
American War Veteran (Poem of Pride & Honor) |
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General Irving Hale, Founder
of the United Spanish War Veterans |
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Captain David Davis, 1st
Commander United Spanish War Veterans Dept. Of
Illinois |
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Commander Meyer
Hurwitz, Camp Founder, Quartermaster &
Historian |
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Commander John F. O'Flaherty
"Fighting Irish" |
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Orrin G. Rawson, Last
Commander United Spanish War Veterans Dept. Of
Illinois |
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William M. Barrett, Last
Member of the Nelson A. Miles Camp No. 61 |
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Pvt. Samuel Leroy Mendel,
Last Spanish American War Veteran in Illinois |
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Nathan E. Cook (1885 - 1992)
- Last Member of the United Spanish War Veterans |
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Theodore Anderson -
Department of Illinois, Junior Vice Commander |
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Military Order of the
Serpent |
| Annual Encampment of United
Spanish War Veterans |
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National
Encampments - Elected Commander in Chiefs 1904 -
1998 |
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Commander-in-Chiefs
U.SW.V. - Photo Gallery |
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Members of the Drum
& Bugle Corp - Detroit, MI (1927) |
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National Encampment
- Havana, Cuba (1928) |
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Members of the Drum
& Bugle Corp - National Encampment (Havana,
Cuba 1928) |
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Members of the Drum
& Bugle Corp - National Encampment (Denver,
CO 1929) |
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Members of USWV
Dept. of MI Delegation to the National Encampment
(Atlantic City, NJ 1939) |
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100th National
Encampment - Jacksonville Beach, FL (1998) |
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United Spanish War
Veterans Department of Illinois Annual
Encampments 1904 - 1967 |
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Annual Encampment -
Moline, Illinois (1930) |
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Annual Encampment, Oak Park
Camp No. 80, Morrison Hotel - Chicago, Illinois
1939 & 1941 |
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| Nelson A. Miles Camp No.
61, U.S.W.V. East St. Louis, Illinois |
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An Historical
Sketch of the Miles Camp |
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Edward H. Prise -
Miles Camp Charter Member |
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Members in the Fourth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry |
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4th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry Football Team |
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PHOTOS
Company B | Company C | Company D | Company E | Company F | Company I | Company K |
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Company M 4th Illinois
Welcome |
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Spanish War
Veterans Escort Roosevelt - East St. Louis Daily
Journal, September 27, 1914 |
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Six Spanish War
Veterans Injured - East St. Louis Journal 31 May
1921 |
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Muster Day Event - Story of
the Rebuilt Soldier's Memorial in East St. Louis |
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Miles Camp Commander, Meyer
Hurwitz, writes articles on experience in East
St. Louis Journal
Part 1: Begins June
10, 1928 - "Thirty years ago the United
States declared war against Spain."
Part 2: Begins July
15, 1928 - "Tampa Overflows with troops as
Transport Docks."
Part 3: Begins
September 2, 1928 - "Battle Eve Held Thrill
For Troops "
Part 4: Begins October 14,
1928 "Plan to Run from Spanish Army
Vetoed" |
| Final Resting Place of the
Nelson A. Miles Camp Members |
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Index of Cemeteries |
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Members Laid to Rest in
Illinois Cemeteries |
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Members Laid to
Rest in Kansas & Michigan Cemeteries |
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Members Laid to Rest in
Missouri Cemeteries |
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Members Whose Death
& Burial Are Unknown - Information Needed |
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Final Resting
Place of N.A. Miles Camp Members - National
Cemeteries |
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Bay Pines National
Cemetery, Bay Pines , Pinellas Co., Florida |
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Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri |
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Little Rock
National Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski Co.,
Arkansas |
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Rock Island
National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island
Co.,Illinois |
| John D. Miley Camp No. 75,
U.S.W.V., Belleville, Illinois |
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History &
Formation of the John D. Miley Camp |
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John D. Miley Camp
Members - Final Resting Place |
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Colonel Casimir Andel, 4th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry |
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Group Photo of Fourth
Illinois - Company D (1896) |
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Group Photo of John D. Miley
Camp - June 20, 1932 |
| Harry Lemen Camp No. 111,
U.S.W.V., Alton, Illinois |
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Harry T. Wandling |
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1960 & 1962 Wandling
Letter to Dept. of Illinois U.S.W.V. |
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Walter Cook - Last Camp
Member |
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1964 Letter of Dept.
Adjutant Addressed to Walter G. Cook |
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Granite City
Camp No. 121, U.S.W.V., Granite City,
Illinois |
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Sergeant Walter F. Coolidge |
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Private George T. Chappee |
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Private John W. Madosh |
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| United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Missouri - St. Louis |
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St. Louis, Missouri Camps |
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Volunteers at
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri (1898) |
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Admiral Dewey - St.
Louis Parade (1900) |
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First Annual U.S.W.
V. National Encampment - St. Louis, MO (1904) |
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National Encampment
- St. Louis (1920) |
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National Officers -
St. Louis, Missouri (1920) |
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Elected Officers at
St. Louis Encampment (1920) |
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Spanish War
Memorial - St. Louis, MO (1934) |
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| Greater Boston Camp No. 119
SSAWV |
| Micah J. Jenkins Camp No.
164 SSAWV |
| Joseph Melvin Leonard Camp
No. 168 SSAWV |
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