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Grand Army of the Republic
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The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson.
GAR Uniform Hat Badge from Post No. 146, "RG Shaw Post", named after Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and established by surviving members of the 54th Massac
GAR Uniform Hat Badge from Post No. 146, "RG Shaw Post", named after Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and established by surviving members of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in 1871 (R. Andre Stevens Civil War Collection)
GAR marker, beside a veteran's grave in Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine
GAR marker, beside a veteran's grave in Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine
Department of Massachusetts GAR Post 144, Dedham Massachusetts 1886
Department of Massachusetts GAR Post 144, Dedham Massachusetts 1886
A replica of the USS Kearsarge displayed at the 1893 GAR National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana
A replica of the USS Kearsarge displayed at the 1893 GAR National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana
Decatur, Illinois
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Decatur is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. It is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home to Millikin University and Richland Community College.
Downtown Decatur
Downtown Decatur
Statue of Abraham Lincoln in downtown Decatur on the site of his first political speech.
Statue of Abraham Lincoln in downtown Decatur on the site of his first political speech.
President William Howard Taft speaking in Decatur, 1911
President William Howard Taft speaking in Decatur, 1911
Mueller Co. c. 1904
Mueller Co. c. 1904