Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C. - Cementing the North and South. Under the Stars and Stripes they marched on June 7, 1917. Heroes who marched and fought with the Gray, men who answered the Southland's call rallied under Old Glory in a great parade in Washington, D.C. Five thousand United Confederate veterans and 5,000 others marched in the parade. With the Stars and Stripes fluttering above the stars and bars still reverend but given way to a greater and mightier union. The veterans of the Southland were escorted by a thin line of Union veteran members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Photo shows Texas confederates marching
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Date Taken: 6/7/1917. - Photographer: International Film Service
Ceremonies - Preparedness Day, Washington, D.C.
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1917 - 1918
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The U.S. National Archives
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