Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Veterans of Civil, Spanish - American and World War outside the Eagles Home, Steubenville. J. E. Bishop." This photograph shows a large group of people standing and sitting, posed, in front of the Fraternal Order of Eagles building in Steubenville, Ohio. The house is decorated in red, white and blue, with American Flags waving everywhere. A flag hangs at the top of the house which reads: "Steubenville, O. F.O.E. 421." The five Civil War Veterans seated at the front of the photograph, all wearing Grand Army of the Republic ribbons, appear together in another photograph. Just right of center stands a group of men wearing kilts , some holding bagpipes. The light colored uniforms bear "F.O.E. 412" on the collars. An embossed stamp reads: "Ideal Studio. C. M. Caruso." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_022_001
Subjects: Veterans--Ohio; Fraternal Order of Eagles; Veterans--Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a float of the United Spanish War Veterans in the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial parade in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 9, 1938. The float was sponsored by the E.U. Weidler Camp #48 and the Captain G.W. Brandle Auxiliary #29 of the U.S.W.V. Identified left to right on the float are William A. Wolcott, Harry B. Ankrom, Mrs. Ruth Griesheimer, Claude Raynals, Mrs. Dorothy Nichols, William Drake, Elmer L. Valentine and Howard Strawser. Standing is Walter E. Owen. The United Spanish War Veterans was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_13_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Military Ohio; Parades--Ohio; Northwest Territory--History; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This flag has a red field with two blue scrolls which are lettered in gold "Department of Ohio G.A.R." Centrally featured is a 5-pointed star metal which represents five branches of the military. The inner seal reads "Grand Army of the Republic Veterans 1861-1866" An eagle clutches a sword above two cannons and two white embroidered stars hang overhead. The flag is made of silk and measures 120 by 170 cm. Benjamin Stephenson founded the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) on April 6, 1866, in Decatur, Illinois. Stephenson intended to form an organization of veterans of the American Civil War that would provide them with political influence and opportunities to meet socially. Any veteran who was honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps qualified for membership. National membership in the organization peaked in 1890 at a little over 409,000, and membership in the state of Ohio peaked at 49,011 in that same year. One GAR retirement home became the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in 1870. The GAR established the home in 1869, and the state government assumed control of it in 1870 to provide Ohio veterans and their children with assistance. The GAR continued to operate until 1956, when the final member (Albert Woolson) died at the age of 109. The last national encampment had occurred seven years earlier in 1949. The Grand Army of the Republic was responsible for making Memorial Day a national holiday. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65514_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Grand Army of the Republic; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans; Textile--silk;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: United States flag has 46 white stars on a blue canton along with seven red and six white stripes. The flag is made of wool and dates from 1908-1912. n 1869, the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization of Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War, established the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in a rented building in Xenia, Ohio. In 1869, Xenia residents provided the GAR with one hundred acres of land to build a permanent facility. In 1870, the state of Ohio assumed control of the home. Originally, the institution provided homes for Ohio children who lost their fathers in the Civil War. Eventually, the state opened the home to orphans of all military conflicts and the children of all veterans, including ones who had not died on the battlefield. Children at the home received a traditional education, as well as training in various occupations. The boys also received some military training and several of them later joined the armed forces. In 1901, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home was the largest institution of its kind in the world. In 1978, the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home became known as the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1997, the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home ceased operation. Mrs. Bell McCappin of Hillsboro, Ohio, donated this flag in 1953. The donor's sister, Miss Blanche McCappin, used the flag in school rooms at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65281_001
Subjects: National Flag--United States; Grand Army of the Republic; Flags--support; Veterans
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Jefferson County. Civil War vets." This photograph shows four men, all Civil War veterans, standing on the steps of a building. Three of the men wear Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) ribbons in memoriam of E. M. Stanton. The man second from the right is wearing a hearing device, which looks similar to those invented around 1910 by Akustik Gesellschaft, of Germany. A stamp on the front of the photograph reads: "Ideal Filson Photo. 1931." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_023_001
Subjects: Veterans--Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Members of the United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio posed in uniform with weapons. The U.S.W.V. was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_10_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Soldiers--Ohio; Military Ohio; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Group photograph showing members of the United Spanish War Veterans. The U.S.W.V. was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_11_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Soldiers--Ohio; Military Ohio; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Group photograph of former Department Commanders of Ohio for the United Spanish War Veterans, June 26-29, 1927. Names are provided on the back of the photograph. Front row (left to right): "Chas. F. Cramer (Past dept. com. & pc-c), Chas. C. Chapp (p. dept. com.), Geo. W. Cunningham (p.d.c.), Syl. Garver (p.d.c.), Myer Geberd (p.d.c.), Harry Syfert." Middle row (left to right): "Alex Frank, Frank Arch, Ben F. Atkinson, Jos. V. Hirsch, O. Noble, August Rupinaw, John G. De Camp." Back row (left to right): Albert Dalnard (p.c.c.-p.d.c.), Ray E. Layton, Ralph H. Carroll, Clarence W. Brinkle, Chas. S. Wragg." The United Spanish War Veterans was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_12_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Soldiers--Ohio; Military Ohio; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of five Civil War veterans from Zoar, Ohio, ca. 1880-1889. The men are identified as "Harry Bowman (Cleveland), Leo Kern (boss over teamsters), John Kuecherer (baker), D. Unsold (left Society), Anton Burkhart (brewmaster)." They are wearing medals indicating their membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization for Union veterans. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01762
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Civil War 1861-1865; Veterans; Military Ohio
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Chillicothe VA (Veterans Administration) Hospital is shown in this 1960s photograph. The hospital was established on the grounds of Camp Sherman following World War I. It was dedicated in 1924 and could accommodate 24 patients. By 1940, the hospital housed more than 1500 patients. It continued to provide health care services to veterans and their families through the twenty-first century. The photograph measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3047_3655550_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Science and Technology; Hospitals; Medicine; Veterans
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic postcard showing surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic and their families was taken in Columbus, Ohio, in 1915. The Grand Army of the Republic was one of the largest and most influential veterans organizations to be established following the Civil War. It was founded on April 6, 1866, by Benjamin Stephenson, who intended to form an organization that would provide veterans with political influence and opportunities to meet socially. Any veteran who was honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps qualified for membership. National membership in the organization peaked in 1890 at a little over 409,000, and membership in the state of Ohio peaked at 49,011 in that same year. The GAR continued to operate until 1956, when the final member (Albert Woolson) died at the age of 109. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC398_02
Subjects: Grand Army of the Republic; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans; Military Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: G.A.R. members in Lorain, Ohio, ca. 1915. The Grand Army of the Republic was one of the largest and most influential veterans organizations to be established following the Civil War. It was founded on April 6, 1866, by Benjamin Stephenson, who intended to form an organization that would provide veterans with political influence and opportunities to meet socially. Any veteran who was honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps qualified for membership. National membership in the organization peaked in 1890 at a little over 409,000, and membership in the state of Ohio peaked at 49,011 in that same year. The GAR continued to operate until 1956, when the final member (Albert Woolson) died at the age of 109. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC398_03
Subjects: Grand Army of the Republic; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans; Military Ohio
Places: Lorain (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)