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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > war, peace and terrorism > war and society > veterans' affairs > grand army of the republic

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grand army of the republic  

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  • From its formation shortly after the end of the Civil War until the middle of the 20th century, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was the largest and most powerful organization of Union Army and Navy veterans. Founded on April 6, 1866, in Decatur, Illinois, by former Army surgeon Benjamin Franklin Stephenson, its proclaimed goals were “Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty.” Its basic unit was the local post, with membership open to any honorably discharged Union veteran by a secret and unanimous vote of the post. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Grand Army of the Republic]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J155PTL0-G

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