Browse Items (5 total)
- Tags: Grand Army of the Republic
Sort by:
Building of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall Postcard
A postcard depicting the construction of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall in St. Cloud, Florida. The front of the postcard features four men with a wheelbarrow standing on top of the partially-constructed building. A row of men sit on a bench on the ground…
The Late Dr. John Milton Hawks
A newspaper article about Dr. John Milton Hawks (1826-1910), the founder of Hawks Park (present-day Edgewater). The article was written by Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954), author of Red Patriots: The Story of the Seminoles and a friend of Dr.…
Tags: abolition; abolitionism; abolitionists; American Civil War; Bradford, New Hampshire; Charles Henry Coe; Civil War; collector of Customs; Decoration Day; doctors; Dunlawton; Dunn Lawton; Edgewater; educators; Esther Jane Hill Hawks; Esther Jane Hill veterans; Florida Land and Lumber Company; Freedman's Aid Society; freedmen; Grand Army of the Republic; Harrison Reed; Hilton Head, South Carolina; Jim Hawks; John Milton Hawks; Lynn, Massachusetts; New Smyrna; Pensacola; physicians; Port Orange; postmaster; slavery; slaves; Spruce Creek; steam sawmills; Superintendent of Schools; teachers; The Daytona Beach Observer; Volusia County
Mitchell Post National Encampment Postcard
A postcard depicting the St. Cloud Mitchell Post at the 44th National Encampment in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The front of the postcard shows men with drums and flags before or after participating in the encampment parade. The group is standing in…
G.A.R Memorial Hall Postcard
A postcard depicting the completed G.A.R Memorial Hall building in St. Cloud, Florida. Handwritten on the back of the postcard is the message: "St. Cloud, Fla. August 28, 1918. Dear Frances, This is the hall where grandpa's name and regiment is…
Joseph T. Burbank Drums Postcard
Photo depicts a man sitting at a drumset in front of an American flag. Written on the kick drum is, "J.T. Burbank of the Wonder City St. Cloud Fla. Plays five drums cymbals trup't-kazoo." On the back of the photo is a printed label that says, " J.T.…