In Uniform: Fitting In


GAR parade badge, Portland, 1898

GAR parade badge, Portland, 1898
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Maine Historical Society

The Chief Marshal for the Grand Army of the Republic unit in the Portland Memorial Day parade in 1898 wore this badge.

The GAR was a fraternal organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War. It began in 1866.

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