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Picture taken at Memorial Park on November 11, 1975.

l to r
Joseph Dineen, William Baron, James Whalen, William Sweeney, Ralph (George?) Jamieson

This was a welcome home parade for the men who had served in WWI. The men are marching up Summer Street in front of the Riverside Cooperative building with the library entrance decorated. The windows on the upper floor are the Cooperative Hall.

Some of the last of Maynard's World War I Veterans. Picture taken on Veterans Day, November 11, 1975 at Memorial Park.

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George Jamieson, Bill Sweeney, Jim Whalen, Bill Baron, Joe Dineen

A greeting card evidently placed in a gift package sent to the Maynard soldiers during the war.

It was decided that each of the allies in World War I should each issue their own bronze victory medal with a similar design, similar equivalent wording and identical ribbon.
The British medal was designed by W. McMillan. The front depicts a winged…