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Battery D, 2nd Field Artillery, Captain W.C. Brayne, Commanding, of Lowell, firing the fifty gun salute on the morning of April 19, 1921 on the hill at the rear of the Brooks Reed residence on Summer Street.

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Load of Cloth from Assabet Mills at the Express Office on Main Street, 1916. From Left to Right Arthur Jordan, Richard Parmenter at rear of truck, Joe Fitzpatrick, Arley Lawrence at side, William Nelson, driver.

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Located behind 32 Thompson Street the fields are now the parking lot of the commercial building.

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Two of the floats in the parade to welcome home the men and women of the Armed Forces after World War I. The top photo is the float of the Rebekah Lodge. The float behind the automobile in the bottom photo is from the Middlesex Laundry.

The photo…

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Wide-format group portrait of 2 sanitary squads (numbers 91 and 92) of the 12th Division at Camp Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts.

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World War I veterans led by Corporal Harold V. Sheridan participating in the Town's 50th Anniversary Parade.

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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…

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World War I buttons cut off military coats, shredded in the Shoddy Mill, Assabet Mills. They were found by Edmund Duggan.

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The company went to Washington to march in the inauguration parade of Pres. Woodrow Wilson. Congressman John Jacob Rogers of Lowell in center of picture. Maynard men with the company-Edward Ledgard, John J.Gallagher, William Coulter and Ernest…

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The Victory Medal was awarded to Daniel F. Connors, US Navy, on behalf of a grateful town, Maynard, Mass. This award was given to World War I veterans.

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A black and white photo of David Foley, born in South Acton, MA in 1895, and shown here in his WWI uniform. David married Hannah Mary Johnson of Maynard on April 22, 1917. The marriage was held at St. Bridget's Church. David Foley served his…

Three folders that contain WWI information relative to Maynard including: Notes by Ralph Sheridan for the History of Maynard Book, lists of Maynard residents who served in the war, newspaper clippings, Ralph Sheridan's musings about a radio…

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The pin was recognition that the wearer had purchased or supported the war effort by buying liberty bonds.
This pin was found at the Willis Dodd Boys Club formerly the Parker Street Hall.

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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.

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Hartwell Flood, Guyer Fowler, __?

Picture taken at a military hospital in France. They had joined up with a group from Harvard College and were attached to the Ambulance Corp during the war.

Guyer Fowler was a grandson of Henry Fowler,…

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Pin promoting the War Saving Stamps sold during WW I to pay for the conflict.

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Citation recognizing his service during WWI.

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Recognition of Joshua Edwards by Gov. Samuel McCall of service during WWI .

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