File:"Battery A. taking part in the Preparess (Preparedness) Parade." - DPLA - 057381e6ffb2effb431621a3c9061b9f.jpg

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"Battery A. taking part in the Preparess (Preparedness) Parade." (

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Creator

Peters, William J. 1884-1926

Title

"Battery A. taking part in the Preparess (Preparedness) Parade."

Description

Horizontal, sepia photograph showing parade with horse drawn wagons. Handwritten note on label of photo reads: "Parade June 3, 1916." Handwritten note accompanying the photo written by the photographer reads: "No. 5 Battery A. taking part in the Preparess (Preparedness" Parade." St. Louis City officials marked "Preparedness Day" with a parade to "give expression to the general demand for adequate armed defenses," according to the St. Louis Republic, June 3, 1916. The parade route went out Locust Street from Tenth to the Locust- Lindell cut off, and out Lindell Boulevard to Vandeventer Avenue. A reviewing stand was set up in front of the St. Louis Club, from which Governor Elliot W. Major and Mayor Henry Kiel watched the four-hour- long parade.

Collection

Missouri Historical Society
Location	St. Louis , United States of America
Coordinates	38° 37′ 52.56″ N, 90° 12′ 35.08″ W
Established	1866
Website	www.mohistory.org
Authority file	: Q6879571 VIAF: 155086396 ISNI: 0000000107288332 LCCN: n81140777 J9U: 987007572706505171 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Missouri Historical Society as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America.

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DPLA identifier: 057381e6ffb2effb431621a3c9061b9f
Missouri Historical Society identifier: P0821-01-005

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