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President Roosevelt regrets to decline Thomas S. Hopkins’ invitation to a banquet organized by the Grand Army of the Republic’s Department of the Potomac, but thanks him and his comrades for the invitation.
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1907-02-02
President Roosevelt thanks Paul R. Hawkins and Fred A. Walker for the kind telegram. He sends warm regards to his assembled comrades of the National Legion of Spanish War Veterans.
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1904-02-22
Edward Hull Crump, mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, notifies Theodore Roosevelt of an upcoming national reunion of Union and Confederate soldiers, and asks him to be a guest at the event.
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1911-07-03
Theodore E. Bock invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the Eighth Annual Department Encampment, held by the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Ohio. The event is especially intended to promote fraternization between the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Spanish War Veterans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
On behalf of the Spanish-American War Veterans Camp he belongs to, Louis Invernissi asks Theodore Roosevelt if it would be possible for a committee of three members to schedule an interview with him sometime in the near future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-06
Catherine M. Gallagher encloses the Grand Army of the Republic’s vote of thanks for Theodore Roosevelt’s perusal. She says it is the first time it has ever been given to a civilian. She will watch The Outlook for Roosevelt’s articles and hopes that the Hobson bill will pass the Senate. She asks Roosevelt to return the documents when he is finished with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-03
Archibald J. Treat relates to Benjamin F. Barnes how President Roosevelt became a member of the Society of American Wars and gives a brief history of the society.
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1905-05-10
Eugene F. Ware is leaving for the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment in California around August 8 or 10.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07
The Spanish War Veterans organization is to be modeled on the Grand Army of the Republic and will financially support Spanish-American War veterans and their families. A fundraising athletic tournament is to be held in New York, New York, which required the creation of the Spanish War Veterans Athletic Association in order for the tournament to be sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union. The tournament has acquired considerable attention and prominent military officers have already donated prizes.
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1903-11
General Shafter and the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba send their greetings and best wishes after President Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency.
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1901-09-18
A meeting of the board of officers of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War will be held in New York, New York, on September 14.
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1901-09-09
John M. Thompson, captain of Manhattan Command No. 5 of the Corps of New York Spanish War Veterans, invites Vice President Roosevelt to be the presenter at a ceremony bestowing two flags to the command.
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1901-09-04
On behalf of the St. Lawrence County Veterans Association, Charles C. Caldwell invites Vice President Roosevelt to speak at their encampment next year.
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1901-09-01
Samuel W. Small served as chaplain of the Third Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers during the Spanish-American War, and would like to join the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.
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1901-08-29
Henry Nehemiah Burhans, president of the Veteran Association of Onondaga County, regrets that Vice President Roosevelt cannot accept their invitation. He reiterates the extensive planning for the county’s veterans reunion and notes that thousands of veterans will likely be involved. Burhans and the veterans want Roosevelt to open their reunion and will allow him to select the date.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-29
The veterans of Onondaga County, New York, are preparing a reunion for late September or early October. They would like Vice President Roosevelt to attend and Roosevelt can select the date to suit his schedule.
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1901-08-29
Major Reade lists several prominent members of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba that support giving Major Sharpe a life membership.
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1901-08-27
On behalf of the Veteran Association of Onondaga County, Henry Nehemiah Burhans invites Vice President Roosevelt to attend a reunion of Civil War veterans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-24