Veterans--Societies, etc.

Eugene F. Ware is leaving for the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment in California around August 8 or 10.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

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. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-06

Creator(s)

Invernissi, Louis, 1876-

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-10

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11