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Marine Cpl. Preston Clark with family and friends at his homecoming, Seattle, April 11, 1991
In this image, Marine Corporal Preston Clark smiles while surrounded by family and friends on the porch of his home on Yesler Way. Clark was greeted with a surprise parade which accompanied him from 23rd and Yesler to his home The Gulf War soldier was on 20 days leave from his unit, the 3rd Tank Battalion, Alpha Company, which was…
ID Number:2000.107.245.01.02
Date:1991
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Supporters of Gulf War on Washington State Capitol steps, Olympia, January 23, 1991
On January 23, 1991, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) held a noontime rally on the steps of the Capitol Building in Olympia. About 200 persons gathered to show their support for the US troops serving in the Middle East. Among those listening to a VFW speaker at the rally are the four women shown in this photo: from left,…
ID Number:2000.107.246.04.04
Date:1991
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Anti-war UW students blocking I-5, Seattle, January 14, 1991
After Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League passed resolutions giving Iraq a deadline of January 15, 1991 to leave Kuwait and authorizing military intervention if this did not occur. When Iraq did not withdraw, the United States and coalition forces from other countries began a heavy bombing campaign, codenamed…
ID Number:2000.107.246.05.02
Date:1991
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Woman sitting at Seattle War Memorial, Seattle, May 30, 1951
This image of a woman sitting at the Seattle War Memorial Plaza on Fourth Avenue was taken as a VWF (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US) bugler calls "Taps" on Memorial Day. The woman is identified as a Gold Star mother, a woman entitled to display a gold star on a service flag, due to being the mother of…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.01
Date:1951
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Children placing wreaths on Memorial Day, Seattle, May 30, 1945
In this image, children place wreaths at the foot of a pylon carrying the names of more than 1,000 King County residents killed in World War II. The ceremony took place during Memorial Day exercises held in Seattle's Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The children are identified from left as: Gay Attebery, Barbee Scott, Ruth…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.02
Date:1945
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Vietnam veterans marching in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a Vietnam veteran raises his fists in salute as he and about 100 other Vietnam veterans march down Alaskan Way in a Memorial Day parade. Beginning at Myrtle Edwards Park, various dignitaries, politicians, men in Civil War uniforms, square dancers, Navy bands, Army drill teams, and veterans' groups marched along Seattle's waterfront, ending at the Seattle War…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.03
Date:1985
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Man at cemetery observing Memorial Day, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a visitor pauses to read a gravestone at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. The military graveyard, Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, was decorated with flags for Memorial day, and hosted about 300 people for a wreath-laying service. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, May 28, 1985, p. B1.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.04
Date:1985
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Ret. Col. Guy Wickliffe participating in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 29, 1989
In this image, retired Marine Colonel Guy Wickliffe (1925-2003), a National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) and United Nations Service Medal for Korea (UNKM) recipient, listens to his marching orders as Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 289 prepares to join the Memorial Day parade along Alaskan Way in Seattle. Ret. Col. Wickliffe served in the United States Marine Corps for 30…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.05
Date:1989
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Dedication ceremony at Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union, Seattle, July 4, 1942
In 1942 the Works Progress Administration built the Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union as an Advanced Naval Training School during World War II. Designed by Seattle architects William R. Grant and B. Marcus Priteca, the building was decommissioned after the war, and disestablished in 1994. The building was renovated in 2012 to become the new home for the Museum…
ID Number:2000.107.270.09.01
Date:1942
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Urbano Quijance speaking about Filipino soldiers in WWII, January 17, 1985
Filipino soldiers began serving with the U.S. Army Forces of the Far East in 1941 when President Franklin Roosevelt offered full veterans’ benefits to Filipinos who enlisted. The Philippines at that time was a U.S. commonwealth, and Filipinos were U.S. nationals. 260,000 Filipinos fought alongside American forces during the war and more than 57,000 Filipino troops died. But once the…
ID Number:2000.107.19850117.1.28A
Date:1985