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Image of Portrait of Beriah Brown, Seattle, circa 1890
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Portrait of Beriah Brown, Seattle, circa 1890

Beriah Brown (1815-1900), originally from New York, was an editor and politician who helped establish Seattle's journalistic and educational institutions. A vocal critic of President Lincoln and devoted to preserving state's rights to choose slavery, following Lincoln's assassination Mr. Brown was forced to flee San Francisco, where he edited the Daily Democratic Press. Arriving in Seattle around 1870, he launched…
ID Number:1989.80.1
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Three people at Juneteenth celebration at Volunteer Park, Seattle, June 19, 1994
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Three people at Juneteenth celebration at Volunteer Park, Seattle, June 19, 1994

Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebratiing the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Also know as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, the holiday is celebrated on the June 19th anniversary of the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Galveston to announce the end of the Civil War and freedom from…
ID Number:2000.107.19940619.9.02
Date:1994
Image of Three people at Juneteenth celebration at Volunteer Park, Seattle, June 19, 1994
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Three people at Juneteenth celebration at Volunteer Park, Seattle, June 19, 1994

Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebratiing the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Also know as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, the holiday is celebrated on the June 19th anniversary of the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Galveston to announce the end of the Civil War and freedom from…
ID Number:2000.107.19940619.9.06
Date:1994
Image of Chaltu Abdela having her face painted at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001
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Chaltu Abdela having her face painted at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001

Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Also know as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, the holiday is celebrated on the June 19th anniversary of the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Galveston to announce the end of the Civil War and freedom from…
ID Number:2000.107.20010618.CD01.01.001
Date:2001
Image of Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001
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Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001

Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Also know as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, the holiday is celebrated on the June 19th anniversary of the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Galveston to announce the end of the Civil War and freedom from…
ID Number:2000.107.20010618.CD01.03.001
Date:2001
Image of Boy dancing at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001
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Boy dancing at Juneteenth celebration, Seattle, June 19, 2001

Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Also know as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, the holiday is celebrated on the June 19th anniversary of the day in 1865 when a Union Army general arrived in Galveston to announce the end of the Civil War and freedom from…
ID Number:2000.107.20010618.CD01.03.002
Date:2001
Image of Jackie Lawson and Cynthia Wilson at G.A.R. cemetery, Seattle, March 2004
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Jackie Lawson and Cynthia Wilson at G.A.R. cemetery, Seattle, March 2004

In this photo, Cynthia Wilson, left, and Jacqueline Lawson kneel near the grave of Black Civil War veteran Gilford Hervey at the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) cemetery in Seattle. The two genealogists had been researching Hervey since learning about graves of veterans of the United States Colored Troops at the G.A.R cemetery in a newspaper article the previous…
ID Number:2000.107.200403.CD01.04.001
Date:2004
Image of Hiram Gale, Civil War veteran, riding in a parade, April 3, 1948
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Hiram Gale, Civil War veteran, riding in a parade, April 3, 1948

Hiram Randall Gale (1846-1951), Washington's last living Civil War veteran and former Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, rides in a car during Seattle's Heritage Week kickoff parade, April 3, 1948.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder31.001
Date:1948
Image of Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948
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Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948

Hiram Gale, Seattle's last living Civil War veteran, salutes a passing parade from the front of a bunting-decorated viewing stand. He is joined by several other unidentified dignitaries to watch the Heritage Week kickoff parade in front of the U. S. Post Office on Third Avenue near Union Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.014.0019
Date:1948
Image of Grand Army of the Republic gathering, Seattle, July 4, 1912
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Grand Army of the Republic gathering, Seattle, July 4, 1912

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization for Union veterans of the American Civil War. Founded in Illinois in 1866, it grew to include posts all over the country. Members took part in July 4th celebrations and other community events, and they advocated for a variety of causes including patriotic education, regular pensions and voting rights…
ID Number:SHS10796
Date:1912

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