Box for Bible and Drape, Barracks No. 635 Veterans of WWI, before 1970
Entry/Object ID
1983.62.5
Description
ACC. NO. 83.62.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: World War I. Veterans
DATE OR PERIOD: Unknown
OBJECT: Box
DESCRIPTION:Natural finish box with paper label (typed) stating "Bible & Drape" with applied paper insignia stating "USA Veterans of World War I".
Size: 9 1/2" wide x 10 3/4" long, 4" in depth.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
Used by the now dissolved (mid 1970's) Alameda Barracks No. 635 Veterans of World War I.
ACQUIRED FROM: Bruno Pruss,
DATE: Original date of donation March 22, 1981
Interpretative Labels
Label
4/6/2020 MvL: current label:
Alameda Barracks #635
Veterans of World War I
Assorted memorabilia
connected with this
veterans' organization.
Note: The Veterans of World War I of the USA, Inc. was organized in 1948. In 1989, when it hosted the Veteran's Day remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, there were some 100,000 WWI veterans remaining, whose average age was 94. The organization's executive office at Arlington, VA closed c. 2008, and the US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs acts as the administrator of this organization.
The Alameda group, Barracks #635, ceased to exist in the 1970's.
