The Rain Day Boys: The Greene That Lay Near Grimpettes Woods

Book

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2018.1.2

Description

The Rain Day Boys shares a true account of the soldiers of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918, as they left from their Armory in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, headed for a battle in France that would be their destiny with eternity. July 29th is a local holiday in the southwestern Pennsylvania town of Waynesburg, known as Rain Day, celebrating the consistent fall of rain on this day over the years since 1874. It was on July 29, 1918, when more than rain fell, which would greatly affect this community.

Collection

Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Buchanan family, Carey family, Closser family, Dunn family, Duvall family, Farrell family, Hickman family, Manning family, Marshall family, McNeely family, Military, Moore family, Murphy family, Paden family, Rain Day Boys, Riggle family, Staggers family, Throckmorton family, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Veterans--World War I, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Armory, Yoders family, Zahniser family

Book Details

Author

Buchanan, Candice Lynn, Toothman, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton (III)

Edition

2nd

Place Published

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Date Published

Nov 27, 2017

ISBN

1977868428

LCCN

2019394080

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Buchanan, Albert (a/k/a Bert) [1892-1918]

Person or Organization

Carey, Harold Thomas [1896-1918]

Person or Organization

Closser, Hallie Jackson [1885-1918]

Person or Organization

Dunn, Harry [1895-1918]

Person or Organization

Duvall, John Grimes [1897-1918]

Person or Organization

Farrell, James Leo [1898-1918]

Person or Organization

Hickman, Floyd Thomas [1896-1918]

Person or Organization

Manning, Benjamin Arvid [1893-1918]

Person or Organization

Marshall, Frederick W. [1897-1918]

Person or Organization

Marshall, George William (Jr.) [1895-1918]

Person or Organization

Martin, Edward [1879-1967]

Person or Organization

McNeely, George T. [1899-1918]

Person or Organization

Montgomery, Walter Curry [1879-1963]

Person or Organization

Moore, Francis Benton [1893-1918]

Person or Organization

Murphy, Charles Edward [1897-1918]

Person or Organization

Paden, John Milton [1885-1918]

Person or Organization

Patterson, Floyd Whitlatch [1890-1942]

Person or Organization

Riggle, Walter Bertram [1894-1918]

Person or Organization

Staggers, Lawrence Leslie [1896-1918]

Person or Organization

Throckmorton, William Webster [1897-1918]

Person or Organization

Yoders, Russell Kenneth [1899-1918]

Person or Organization

Zahniser, Norman Montgomery [1894-1918]

Web Links and URLs

*Amazon.com (As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.), *Library of Congress Catalog Entry, *Rain Day Boys Memorial and Profiles