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

Rain Day Boys

Rain Day Boys

Name/Title

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

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

Acquisition

Accession

2018.1

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Candice Lynn Buchanan

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

Edition

2nd

Place Published

Date Published

Nov 27, 2017

ISBN

1977868428

LCCN

2019394080

Relationships

Related Person or Organization