Records

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Records

Entry/Object ID

2017.9.358c

Description

World War I Folder: World War I Monuments Some newspaper clippings on Eastside, Chestnut Hill, Wister Woods, and Town Hall memorials and monuments. Typescript account of Town Hall Memorial campaign, dedication (12/08/1923) at Chelten and Wister. Owen Wister on Memorial Community Home campaign/proposed design with cartoons by Bancroft (American Legion). Dedication/Unveiling British Military Plot,Northwood Cemetery, 1920. Invitation to unveiling bronze tablet, Rock in Wister Park. Memorial Rotunda in new Town Hall: letter 1924; letter re poem 1924; list campaign workers 1925; invitation to campaign dinner 1925; lunch after dedication; exercises prior to unveiling.

Collection

Pamphlet Box Collection