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Item Description

Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars

Photographer

• McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963

Source Document

Description

1945 photo of several men--local dignitaries, servicemen, clergy, and veterans--gathered in downtown Burlington, Vt. (First Baptist Church and auto dealer Charles P. Smith Jr. are in background), very likely for the Armistice (now Veterans) Day parade, the first after the end of World War II. A few women and children can be seen in the background. On the far left, in light fedora and overcoat, is Arthur W. Dow, state editor of the Burlington Free Press, a determined impresario of the performing arts who brought legendary musicians to Burlington, and editor of a column "Vermonters Serving under the U.S. Flag." Tragically, Dow suffered a heart attack and died just two weeks after this photo was taken.

Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject/topic

• Children
• Men
• Priests
• Soldiers
• Veterans
• Women

Subject/name

• First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.)

• Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Subject/geographic

• Burlington (Vt.)

Type of Resource: still image

Parent Collections

• Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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