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Title
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Earl Shackelford
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of Earl Shackelford; photo autographed: "In sincere appreciation of 'Legion Day' of South Central Business Ass'n - 1935, Earl H. Shackelford, Dept. Commander".
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Date
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1935
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Legion Convention
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Description
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Interior view of 24th annual national convention, held September 18-21, 1942, at Municipal Auditorium.
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Date
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1942
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Legion Fountain
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Description
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Postcard of the American Legion Fountain that was once at 9th and Main streets, later relocated to the Budd Park Esplanade at Van Brunt Boulevard and Anderson Avenue.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication Parade
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Description
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Postcard of the American Legion parade during the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1921.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Grover Metzger Post 224 of the American Legion
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Description
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Members of Grover Metzger Post 224 of the American Legion and the baseball team sponsored by the post marching south along Grand near 13th in unidentified parade; post members carrying banner that reads "Kansas City American Legion Grover Metzger Post 224, Junior Baseball Champions 1948".
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Date
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1948
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Thomas J. Strickler
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Description
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Portrait of Major Thomas J. Strickler, associated with the American Legion. He spoke at the November 8, 1955 luncheon meeting.
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Date
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1955~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Legion
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Description
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Folder includes published brochures and speeches, photographs of the 1921 American Legion Convention Executive Committee, charter of the William T. Fitzsimons Post No.8 which was the first post organized in Kansas City, and photostats of court degrees and petitions.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City and the American Legion
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Description
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Article about the Liberty Memorial dedication, a $2 million project. Designed by architect H.V.B. Magonigle for World War I dead.
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Date
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1921-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Negro Veterans' Reunion
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Description
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Festive event for both black and white war veterans, including dancing, swimming, boxing, etc.
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Date
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1932-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Eagle's Nest was Ours, This was Home Turf
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Description
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The Eagle's Nest, or American Legion Post 213, was an anchor of the neighborhood at Argentine Boulevard and 26th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. The post was founded by Hispanic veterans who returned from World War II and found that they were excluded from the Legion. Now, Daniel Ramirez and Fidel Saucido want to restore the baseball field there where he and others played as children.
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Date
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2005-03-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Request for Information about Pvt. Wayne Miner, 1894-1918
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Description
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Article requests information about the "descendants/relatives of Pvt. Wayne Miner who was killed in action and is a hero of World War I." The article gives a brief history of Miner and information about his family. Members of the American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149 and Congressman Cleaver are requesting the United State Army to promote him to sargeant and award him the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Date
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2011-06-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Independence Greets Captain Kirk
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Description
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Article is about actor William Shatner's road trip and stop in Independence. The actor is completing a motorcycle road trip that will take him to different American Legion posts in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. The trip is to raise awareness for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship and to promote a new type of motorcycle he helped design called the Rivet.
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Date
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2015-06-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City and the American Legion
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Description
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Article about plans for the dedication event of the Liberty Memorial with the American Legion, World War I officials from America and abroad, and other festivities, including cowboys and Indians, flying and parachute stunts, the "Jazzy Jazz Revue," dances, weddings, etc. Mention of several prominent or famous people planning to be in attendance, including foreign war leaders "Marshal Foch, Admiral Beatty, Baron Jacques and General Diaz," and American General John Pershing, as well as President Warren Harding, Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, Samuel Gompers, ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacher, architect H. Van Buren McGonigle, "Miss Wyoming," and "Miss Colorado," et al.
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Date
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1921-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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My Revelation
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Description
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Illustration and description of the American Legion Parade visiting the Longview Farm while international political leaders attend meeting in Kansas City in 1921.
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Date
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1947
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Sheet Music Composed in Kansas City for the American Legion Convention
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Description
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Located in the department's sheet music collection (SC59) is a piece of sheet music entitled "America is Proud of You" which is a march song dedicated to the American Legion and introduced by the Arthur Maloney Post, No. 93, at the National Convention of the American Legion held in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 31 - November 2, 1921. The words and music are by Art J. Hiller. The cover of the sheet music includes a soldier and a sailor shaking hands in front of Uncle Sam. Inside of the sheet music cover can be found the American Legion preamble.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Archival Material