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Grand Army of the Republic
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:GAR
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved
1956
gptkbp:founded
1866
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Benjamin_F._Stephenson
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Springfield,_Illinois
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Grand Army of the Republic
gptkbp:last_member_died
1956
gptkbp:membership
Union Army veterans
Union Marine Corps veterans
Union Navy veterans
gptkbp:motto
Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty
gptkbp:notable_auxiliary
gptkb:Daughters_of_Union_Veterans_of_the_Civil_War
gptkb:Ladies_of_the_Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
gptkb:Woman's_Relief_Corps
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:notableAction
advocacy for veterans' pensions
establishment of soldiers' homes
promotion of patriotic education
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall
gptkbp:notableEvent
establishment of Memorial Day as a national holiday
gptkbp:notableLandmark
gptkb:Grand_Army_Plaza,_Brooklyn
gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Memorial,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:The_National_Tribune
gptkbp:organization
patriot
gptkbp:peakMembership
over 400,000
gptkbp:purpose
fraternal organization for Union Civil War veterans
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Sons_of_Union_Veterans_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall
gptkb:Galactic_Republic
gptkb:Republic_Gunship
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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