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Women Drilling
Submitted by gmr2048 on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 3:40pm.
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This photo was sent as a postcard to my grandmother. It's postmarked "Washington DC May 3, 1917 6pm." The postmark also says "TWENTY SEVENTH REUNION UNITED Confederate Veterans Washington, D.C. June 4-8-1917."
The correspondence on the post card reads: "I'll be home next week so hope to see you a week from Sunday. I've enjoyed the camp a lot. This is our Company drilling. With love, Helen P."
Women Drilling
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 2:01am.
This is an interesting photograph. Is this a company of women who served in the Civil War? It can't be... Who are they?
[They look a little young to have served in a war that ended 52 years before this picture was taken. They're probably the Confederate veterans women's auxiliary, or the United Daughters of the Confederacy. - Dave]
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