Grand Army of the Republic

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The Grand Army of the Republic was a powerful fraternal organization of Union veterans from the American Civil War that played a major role in postwar politics, memory, and veterans’ advocacy in the United States.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union veterans organization ⓘ
fraternal organization ⓘ
veterans organization ⓘ
advocatedFor pensions for Union veterans ⓘ
soldiers’ homes for disabled veterans ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfDeathOfLastMember 1956 ⓘ
dateOfOfficialFederalCharter 1881 ⓘ
dissolved 1956 ⓘ
fieldOfWork commemoration of the American Civil War ⓘ
veterans’ welfare ⓘ
foundedBy Union veterans of the American Civil War ⓘ
hadAuxiliary Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Woman’s Relief Corps ⓘ
hadSuccessorOrganization Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ⓘ
hasMember Union Army veterans ⓘ
Union Marine Corps veterans ⓘ
Union Navy veterans ⓘ
Union Revenue Cutter Service veterans ⓘ
hasPart Grand Army of the Republic national encampment ⓘ
Grand Army of the Republic posts ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1866 ⓘ
influenced establishment of Memorial Day as a national observance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastSurvivingMember Albert Woolson ⓘ
locationFounded Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
membershipRestrictedTo honorably discharged Union veterans of the American Civil War ⓘ
motto Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty ⓘ
namedAfter Union Army of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
notableMember Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
James A. Garfield ⓘ
Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
linked to: Philip Sheridan

Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William McKinley ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
organizedIn local posts ⓘ
state departments ⓘ
playedRoleIn post–Civil War politics in the United States ⓘ
shaping public memory of the American Civil War ⓘ
politicalAlignment Republican Party ⓘ
purpose charitable support for veterans and their families ⓘ
promotion of Union memory of the Civil War ⓘ
promotion of patriotism and loyalty to the Union ⓘ
veterans advocacy ⓘ
significantEvent national encampments ⓘ
symbol GAR badge with eagle and crossed weapons ⓘ
five-pointed star badge ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Army Plaza → namedAfter → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall → namedAfter → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall → associatedWith → Grand Army of the Republic (veterans organization) ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army of the Republic
Dependent and Disability Pension Act → relatedTo → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Grand Army Plaza → namedFor → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Grand Army Plaza (Central Park) → namedAfter → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Grand Army of the Republic → hasPart → Grand Army of the Republic national encampment ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army of the Republic
Decoration Day → proclaimedBy → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Rex → affiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan → associatedWith → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
John Alexander Logan → memberOf → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Fives → affiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Echo → affiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Woman’s Relief Corps → hasAffiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Woman’s Relief Corps → isAuxiliaryTo → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic → associatedWith → Union Army veterans ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army of the Republic
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic → associatedWith → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War → foundedBy → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War → replaced → Grand Army of the Republic as its legal successor ⓘ
linked to: Grand Army of the Republic
Albert Woolson → memberOf → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Elisha Hunt Rhodes → memberOf → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Hunter → affiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Wrecker → affiliation → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ
Military Creation Act → authorizedCreationOf → Grand Army of the Republic ⓘ