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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union veterans organization
fraternal organization
veterans organization
advocatedFor pensions for Union veterans
soldiers’ homes for disabled veterans
country United States of America
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: Union Army of the United States
notableMember Benjamin Harrison
James A. Garfield
Philip Sheridan
surface form: Philip H. 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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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
this entity surface form: Grand Army of the Republic (veterans organization)
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 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Grand Army of the Republic national encampment
Decoration Day proclaimedBy Grand Army of the Republic
Rex affiliation Grand Army of the Republic