{"id":746,"date":"2021-04-06T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/?page_id=746"},"modified":"2021-04-06T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:23:34","slug":"veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Veterans not only have attached significance to their veteran-ness but on occasion have formed large, politically influential veterans&#8217; organizations.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;Wilbur Scott, <em>At War,\u00a0<\/em>p. 135<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Society of Cincinnati<\/li>\n<li>Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)<\/li>\n<li>Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)<\/li>\n<li>American Legion &#8211;opposes 1932 &#8220;Bonus Army&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) &#8211;&#8220;Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Wounded Warrior Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_747\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.37.02-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-747\" class=\"size-full wp-image-747\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.37.02-AM.png\" alt=\"Soldierstone\" width=\"552\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.37.02-AM.png 552w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.37.02-AM-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Soldierstone in Colorado, memorial inspired by veteran Stuart Beckley<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Soldiers&#8217; Home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-750\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM-1024x777.png\" alt=\"Asylum\" width=\"584\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM-768x583.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM-396x300.png 396w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.39.37-AM.png 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-751\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM-1024x734.png\" alt=\"Cottage\" width=\"584\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM-418x300.png 418w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.40.15-AM.png 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_752\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.41.04-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-752\" class=\"wp-image-752 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.41.04-AM.png\" alt=\"Walker\" width=\"532\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.41.04-AM.png 532w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-06-at-8.41.04-AM-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comments from Vermont soldier Aldace Walker in a letter home written in 1862<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Veterans not only have attached significance to their veteran-ness but on occasion have formed large, politically influential veterans&#8217; 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