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BOLAND-B10947
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- 1924-09-12 (Creation)
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(1873-1950)
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A military band from the 6th Engineers plays as spectators quietly watch at a Defense Day concert held in Steilacoom on September 12, 1924. Small flags decorate a wood platform on which the band stood. The elderly white haired woman at the extreme left wearing a light colored jumper over a black skirt is Lucia Rose Rigney O'Donnell, early Pierce County pioneer. September 12th was the date chosen for a national defense test. In Washington State, Governor Louis F.Hart officially made the day, called Defenders' Day here, a legal holiday. G73.1-139 (TNT 8-27-24, p. 1-article; TNT 9-12-24, p. 3-article)
Military bands--United States; O'Donnell, Rose Rigney;