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Item
Title
N38-5
Date(s)
- 1937-03 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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World War I veterans gathered on April 5, 1937 at the ground breaking ceremony for the extension of the Washington Veterans' Home cemetery at Retsil. The new section would be reserved for the men who served in WWI. The ceremony attracted many of the area's Veterans of Foreign Wars officers. (Bremerton Sun 04-08-1937, pg. 1)
Patriotic Organizations--Bremerton; Veterans Organizations--Bremerton; Cemeteries--Port Orchard; Washington Veterans' Home cemetery (Retsil);