Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

War Service News

Archive

Scope and ContentScans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about local people serving in the "Indian campaign", the Spanish-American War and at the declaration of war on Japan in 1941.

cr1891011601IndianCampaigns-3SaugBoys.jpg; Burt Court, Will Ryan and Frank Forbes serving in army Indian campaign 1891

cr1898030401LocalReactionWarAgainstSpain.jpg; The 1898 Spanish-American War was a war between Spain and the US in the Caribbean and the Philippines in 1898. American public opinion having been aroused by sensational newspaper reports Spanish atrocities in Cuba and the destruction of the warship Maine in Santiago harbor, the US declared war and successfully invaded Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, all of which Spain gave up by the Treaty of Paris (1898).

cr1898052001ThreeVolunteersForSpanishWar.jpg; William Sparks, Harry Strong and Melvin Goodrode

cr1898070801SeabrightKilledInSantiago.jpg; Ferdinand Seabright, son of John Seabright

cr1898071501FalconersMeetInSanFrancisco.jpg; James Falconer, Allan Falconer

cr1898090901LetterFromCuba.jpg; In a letter to his mother, Mrs. Swan, Emery Swan describes conditions in Cuba

cr1941121201JapanAttacks-WarDeclared.jpg; A. B. Swanson, of Douglas at Pearl Harbor; Jack Timm on board the battleship Oklahoma; Mrs. Agnes Ruley Miller and daughter Betty; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clapp.

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.44

Collection

NewspapersMilitary, wars and veterans

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Swanson, Albert Bertel 1908-1983Miller, Agnes (Ruley)Clapp, Charles

Related Events

Event

World War II 1939-1945

Created By

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Create Date

06/22/2024

Updated By

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Update Date

06/22/2024