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Gold Star Pilgrimage medallion belonging to Maidie B. Jones

Gold Star Pilgrimage medallion belonging to Maidie B. Jones

Jan 14, 2023 | Artifact - Interwar Period, Artifact - WW I

In March 1929, 11 years after the First World War, Congress authorized fully-funded, government-organized pilgrimages for mothers and widows to visit American military cemeteries in Europe. Between 1930 and 1933, the United States government transported nearly 7,000...

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