The GAR Memorial Association and the Civil War museum in the Marketplace at Steamtown are raising funds to purchase a Civil War era sword belonging to Lt. Ezra Griffin, Providence section, now North ...
Some Civil War weapons were mass-produced, while others were painstakingly crafted for high-ranking officers. But today, the rarest and most well-preserved examples fetch thousands at auction — not ...
That’s what 14-year-old Christopher George shouted when he found a late 19th century sword buried under sawdust in the attic of his family home in Dalton. The property has seen its fair share of ...
The Scranton chapter of UNICO National donated $350 to the GAR Memorial Association’s fundraiser to return the Civil War sword of a North Scranton (then the town of Providence) native and Civil War ...
At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...
The sword pictured has been in my family for several generations, going back well over one hundred years. The sword belonged to my grandfather’s father, whose name was Calvin McLain. He was originally ...
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