Decorating the monument

Decorating the monument

Memorial Day -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; War memorials -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee

School children in patriotic costumes form a ring around the World War I monument. In their hands they hold a large, extended sash. Near the monument a woman is laying a floral decoration, while two women assist and look on.

Gilbert, Russ H.

C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/

1920

Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/

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