G.A.R. Image 6, Michael F. Danahy, Hopkinton Post 14

G.A.R. Image 6, Michael F. Danahy, Hopkinton Post 14

Danahy, Michael F. Grand Army of the Republic. C.C. Phillips Post 14. (Hopkinton, Mass.); Civil War (Hopkinton, Mass.); Hopkinton (Mass.)- History

Image of Civil War veteran and Hopkinton G.A.R. C.C. Phillips post 14 member Michael F. Danahy. He wears dress coat, spectacles and bow tie. His hat has the G.A.R. badge on it a lapel has G.A.R. button. Type written label indicates he served as a landsman on a gunboat in Neipsic. The G.A.R. group formed in 1882 and disbanded around 1929, the group met regularly on Church Street. His photo was framed with 35 photographs of other veterans of the war and was on display in Hopkinton Public library till 2011. The post was named for Charles C. Phillips of Hopkinton. Note G.A.R. wreath membership badge on his hat and G.A.R. lapel pin.

Willard Studios, Westborough MA

3.5 x 5 inch black and white professionally prepared photograph

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

ca 1910

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