Jun. 1—GAR stands for the Grand Army of the Republic. This was a fraternal organization of veterans from the Civil War (Union Army, Navy, and Marines) The organization was founded in 1866 at Decatur, Illinois. At its height it had many community units in the formerly Union and western states. Albert Woolson, the last member, died in 1956 so the organization dissolved, but it was the forerunner of the current veterans groups.
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