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Reunion of the Confederate Veterans at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, June 22-24, 1897

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File Name	shades_loc_0050.jpg
Creator	Rogers, William Allen (1854-1931)
Title	Reunion of the Confederate Veterans at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, June 22-24, 1897
Date	1897
Genre	Engravings
Material/Technique	drawing
Dimensions	15 x 11 inches
Description	A series of images by artist W.A. Rogers published in Harper's Weekly on July 3, 1897. The largest vignette shows elderly men viewing a display of armaments, ammunition, and military paraphernalia labeled "relics from Missionary Ridge." Other images include a boat on Lake Watauga (1) and grinding wheels from a Confederate powder mill (2).
Historical note	"United Confederate Veterans Days" at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition drew 74,000 visitors over the course of three days.
Subject	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, 1897 (Nashville).
Theme	The Persistence of Memory
Story	Reunions and Tourism
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period	1890-1899
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,94
Source	Harper's Weekly
Archival file	shades11/shades_loc_0050.jpg