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"Kentucky's Welcome to Kentucky's Troops" Program
The Louisville Liederkranz was a singing society organized in 1848 by the city's German immigrants. One program documents the performance of the Liederkranz Orchestra at a welcome home ceremony for Louisville Legion troops returning from the Spanish-American War. The program is illustrated with an image of the unit's commander, Col. John Breckinridge Castleman, as well as a drawing of a soldier in uniform. The program contains a list of songs performed and speeches given by various dignitaries.
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1st Kentucky Regiment, National Guard
Photographs of the 1st Kentucky Regiment, National Guard featuring men that served with Pershing's Mexican Boarder Expedition as printed in History of the First Regiment of Infantry, Kentucky National Guard. -
Colonel Stephen Ormsby, 1907
A print of Colonel Stephen Ormsby. First colonel of the Louisville Legion. Commanding the First Kentucky during the Mexican War. -
Historical sketch and souvenir, March 1891
A historical sketch and souvenir pamphlet of the Louisville Legion, published in March 1891. The pamphlet features photographs and a narrative history of the Louisville Legion. -
Kentucky National Guard in Middlesboro. 1890.
Caption: "As we marched down Cumberland Ave in Middlesboro". -
Kentucky National Guard.
From left to right: Tom, Lieut. Allen Leathers, Capt. Bell, Maj. John Mansir, Capt. Merton Craig, Capt. Hal Griffiths. -
Lithograph of the Louisville Legion, circa 1840s
Lithograph of the Louisville Legion, Capt. H.C. Grinstead with the Legion marching. -
Louisville Legion Drum and Trumpet Corps Program. April 18, 1895.
A "Minstrels and Dance" program put on by the Louisville Legion Drum and Trumpet Corps, 18 April 1895. -
Louisville Legion, 1889
Mounted panoramic photograph of the Louisville Legion. This photograph was take of the Louisville Legion when the mayor of Louisville, Charles D. Jacob reviewed the Legion before they departed to New York City the next day to participate in the the George Washington Inaugural Centennial Parade. -
Louisville Legion, Battery A. 1898.
Battery A of the Louisville Legion, Owenboro, Ky. -
Louisville Legion. 1898.
A photograph of the Louisville Legion drilling, ca. 1898. -
March On, Brave Lads, March On!, 1898
Sheet music of the song "March On, Brave Lads, March On!" with music written by Mildred J. Hill and words written by Anna J. Hamilton. The song was written during the Spanish American War of 1898. -
Prize Battalion of the Louisville Legion, 1907
Taken on the steps of the U.S. Treasury Building, 1887. Won second prize at the "Interstate Encampment and Prize Drill" held at the National Capital in May of that year, first prize going to the Washington Light Infantry, only after a "hard pull". -
Spanish American War Parade, 1898.
Return of the Louisville Legion from the Spanish American War, Louisville, Ky. -
The armory , 1907
The second largest armory in the United States. -
The Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, Fought October 8, 1862.
Color print of The Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, Fought October 8, 1862. -
The Legion in New York -- Washington Centennial 1889, 1907
The New York Sun said, "Next came the Kentuckians, the finest looking regiment in the parade. Their single rank is the formation of the future. So perfect was their cadence that the time taken by the music to reach the rear companies caused an undulation of the long column of shining steel bayonets and white plumes, indescribably magnificent."