CHILD CIVIL WAR SOLDIER Salute On MEMORIAL DAY Vintage PATRIOTIC Postcard
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:26277565 | Type: Printed (Lithograph) |
| Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915) | Features: Embossed |
Up for bid is a wonderful vintage patriotic Memorial Day postcard. This card features a colorful lithographic illustration of a child wearing a civil war uniform saluting his grandmother. When you supersize image 1 you will see the wonderful detail on this card. Notice the sword and the civil war scene at the upper-left portion. The colors are very vivid and the artistry is just great!Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in ou...r nation's service. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.SOURCE: Memorial Day History web siteThis beautifully embossed card has not been postally used and has no handwriting on its divided back.Here is a wonderful vintage card that is ready for framing, or to add to your Patriotic or Memorial Day postcard collection. Better bid now, before another collector takes it away forever. CHILD CIVIL WAR SOLDIER Salute On Unused MEMORIAL DAY Vintage PATRIOTIC Postcard
