100s Block E. Bremer Ave., Waverly, Iowa, c.1915. Large event with attendees surrounding a military-related ceremony, with eight military personnel performing a ceremony using their rifles inside the crowd. Behind the performers on a raised stage, a military band is playing, and behind them are businesses with large awnings covering the sidewalks.
The businesses in the background are Cline's Cafe, G.S. Barber & Co., Hagemann's Bazaar, and W.R. Leary Grocery. The event pictured appears to be a performance of the Blue Jacket Band and Drill Squad from Great Lakes Naval Training Station on 28 April 1919. They were traveling on a special train and making stops all over Iowa to raise awareness of the Victory Liberty Loan program, bonds that the U.S. Government was selling to retire the debt resulting from WWI.
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100s Block E. Bremer Ave., Waverly, Iowa, c.1915. Large event with attendees surrounding a military-related ceremony, with eight military personnel performing a ceremony using their rifles inside the crowd. Behind the performers on a raised stage, a military band is playing, and behind them are businesses with large awnings covering the sidewalks. The businesses in the background are Cline's Cafe, G.S. Barber & Co., Hagemann's Bazaar, and W.R. Leary Grocery. The event pictured appears to be a performance of the Blue Jacket Band and Drill Squad from Great Lakes Naval Training Station on 28 April 1919. They were traveling on a special train and making stops all over Iowa to raise awareness of the Victory Liberty Loan program, bonds that the U.S. Government was selling to retire the debt resulting from WWI.