Photograph of band marching in the Women's Troop Train Service parade -n.d.

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Title	Photograph of band marching in the Women's Troop Train Service parade -n.d.
Creator	Unknown
Source	Unknown. Photograph of band marching in the Women's Troop Train Service parade. n.d. Bailey Collection. P0456. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Description	This photograph is of a parade held in downtown St. Louis, Missouri welcoming soldiers home from the War. The members of the Women's Troop Train Service Committee provided refreshments to the returning soldiers. The committee operated out of the Railroad Y.M.C.A. at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri during WWI. The committee members met locomotives in the train yards and brought soldiers to the Y.M.C.A.'s Happiness Hut where they received snacks, reading materials and a friendly smile.
Subject LCSH	World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Y.M.C.A.; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Women
Subject Local	WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number	P0456
Contributing Institution	Missouri History Museum
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Date Original	n.d.
Language	English