Cooper CO
Transcript
[33 gold stars] [silver star] 868 COOPER COUNTY WILLIAM B. DOWNING SUPERINTENDENT [blue ribbon] Stanley Ira Bell; Oscar H. Bishop; Mack L. Blackstone; Merritt H. Boswell; William O. Diel; John Edwards; Sidney E. Embry; Harry English; Lons Fairfax; Richard W. Haller; George C. Harlan; Ephram Harmon; Willima K. Johns; Charles E. Jones; Albert F. Junkerman; George Klien; Walter T. Langkop; Leonard J. Larry; Emmett F. McRoberts; Hanry R. Meyer; Le Roy F. Miller; Otto Poertner; Roy W. Redd; Jesse Reed; C.C. Richardson; James Ross; Joe Smallwood; Perry L. Smith; Walker Spry; George E. Taylor; Leonard Thoma; J.L. Windsor
Description
County service banner for Cooper County Missouri. Cooper County had 868 men serve and 33 die in the service. In the 1920s, the Missouri Legislature wanted to honor the state’s veterans of the Great War. They appropriated money to match that raised by individual counties to create Service Banners representing the servicemen and women from each county. In 1924, sixty-eight counties presented banners to the state. Over the next two decades, several more were presented. Today the banners in the Missouri State Museum’s collection represent ninety-eight counties plus the City of St. Louis.
Details
| Title | Cooper CO |
| Source | Unknown. Cooper CO. County banners and Regimental flags. 00.1986.114.0018. Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri. |
| Subject LCSH | Memorialization; Banners--1910-1920 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 00.1986.114.0018 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri State Museum |
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| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Language | English |