Missouri Over There

Pulaski CO

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[36 blue stars] [21 gold stars] PULASKI COUNTY 400 J.G. Underwood County Supt.

Description

County service banner for Pulaski County Missouri. Pulaksi County had 21 men 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.

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Title Pulaski CO
Source Unknown. Pulaski CO. County banners and Regimental flags.00.1986.114.0055. Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Description County service banner for Pulaski County Missouri. Pulaksi County had 21 men 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.
Subject LCSH Memorialization; Banners--1910-1920
Subject Local WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number 00.1986.114.0055
Contributing Institution Missouri State Museum
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Language English