Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Commemorative cane
Object Number:
2010.24.60
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Wood, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (85.7 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Description:
Grand Army of the Republic General Ulysses Grant DC encampment.
Gallery Label:
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a group of Union veterans of the Civil War, held annual encampments from 1866 to 1949 to celebrate their days of glory. Barbara Grumet, wife of cane collector Lou Grumet, had a special interest in the GAR, as her great-grandfather was the GAR national chair.
Commemorative canes were produced for many of the encampments. This wood cane is from the 1892 Washington, D.C. encampment and is topped with a tin cap featuring a likeness of General Ulysses S. Grant.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lou and Barbara Grumet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
