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KRIEGER-VEREIN
KRIEGER-VEREIN. On May 22, 1904 local members of the Krieger-Verein scheduled a picnic at the DUBUQUE SHOOTING PARK. Races, sports and games of all kinds were planned.
The Krieger-Verein was an organization for veterans of the Franco-Prussian War of 1871. In 1904 there were an estimated eighty members in Dubuque under the presidency of Captain Sinnhold. Membership in the organization was considered a high honor and highly regarded by members of the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G. A. R.).
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Source:
"Krieger-Verein Will Revel at the Park," Telegraph Herald, May 19, 1904, p. 5