The three Dushore photos display a staging area before the parade. We aren't exactly sure where this scene is located but there is a large sign advertising Selz shoes on a building in the right background of the photo. These were considered good quality shoes and sold for anywhere from $3.50 to $5.00. The other two photos show the parade in progress through the main streets of Dushore. The three photos from Mildred show an empty street bedecked with a wreath labeled "Argonne Forest", the scene of a bloody and decisive engagement by the American Expeditionary Force in the last year of the war. Another photo shows soldiers, women and other citizens parading Americna flags into town before or during the parade. Finally, there is a moving scene taken at a local cemetery, where the gathered attendees clearly are honoring the fallen soldiers who did not return to Mildred from the war.

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Dushore Parade Staging
Dushore Parade Enroute 1
Dushore Parade Enroute 2

Mildred Parade Route Wreath
Mildred Paraders Enroute
Mildred Cemetery Ceremony

Jim Yonkin also sent us three photos from an undated Memorial Day event in Dushore. He believes they may be from the occasion when the War Monument itself waa dedicated, perhaps 1930. These photos came from his father's estate. His grandfather Carl Yonkin is referenced in the handwritten notes on the back of one photo. These notes were written by Ada (Henshaw) Yonkin (1883-1976), Jim's great grandmother. If anyone can more closely date this event, please advise.

Memorial Day in Dushore
Note: In the group of band members on the left side of the photo, Carl Yonkin is the third from the right.
Memorial Day Parade in Dushore
Dushore War Monument