G.A.R. Cap
name: label: user
content: Doran-Donahue, John
label: manufacturer
content: Ridabock and Company
label: associated user
content: Grand Army of the Republic
label: maker
content: Ridabock and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) cap was worn by John Doran-Donahue during organization meetings. The GAR and its counterpart, the United Confederate Veterans, were organizations in which veterans and their families joined to remember the dead and salute the living. These groups were an important facet of veteran life that supplanted wartime camaraderie.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Fraternal Associations
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1267.001
label: accession number
content: 1979.1267
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1267.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiber, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: skin, leather, patent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 in; 23.495 cm x 19.05 cm x 10.16 cm