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Dorcy didn't wear a hat, but I wanted to post his picture. He is a local legend who carried mail from Calico to the more remote mining camps, around 1885. The miners loved him and rewarded him with food and petting.
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I'm wondering if this is from the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (1938)? FDR was the presenter. In addition to 25 veterans of Gettysburg present there were ~1500 Civil War veterans in attendance & their average age was in their mid-90's.

Can anyone source the picture?

@Hurricane Jack, I had the same thought/false location based on the gentleman to the left.

Or maybe we're just recognizing his hat? ;)

As captioned in the link @BobHufford supplied,

"FDR speaks with a Civil War veteran during his short visit to Boise in September, 1937."

So, now I want to look through Gettysburg Reunion photographs again, to find him.

~ S.
 
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@Hurricane Jack, I had the same thought/false location based on the gentleman to the left.

Or maybe we're just recognizing his hat? ;)

As captioned in the link @BobHufford supplied,

"FDR speaks with a Civil War veteran during his short visit to Boise in September, 1937."

So, now I want to look through Gettysburg Reunion photographs again, to find him.

~ S.
Scuttle, you may be on to something. It may be this veteran that we have seen before. I'm always amazed that after what they had been thru & the times in which they lived, many of these veterans lived well into their 90's! My GG-grandfather survived the war but died at age 64; his older brother didn't make it home.

Let us know what you find looking thru other pictures.
 

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