What so proudly we hail

What so proudly we hail
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Title: What so proudly we hail
Description:

Elevated view of soldiers marching past equestrian statue on Bedford Avenue; crowd lining sidewalk in background before building with three arched entrance portals (former Union League Club). Caption on verso: "What So Proudly We Hail: The 14th Regiment color guard in the Memorial Day parade marches past the General Grant statue."

Date: 1944
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1944; "Eagle Staff Photo."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Holidays
Subject: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Statues.
Memorial Day
Parades
Color guards
Equestrian statues
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOLI 0434