Section of crowd at exercises

Section of crowd at exercises

Memorial Day -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; War memorials -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee

A portion of the estimated 12,000 people who celebrated Memorial Day in Chicopee in 1921. The spectators, standing in front of the newly built Chicopee High School on Front Street, are gazing at the festivities near the monument.

Gilbert, Russ H.

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1921

Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/

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