66.01.1

Program

1945

Memorial Day Anniversary Program Booklet 1945. Material: paper. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Description: white cover; booklet stapled through center fold; black and white photographs of a Grand Army of the Republic Veteran, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a Cuba award ribbon and the American Legion logo, two American Flags and star on bottom; black print on front: "Memorial Day, Anniversary Program, Waseca, Minnesota, May 30th, 1945, Under the direction of the United Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Allied Orders"; Contents: Annual Memorial Day Observance, 1945, Memorial Day Program; Names of deceased soldiers whose graves are decorated; Taps; Abraham Lincoln, President At Gettysburg, November 19, 1863; America; Star Spangled Banner; back inside cover: "Memorial Day Program, Central High School Auditorium."

The donor is the great-grandson of William Everett, co-founder with Aughenbaugh, of the EACO Mill in Waseca County. The Everett home, built by William's son Edward Everett, overlooking the east end of Clear Lake, was a showplace in its time, a classic Victorian-style home, it was demolished in 1958 it was an architectural and historical loss to Waseca County. This photo is from one of the Everett family albums, one entirely devoted to documenting the childhood of William Rinehart Everett, son of E. A. and Nettie Everett, and the donor's father. William R. Everett was born in Waseca, Minn., on May 13, 1891.