This window is so named after the parent organization
of Rockland GAR Post 74 -- The Grand Army of the Republic.
If you were a member of the Union army during the civil war,
you were most likely a member of the GAR.
The GAR had so many veterans from the Civil War in it that
it became quite a political force during the later half
of the 19th century electing many of it's most prominent
members to political office. Chief amongst these was
General Ulyssess S. Grant.
Camp 50
nsbp;,descendants of those veterans, has been entrusted
to carry on the memory of those members of
Rockland GAR post 74.
Stetson Window
This window is so named after the man who owned Stetson
shoe factory fame. The towns in the Rockland/Brockton area
have been accredited with supplying 90% of the shoes used
during the Civil War.
The Grand Army of the Republic
Detail of The GAR window.
Stetson Window