Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, photograph by Hanson, Portland, Maine, 1917. Maine State Museum, 2015.7.1.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, photograph by Hanson, Portland, Maine, 1917. Maine State Museum, 2015.7.1.
As these union members prepare for Portland's 1918 Labor Day Parade, they remember their friends serving in World War I. A man in the back holds a sign with a painted American soldier and flag that reads: "32 Members Of This Lodge IN U.S. SERVICE SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"