Looking Back

 

January 12, 2022

This week's photo was taken at the Staunton railroad station in October of 1917. World War I began in July of 1914 and ended in 1918.

The size of this crowd leads us to believe they were waiting for a troop train and had gathered there to give their men a hero's welcome home from the war or were waiting to send off recruits.

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