This video is about the first Stars and Stripes newspaper published during the Civil War and how the Museum got the paper. It features Jim Mayo, founding member of the Museum, and Brian Brooks, former editor of the European edition of the Stars and Stripes.
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“I do not believe that any one factor could have done more to sustain the morale of the A.E.F. than The Stars and Stripes.”General John J. (Blackjack) Pershing“This newspaper should be the equivalent of a soldier’s hometown newspaper, with no censorship of its contents, other than for security.”General Dwight D. Eisenhower“I want to express my
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THE FIRST STARS AND STRIPES By James R. Mayo* On November 7 and 8, 1861, federal soldiers from Illinois and Iowa entered the nearly abandoned town of Bloomfield, Missouri and set up their camps. They had temporarily maneuvered the pro-southern Missouri State Guard from the area. Undoubtedly, the soldiers were pleased with this accomplishment since many
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The Union Soldiers of 1861 The First Stars & Stripes Staff The Publishers: BENSON T. ATHERTON of Fairfield, Illinois was the publisher of the Prairie Pioneer. He was a private in Company G 18th Illinois Infantry. Atherton was wounded during February 1862 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and sent home to recover. He later returned to duty, but by a special
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When the idea of a museum of national stature was proposed to be located in Bloomfield, Missouri, many asked, “Why Bloomfield?” Ken Zumwalt, an editor who served on six editions of the Stars and Stripes after WWII, said, “Why not Bloomfield?” While others suggested that such an important tribute to history should be located in our nation’s
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