Civil War Veteran
" On Friday, May 24, 1935, a group of Legionnaires from Glenwood, Iowa, in the presence of County Coroner, F.H. Raynor, who represented the State Board of Health, moved the body of Harmon from Potter's Field. Only the handles of the casket were found, but the entire bone structure, which had reposed in its earthen bed for more than fifty years, was found to be intact. The bony fingers of the skeleton were crossed over the body just as the hand had been folded in earth's last sleep. Although all traces of the garments were gone, the buttons remained in position on the framework and a bow tie was in position around the neck. These material remains of one who had once offered his life in the service of hisnation were reverently assembled, placed in an appropriate box and buried in a place of honor in the G.A.R. plot between two of his comrades. A government headstone has been placed at his new grave."
" On Friday, May 24, 1935, a group of Legionnaires from Glenwood, Iowa, in the presence of County Coroner, F.H. Raynor, who represented the State Board of Health, moved the body of Harmon from Potter's Field. Only the handles of the casket were found, but the entire bone structure, which had reposed in its earthen bed for more than fifty years, was found to be intact. The bony fingers of the skeleton were crossed over the body just as the hand had been folded in earth's last sleep. Although all traces of the garments were gone, the buttons remained in position on the framework and a bow tie was in position around the neck. These material remains of one who had once offered his life in the service of hisnation were reverently assembled, placed in an appropriate box and buried in a place of honor in the G.A.R. plot between two of his comrades. A government headstone has been placed at his new grave."
Civil War Veteran
" On Friday, May 24, 1935, a group of Legionnaires from Glenwood, Iowa, in the presence of County Coroner, F.H. Raynor, who represented the State Board of Health, moved the body of Harmon from Potter's Field. Only the handles of the casket were found, but the entire bone structure, which had reposed in its earthen bed for more than fifty years, was found to be intact. The bony fingers of the skeleton were crossed over the body just as the hand had been folded in earth's last sleep. Although all traces of the garments were gone, the buttons remained in position on the framework and a bow tie was in position around the neck. These material remains of one who had once offered his life in the service of hisnation were reverently assembled, placed in an appropriate box and buried in a place of honor in the G.A.R. plot between two of his comrades. A government headstone has been placed at his new grave."
" On Friday, May 24, 1935, a group of Legionnaires from Glenwood, Iowa, in the presence of County Coroner, F.H. Raynor, who represented the State Board of Health, moved the body of Harmon from Potter's Field. Only the handles of the casket were found, but the entire bone structure, which had reposed in its earthen bed for more than fifty years, was found to be intact. The bony fingers of the skeleton were crossed over the body just as the hand had been folded in earth's last sleep. Although all traces of the garments were gone, the buttons remained in position on the framework and a bow tie was in position around the neck. These material remains of one who had once offered his life in the service of hisnation were reverently assembled, placed in an appropriate box and buried in a place of honor in the G.A.R. plot between two of his comrades. A government headstone has been placed at his new grave."
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