Armory, Greenfield, Mass.

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President Woodrow Wilson wished to isolate the United States from foreign entanglements, but business interests in Latin America focused the government’s attention on a bloody revolution in Mexico. When a Mexican bandit leader named Pancho Villa killed seventeen Americans on a train in Northern Mexico and raided a tiny town in New Mexico, Wilson sent American troops under General John J. Pershing to hunt Villa down. Ninety-three men from Company L of the Massachusetts State Guard served under Pershing. This armory in Greenfield, Massachusetts, was the headquarters for Company L. The armory was built in 1909 at a cost of $50,000.

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Item typePhotograph
Postcard
PhotographerUnidentified
Date1912
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
Architecture, Buildings
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography; Printing
Catalog #1997.08.01.0045
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Armory, Greenfield, Mass. Photograph. 1912. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-08-01-0045/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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