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Jefferson Barracks (Images of America)

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Since it was once founded in 1826, Jefferson Barracks has stood for almost two centuries as a symbol for plenty of aspects of The usa’s history. Many explorative expeditions in the 19th century launched from Jefferson Barracks, an iconic gateway to the West right through the country’s expansion. A training ground for new programs, Jefferson Barracks was once the house of The usa’s first permanent Dragoons (later the USA Cavalry), first School of Infantry, and first regiment of buffalo soldiers. The largest induction and mustering-out center right through both the First and Second World Wars, it housed and trained a myriad of soldiers before and after their deployments. Now the house of the Missouri Air National Guard, a Veterans Administration hospital, Jefferson Barracks Historic Park, a national cemetery, and a growing museum district, Jefferson Barracks is preserving its place in history in addition to serving toward The usa’s future. The historic images on this book illustrate a wealthy history of Jefferson Barracks through some of its citizen soldiers―famous and not―and through the incidents that made it an American icon.

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