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172: 366:, every train that passed through Dennison stopped there; since the canteen workers vowed to serve every soldier passing through the station, the canteen ultimately served 1.3 million soldiers, 13% of the U.S. forces. 4,000 volunteers, the majority of them women from the surrounding area, worked the canteen during the war; the canteen was the third-largest Salvation Army canteen in the nation. The canteen became well known among soldiers, and its fame spread across the eastern U.S.; it appeared in newspapers as far away as 1270: 480: 211: 186: 1281: 35: 508: 466: 218: 193: 494: 1159: 1254: 1190: 1174: 1305: 1164: 370:, was compared favorably to canteens in New York City and Chicago, and led Captain Johnson to become a recognizable figure on the East Coast. Soldiers nicknamed Dennison "Dreamsville, U.S.A.", a reference to an ideal small town in a 1320: 1249: 1195: 836: 1216: 1118: 1149: 1083: 1048: 1123: 1028: 988: 813: 1088: 1078: 1073: 1053: 1315: 1169: 1003: 918: 1038: 1033: 908: 1128: 1093: 998: 973: 1113: 1063: 1043: 1018: 1008: 993: 983: 968: 948: 923: 913: 903: 1133: 1108: 1013: 953: 933: 928: 898: 888: 1068: 1023: 963: 938: 893: 1200: 1098: 978: 943: 1335: 1330: 1154: 1103: 1058: 958: 358:. The canteen, which operated from 1942 through 1946, served refreshments to troop trains passing through Dennison. Dennison native Lucille Nussdorfer proposed the canteen; the 866: 851: 470: 806: 882: 748: 1325: 607: 1284: 799: 1310: 1345: 1274: 485: 1360: 251: 846: 527:
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and a citizens' committee operated it under the direction of Salvation Army Captain Edward Johnson. As Dennison was a division point on the
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The depot is best known as the home of the Dennison Depot Salvation Army Servicemen's Canteen during
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is a historic railway station located at 400 Center Street in
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on June 17, 2011. It is now a local history museum.
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Dennison, Ohio
40°23′31″N 81°19′56″W / 40.39194°N 81.33222°W / 40.39194; -81.33222
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