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In 1906, the Legion of
Spanish War Veterans merged with the United Spanish War Veterans. The Legion existed in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The President of the Legion's Rhode Island chapter was Mrs Ellen V. Meehan during the 1930s; her husband was Cpl. James Arthur Meehan, who
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The
Amalgamation (merger) Agreements of the five societies that became the USWV are recreated in the front of every National Encampment Journal from 1904–1989. The journals are titled "Proceedings of the Stated Convention of the ___th National Encampment, United Spanish War Veterans, (Location)
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of 1899–1902. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1901 at the age of sixteen. During the last years of The United
Spainish War Veterans existence members of another organization called The Sons of Spainish American War Veterans founded in 1927 took up "acting" officer roles and ran the organizations
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At the start of the 20th century, these groups began to merge. In 1904, the three largest groups—the
Spanish War Veterans, the Spanish–American War Veterans and the Servicemen of the Spanish War—joined to form the United Spanish War Veterans. They became the largest and most influential of the
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Eligibility to
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chapters as well as their own. The United
Spanish War Veterans chapter meetings were held between 1992 and 1998 without any living members after the death of Nathan E. Cook.
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to keep in touch with their former comrades. These included the
Spanish War Veterans, the Spanish–American War Veterans, the Servicemen of the Spanish War,
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February 1899 to July 1902 (This was a conflict with
Filipinos who refused to accept the annexation of the islands by the United States. President
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The United Spanish War Veterans existed until 1992, when the last member,
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was an American veterans' organization which consisted of veterans of the
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served in the Spanish war with the Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry.
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