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The American Legion's Department of West Virginia was established to honor members of the armed forces following this war.
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The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization established after this war.
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Capt. Hugh Stephenson organized what military expedition?
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The Revolutionary War-era Fort Savannah helped lead to the founding of this city.
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This Jefferson County resident was third in command of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War before being court martialed after the Battle of Monmouth.
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The Battle of Point Pleasant has erroneously been called the first battle of this war.
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After being sunk at Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia battleship was repaired and took part in this event.
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He led the largest Allied daytime bombing raid during World War II, over Schweinfurt, Germany.
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What Clarksburg native designed "The Column," a platoon of 19 larger-than-life, stainless steel soldiers comprising the central element of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.?
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What St. Albans native earned the Medal of Honor for bringing a major fire under control that killed 36 crewmen on the U.S.S. Missouri?
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