Editor Frank Taylor Describes His First Sight of Captain Jennings

In 1887, Captain Jennings spoke at a gathering of sponsored by the Table Rock post of an organization comprised of old Civil War soldiers of the Union, the Grand Army of the Republic, the “GAR” and their auxiliary, the Women’s Relief Corps. . All old soldiers were invited. It was styled a “strawberry festival” and was held at the residence of Samuel Barnard. The headline of the Pawnee...