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Owings Mills Jewish War Veterans Celebrate Group Milestone
The Jewish War Veterans, which has a post in Owings Mills, has been around for 125 years.
BALTIMORE, MD — Members of the Jewish War Veterans Post 167 reportedly celebrated the organization's 125-year history Monday with a ceremony at the War Memorial in Baltimore.
At the memorial, a colonel said that the Jewish War Veterans was formed in part to shed light on the fact that a disproportionate number of Jewish people served in the Civil War, more than their share of the population, according to WMAR.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recognized the group with a proclamation declaring March 15, 2021, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America Day:
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