Civil War Veteran Adjutant Edwin Francis Wyer of Cos. I, E and G, 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment with World War I veteran Terry McCloskey of 101st Infantry, 26th Division in Uniform

In March 1922, a Civil War veteran and a World War I soldier stand together outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston, representing two generations of American military service. Edwin Francis Wyer, who served in the Union Army, appears alongside Terry McCloskey of the 101st Infantry, 26th Division, highlighting the passage of time between the nation’s major conflicts. Public interest in such meetings reflected a continued respect for veterans and a desire to connect past and present service.