From the Collection #19 - US Memorial Day
Part of the "From the Collection" series prepared and distributed to a subscribers' list during 2022 as a follow on to the "Virtual Visit" series initiated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 The collection focus of this item is the origins of US Memorial Day commemorations and Civil War connections with Western Australia.
It may come as somewhat of a surprise, that the Army Museum has several exhibits related to the United States Civil War. Despite being across the world from the conflict, the Australian colonies were affected by the American Civil War both economically and by immigration. The Australian cotton crop became more important to England, which had lost its American sources. Australian ports served as a supply base for Confederate blockade runners. Immigrants from Europe seeking a better life diverted from war-tornNorth America to Australia.
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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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