one of grandpa's favorite past time was the local gar comrades just like samuel j. patterson would. i have no idea if they knew each other. 12 miles of quite a distance by wagon. interestingly, though, two of his granddaughters of samuel j. patterson's granddaughters married two of crowders grandsons two generations later. you see, 12 miles not is up a great distance by automobile in the 1920. the gar symbol has five points each symbolizing a branch of the union's armed forces. the artillery symbol, cannon, the infantry, marine crossed musket. and the navy, what else but an anchor. 80-year-old he poses in front of a pennsylvania home where his only known photograph. i'm going put in here i always thought he looked so old. [laughter] now that i'm there. [laughter] his february 4th, 1930 obituary reads, quote, buried with full military honors. three veterans of the civil war that detail the spanish-american war veteran in attendance at the home and the grave president casket was draped with the american flag. at cemetery a detail spanish-american war fired a valley over the grave and t