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A program for a dinner/event for the survivors of the 38th Mass. Regt. from the civil war. Front cover shows two photos of soldier from 1862, and in old age in 1912. Contains poem When We Were Boys by E. F. Burns and We Wont Grow Old by A. A. Carlton. Red white and blue bow attached to front cover. Inside also contains dinner menu.

The 38th Massachusetts was formed in 1862 from volunteers primarily from Cambridge and from Abington. The regiment participated as part of the XIX Corps in many campaigns, including primarily the grueling months-long siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, after which it served under General Sheridan in action in the Shenandoah. The regiment was armed with Enfield muskets.[1]