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Obituary for Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey

ca. 1968

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A family statement honoring the life of Lawrence McVey and offering brief biographical details and a short poem. On the first line, McVey's typewritten birth year has been erased and replaced with the handwritten ink correction [1897] in blue ink.

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Catalog reference: 2011.108.25

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