1st Lieutenant 6th US Volunteer Infantry and Philippine Insurrection.
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, D.C. [now Virginia]
22 August 1911 (page 1, column 6)
WIDOW AND CHILDREN STRANDED IN STATION.
Sad Plight of a Woman and Six Children -- Vigil Over Dead Husband and Parent.
Washington, Aug. 22.--Stranded in Union Station with the dead body of her husband, her six small children crying for something to quiet the pangs of hunger which had been torturing them for twelve hours or more, Mrs. Minnie Dennis, widow of Lieutenant S. R. Dennis, U. S. A., was forced to appeal to the matron of the Confederate Veterans' Home for aid in her extremity.
The woman was bordering on hysteria, while the children, hungry, cold and fatherless, clung to her dress in terror as they watched the baggage men unload the casket containing the body of their father and lay it on the station platform for Mrs. Dennis to dispose of. The lieutenant's widow had but five cents in her pocket and looked around in vain for any signs of the friends of her husband who had promised to meet her. Finally her pitiful plight attracted the attention of Mrs. E. M. Emmert, of the Veterans' Home, who offered her services. Mrs. Dennis and the children were taken at once to the home where they were fed and taken care of, while Lieut. Dennis's body was transported to an undertaking establishment.
The Spanish War Veterans, of which Lieut. Dennis was an honored member, upon being informed of the case, immediately formed a purse to bury the dead soldier and to take care of the widow as long as she cared to remain at the home. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Arlington and the soldier whose body lay for several hours unguarded and unprotected on the sunlight platform of Union Station will be lowered to his last resting place to the accompaniment of the military honors which this country pays her dead heroes.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, D.C. [now Virginia]
22 August 1911 (page 1, column 6)
WIDOW AND CHILDREN STRANDED IN STATION.
Sad Plight of a Woman and Six Children -- Vigil Over Dead Husband and Parent.
Washington, Aug. 22.--Stranded in Union Station with the dead body of her husband, her six small children crying for something to quiet the pangs of hunger which had been torturing them for twelve hours or more, Mrs. Minnie Dennis, widow of Lieutenant S. R. Dennis, U. S. A., was forced to appeal to the matron of the Confederate Veterans' Home for aid in her extremity.
The woman was bordering on hysteria, while the children, hungry, cold and fatherless, clung to her dress in terror as they watched the baggage men unload the casket containing the body of their father and lay it on the station platform for Mrs. Dennis to dispose of. The lieutenant's widow had but five cents in her pocket and looked around in vain for any signs of the friends of her husband who had promised to meet her. Finally her pitiful plight attracted the attention of Mrs. E. M. Emmert, of the Veterans' Home, who offered her services. Mrs. Dennis and the children were taken at once to the home where they were fed and taken care of, while Lieut. Dennis's body was transported to an undertaking establishment.
The Spanish War Veterans, of which Lieut. Dennis was an honored member, upon being informed of the case, immediately formed a purse to bury the dead soldier and to take care of the widow as long as she cared to remain at the home. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Arlington and the soldier whose body lay for several hours unguarded and unprotected on the sunlight platform of Union Station will be lowered to his last resting place to the accompaniment of the military honors which this country pays her dead heroes.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
1st Lieutenant 6th US Volunteer Infantry and Philippine Insurrection.
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, D.C. [now Virginia]
22 August 1911 (page 1, column 6)
WIDOW AND CHILDREN STRANDED IN STATION.
Sad Plight of a Woman and Six Children -- Vigil Over Dead Husband and Parent.
Washington, Aug. 22.--Stranded in Union Station with the dead body of her husband, her six small children crying for something to quiet the pangs of hunger which had been torturing them for twelve hours or more, Mrs. Minnie Dennis, widow of Lieutenant S. R. Dennis, U. S. A., was forced to appeal to the matron of the Confederate Veterans' Home for aid in her extremity.
The woman was bordering on hysteria, while the children, hungry, cold and fatherless, clung to her dress in terror as they watched the baggage men unload the casket containing the body of their father and lay it on the station platform for Mrs. Dennis to dispose of. The lieutenant's widow had but five cents in her pocket and looked around in vain for any signs of the friends of her husband who had promised to meet her. Finally her pitiful plight attracted the attention of Mrs. E. M. Emmert, of the Veterans' Home, who offered her services. Mrs. Dennis and the children were taken at once to the home where they were fed and taken care of, while Lieut. Dennis's body was transported to an undertaking establishment.
The Spanish War Veterans, of which Lieut. Dennis was an honored member, upon being informed of the case, immediately formed a purse to bury the dead soldier and to take care of the widow as long as she cared to remain at the home. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Arlington and the soldier whose body lay for several hours unguarded and unprotected on the sunlight platform of Union Station will be lowered to his last resting place to the accompaniment of the military honors which this country pays her dead heroes.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, D.C. [now Virginia]
22 August 1911 (page 1, column 6)
WIDOW AND CHILDREN STRANDED IN STATION.
Sad Plight of a Woman and Six Children -- Vigil Over Dead Husband and Parent.
Washington, Aug. 22.--Stranded in Union Station with the dead body of her husband, her six small children crying for something to quiet the pangs of hunger which had been torturing them for twelve hours or more, Mrs. Minnie Dennis, widow of Lieutenant S. R. Dennis, U. S. A., was forced to appeal to the matron of the Confederate Veterans' Home for aid in her extremity.
The woman was bordering on hysteria, while the children, hungry, cold and fatherless, clung to her dress in terror as they watched the baggage men unload the casket containing the body of their father and lay it on the station platform for Mrs. Dennis to dispose of. The lieutenant's widow had but five cents in her pocket and looked around in vain for any signs of the friends of her husband who had promised to meet her. Finally her pitiful plight attracted the attention of Mrs. E. M. Emmert, of the Veterans' Home, who offered her services. Mrs. Dennis and the children were taken at once to the home where they were fed and taken care of, while Lieut. Dennis's body was transported to an undertaking establishment.
The Spanish War Veterans, of which Lieut. Dennis was an honored member, upon being informed of the case, immediately formed a purse to bury the dead soldier and to take care of the widow as long as she cared to remain at the home. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Arlington and the soldier whose body lay for several hours unguarded and unprotected on the sunlight platform of Union Station will be lowered to his last resting place to the accompaniment of the military honors which this country pays her dead heroes.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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