Liberty loan drive in Richmond Virginia, United States. Soldiers unload military equipment from the "Victory Loan train" at railroad station. A mobile searchlight comes down the ramp followed by a Holt tractor. Troops work to download a long range artillery piece on a four wheeled chassis.
Liberty Loan bond drive parade in Richmond, Virginia, during World War 1. The parade uses half the street with traffic moving on the other half. Spectators line the center of the roadway as well as the sidewalk. Military cadets parade followed by U.S. army soldiers with military equipment from the "Liberty Loan Train." A Holt tractor pulls a heavy artillery piece followed by a small contingent of soldiers. They are followed by two Holt tractors and a mobile searchlight. Several army trucks bring up the rear of the parade. Confederate Civil War veterans wave with their canes as the parade passes.Military cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) parade The two Holt tractors perform circular spins as they approach the edge of the Capitol grounds. The State capitol building is in the background. An equestrian statue and monument is prominent on the capitol grounds. It depicts George Washington, surrounded by smaller statues of Revolutionary era figures: Andrew Lewis, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson and John Marshall. A long line of army trucks brings up the rear of the parade.
Liberty Bond drive in Richmond Virginia, United States, during World War 1. Large crowd gathered at a street in Richmond, Virginia, watching a parade of World War I troops and military equipment including vehicles and artillery, from the Victory Liberty Loan War Train. The parade includes Holt tractors pulling artillery pieces.
Liberty Loan bond drive in United States during World War 1. Large crowd gathered at a street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. World War I military equipment from ' Victory Loan' Train including vehicles and artillery parade on a street. A large mobile searchlight is seen and soldiers in a covered truck, followed by a truck pulling an artillery piece. People gathered on both sides of the street to watch the parade.
View of George Washington Monument (Capitol Square, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. George Washington Statue in the foreground. The United States flag and Life Insurance Company of Virginia building in the background.
Portrait of Second President of US, John Adams. Portrait of Third President of US, Thomas Jefferson. Flags of the Revolution. In 1775 the Massachusetts Colony adopted a plain white flag with a pine tree, flown by vessels. Snake flag used by Southern Colonies in 1776 and 1777. The first striped flag of U.S.