bild

Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island with Secretary of War Henry I. Stimson, probably on the occasion of the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)