vTg 1918 Christmas Salvation Army Evangeline Booth Commander US MPES Postcard

Description: Genuine original vintage antique 1918 Christmas Salvation Army Evangeline Booth Commander US Army Postcard, with U.S. Army Post Office M.P.E.S. cancel January 9th, 1919 and censor mark as well on address side. Inscription & signature are pre-printed on card. Not actual hand ink signature. From Wikipedia: She was appointed as Field Commissioner throughout Great Britain from 1888 to 1891, courageously facing riotous crowds. From 1891 until 1896 she was in charge of Officer Training. When in 1896 an American break-away group led by her brother Ballington Booth and his wife Maud Ballington Booth attempted to tempt American Salvationists away from The Salvation Army and into a rival group called Volunteers of America, General Booth sent Evangeline to New York. When she arrived the doors to Army headquarters on 14th Street had been locked against her. However, "she mounted the fire escape and climbed through a rear window. The dissidents hissed and booed until she literally wrapped herself in an available American flag and challenged: "Hiss that, if you dare." In the stunned silence she played her concertina and sang "Over Jordan without Fearing." Ballington's rebellion was quelled." She was appointed temporary Territorial Commander of the United States, then Territorial Commander of Canada. In 1904 she returned as Commander of the United States, and held this position until 1934. In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she led a mass meeting in Union Square, New York, and raised over $12,000 for Salvation Army relief work among the victims of the disaster. During this period she became a US citizen. In August 1917, despite the differences between Commander Evangeline Booth and US General Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), the first of 250 Salvationists left New York for the front line of the Great War in France. They soon won the confidence of the troops with their cheerful brand of 'seven-days-a-week' Christianity. As tributes poured in, Evangeline protested: 'The Salvation Army has had no new success; we have only done an old thing in an old way.' The American people disagreed, and subscribed an unprecedented $13 million to clear debts incurred by The Army, through its provision of canteens, hostels, rest rooms during the war, and afterwards on the provision of care and accommodation for the returning forces. For her work in support of the AEF, Booth was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the U.S. Army. Booth was one of only a very few civilian women to be so honored for service during the First World War. Card measures approx 3.5 by 5.5 inches. Great card just some very faint margin wear. Please INSPECT ALL images for FULL details. $ .63 shipping to United States addresses only! Outside US shipping $1.35 Satisfaction guaranteed! California residents sales tax is required, other states Ebay may add sales tax as well. Due to ₵ovid-19 pandemic, I have increased my handling time from 1 day to 10 days. The item will usually ship on the same day that it is paid for. I did this so your estimated delivery shown will allocate for the pandemic delay, if any. I have purchased items recently on Ebay that have taken over a month to arrive. PLEASE if you have not received your item within the time frame shown, send me a message thru Ebay, and I will take care of it for you. You will not need to open an Item Not Received Case with Ebay! BTW, in 2020, I sent a flat rate USPS Priority Mail package to Spain on March 13, they received the item on June 12th, 2020!

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Location: Los Angeles, California

End Time: 2025-01-11T02:37:56.000Z

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