Greater Lynn War Chest Fund

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Lynn, Massachusetts is located northeast of Boston and surrounded by the smaller towns of Swampscott, Saugus, and Nahant. During the week of May 20, 1918, greater Lynn embarked on a fundraising campaign for WWI. They organized a parade with 9,000 participants for a crowd of 50,000 people. Marchers included 1,900 women affiliated with the Red Cross, 6,000 school children in the Junior Red Cross, 100 doctors and nurses, and a high school stretcher bearer corps. The whole parade took over an hour to pass Lynn City Hall. Monies pledged pushed the Greater Lynn War Chest Fund to over $500,000 for war relief.