Creator
Commodore Hotel
Title
165th U.S. Infantry Regiment Banquet
Coverage
New York City
Date
April 28, 1919
Description
The 165th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 69th New York Infantry in the Civil War, was still called the “Fighting Sixty-Ninth” at its welcome home banquet in 1919. The regiment was immortalized in the poem “When the 69th Comes Back” by poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the unit who was killed in the Second Battle of the Marne. The cover illustration is by artist James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960).