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Ceremony converting the Carnegie Library to the museum. Subjects unidentified.

1. Veterans Museum Dedication, Hinton, W. Va.

Formerly the Hinton High School library, the building now serves as a museum.

2. Veteran's Memorial Museum, Hinton, W. Va.

School children pledge allegiance as an American flag is hoisted up the mast in front of the school building.

3. Veterans Day Ceremony at Greenbrier School, Hinton, W. Va.

A crowd lines along the sidewalk as they eagerly await the procession.

4. Spectators at Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

Young girls run around the maypole decorated in streamers. Subjects unidentified.

5. Maypole Ceremony at Veterans Day Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.

Jeeps filled with boy scouts head down Ballengee Street to participate in the parade. To the left is Carnagie Library.

6. Boy Scouts in Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

Marching band gets in position on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Ballengee Street. Ann Harvey Gore's parents home pictured on the far right.

7. Veterans Day Parade, Hinton, W. Va.

A marching band and parade spectators move past the courthouse and Memorial Building, pictured on the left of the photo.

8. Veterans Day Parade Moving through Streets of Hinton, W. Va.

Boy scouts and uniformed military men lead a marching band down the street as citizens watch from the sidewalk.

9. Veterans Day Parade on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

A crowd watches from the sidewalk as Boys Scouts, military men, and a marching band move through Temple Street.

10. Veterans Day Parade Advancing through Hinton, W. Va.

Portrait of the prominent citizen who lived in the city of Hinton. Nowlan served as a master electrician in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. By 1927, Nowlan was the city manager of Hinton all the way through 1935. In World War II, he managed overseas and continental district organizations in the Office of Censorship. In 1945, he developed a 200-acre wildlife sanctuary at "Split Rock" overlooking Greenbrier River near Alderson, W. Va. During the Korean War, he served as the budget administrator for the United States Air Force. Finally, in 1960, Nowlan became the financial secretary for the Summers County Board of Education.

11. Hume K. Nowlan of Summers County, W. Va.

A large group of uniformed soldiers pose together behind decorations. In the background is Second Avenue and Temple Street. Subjects unidentified.

12. World War I Veterans Outside Courthouse Square, Hinton, W. Va.