Dress Navy SwordLebanon
C. 1898
Francis R. Boughter spent his entire adult life serving in the navy. While in the navy, he earned a medal for commanding a Hospital Ship, Solace, on the China Station. This sword, from the around the Spanish-American War era (1898) and the Boxer Rebellion in China (1900), was used for ceremonial purposes and would have been worn with his dress uniform. Francis Boughter also used to live at 924 Cumberland Street, where the Historical Society now resides.
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