Movie Details
Theatrical Release:May 28th, 1913
Original Language:English
The Only Veteran in Town (1913)
DirectorCharles Kent
14 minMay 28th, 1913
Plot
More interested in automobiling than in anything else Mr and Mrs Arnold are inclined to be neglectful of their little daughter Dora and are almost entirely unmindful of her grandfather James Arnold a onearmed G A R veteran living with them Dora makes up as well as she can to her grandfather for his loneliness and the two spend the greater part of their time together On Decoration Day Doras parents want her to go with them to see the parade but as they do not wish to take her granddad with them she refuses to go and stays at home with him After a while she coaxes the old gentleman with her into a field of daisies where she wreathes a crown of flowers and places it on his head Seated thus in state he is found by a delegation of citizens who having learned that he is a war veteran bring a message that the town desires to honor him
