The Only Veteran in Town (1913)

Plot Summary

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 one-armed 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, Dora's 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.

Full Cast & Characters

Charles Kent

James Arnold, a G.A.R. Veteran

Adele DeGarde

Dora, Arnold's Little Granddaughter

Robert Gaillard

Mr. Arnold - Dora's Father

Leah Baird

Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother

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