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A parody of the song "El Soldado Americano", with "words suggesting that the soldiers felt that their military service prepared them for lowly service indeed" (Trombold 294 and 314)."El Soldado Americano" dates back at least to the Spanish-American…

This fragment is from an actual speech given by Woodrow Wilson at the State Democratic Convention in Trenton, New Jersey in September 1910 on receiving notice of his nomination for the governorship. The version recorded by his biographer and private…

It is unclear to me the exact reference of this item. The reference to war-driven international financial transactions brings to mind the economic upheaval of the war; for example, GDP increased for the three major Allied countries (Britain, Italy,…

This headline might refer to the 1912-1913 New York City strike of waiters at high-profile restaurants; the strike was organized by the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World). Presented here is one of many New York Times articles on the strike:…

A fragment comparing the WWI soldiers' terrifying experience of trench warfare with the idealism of those who stayed at home (e.g. Wilson's utopian ideal of a League of Nations and the various labor and socialist movements following WWI).Image:A view…

An ironic newspaper headline, as its describes the opposite of what happened: The Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli was attacked by British forces ("Tommies") in 1915 with the hope of opening a route to their Russian allies; the Ottomans, with German…

Allied fleets could not pass through the Dardanelles Strait during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. After the end of WWI, the Ottoman fleet was dissolved, with some of the ships locked inside the "Golden Horn", an inlet of the Bosphorus providing a…

I was unable to locate a speech or newspaper article this item might be referencing.The New York Stock Exchange is located on Wall and Broad Streets in New York City. Construction of the current premises began in 1901 and opened on April 22, 1903.…

I was unable to locate a similar news story. Attached are photographs of various contemporary parades: 1. A labor union parade in 1911 New York.2. A 1918 Indianopolis military parade (possibility on Armistice Day?).3. A 1918 parade of Texas mothers…

The Battle of Verdun was a siege by the Germans on the fortified area near the French city of Verdun-sur-Meuse. The longest battle of the First World War, Verdun marked the point when the German army switched its focus from the Eastern front of…