Baseball, social unrest and cloud of war: Fourth of July 100 years ago made familiar headlines – IOTW Report

Baseball, social unrest and cloud of war: Fourth of July 100 years ago made familiar headlines

 

Washington Times: Among the big stories of the day: The Senators took a doubleheader from the Yankees at the Polo Grounds. The president took a sail on a yacht. Race riots raged in East St. Louis. Congress debated a tax bill but went on holiday before acting. Politicians gave speeches in various corners of the country with predictably patriotic rhetoric.

 

And in Paris, American doughboys under commanding Gen. John J. Pershing made their first foray into global warfare, marching through the streets in a display that would end at the grave of the Marquis de Lafayette.

For Washington and the rest of the country, the Fourth of July in 1917 was unlike any other in the country’s history. America had entered World War I just three months earlier, and the fireworks and patriotic fervor of past years mixed with anxiety over the horrors facing U.S. troops being deployed in the blood-soaked trenches of Europe.  more here

4 Comments on Baseball, social unrest and cloud of war: Fourth of July 100 years ago made familiar headlines

  1. Notice in the blurb above no criticisms of presidents (or really of politicians were reported because the holiday provided no opportunity for that.

    Civil unrest was mentioned and examples given but…

    “Though conflicted, the U.S. remained idealistic — and perhaps citizens shared more ideals, disguised by mistaken approaches to their manifestation, than they realized.”

    Woodrow Wilson was a lot of things but he wasn’t Obama (nor was he Donald Trump). But no one hated him for it.

    We’ve progressed far haven’t we?

  2. And Wilson (another repellent socialist) had promised to keep America out of the War – until he got re-elected.

    Typical lying sack of monkey shit.

    izlamo delenda est …

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