Tag: woodrow wilson
What’s Cooking Wednesday: Pull out that sweet tooth!
To celebrate our new exhibit “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” we are featuring a food-related blog post every Wednesday. Today’s post comes to us from the National Archives at New York City. “Do you know that the money spent in the United States for candy in one year is double the amount required to feed Belgium [...]
Posted by Hilary on June 22, 2011, under - World War I, Recipes, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Allied troops, Belgium, blockade, candy, conservation, herbert hoover, rations, submarines, sugar problem, U-boats, unrestriced submarine warfare, USFA, woodrow wilson, world war i
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The “Wilsonian” Path to War
President Woodrow Wilson’s campaign slogan throughout his 1916 reelection campaign was “he kept us out of war,” but on April 2, 1917, Wilson reversed course and called on Congress to provide a declaration of war for American intervention in World War I. Although this shift in policy contradicted Wilson’s isolationist principles and firm commitment to [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on April 4, 2011, under - Presidents, - World War I, News and Events.
Tags: germany, war, woodrow wilson, world war i
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A funny thing happened on the way to the Revolutionary War
“Betsy Ross making the first flag, 1776 (according to legend)” (111-SC-92968) On New Year’s day in 1776, Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army were laying siege to the British-controlled city of Boston. From Prospect Hill, General Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted “in compliment of the United Colonies,” accidentally ending the Revolutionary War. [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on June 14, 2010, under - Revolutionary War.
Tags: betsy ross, flag day, grand union, history of us flag, june 14, king george, NARA, national archives, presidential proclamation, prospect hill, revolutionary war, siege of boston, stars and bars, union jack, woodrow wilson
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