Wednesday, April 18, 2018

April 18, 1918 - more Third Liberty Loan

Newspaper headlines today refer as much to the ongoing Liberty Loan campaign as to the ongoing war effort.  And there are often front page cartoons promoting the campaign while demonizing Germans and/or Kaiser Wilhelm as from today's The Philadelphia Inquirer:
 

There is archival film footage of the Liberty Loan parade in New York and Washington, DC with Teddy Roosevelt, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
Also an example of a recorded speech given by one of the Four Minute Men.
 

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