XContinued from January 19, 2014.
According to Dennis Skuppinski, World War I was a "transformational period" for Michigan and Detroit. because of the engineering taking place here, Michigan was the fastest growing state and Detroit was the fastest growing county in the country.
A regiment was raised in Michigan a month after the U.S. entered the war in April 1917.
The auto industry retooled for war.
A captured German submarine was used to raise Liberty Bonds and was sunk in Lake Michigan.
--DaCoot
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