Saturday, February 17, 2018

U.S. Declares War on Germany in 1917


Some of the headlines from the Roanoke (Va,)  Times April 7,1917.

Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, marking the United States' entry into World War I.

**  United States Accepts Challenge of Germany To Join Great World Strife.

**  After President Wilson Signed Resolution Word Flashed Across the Sea,

**  Congress Convenes on Monday.

**  Order Arrests of Leaders In German Plots.

**  Sixty Alleged Ringleaders Refused Bail and Ho to prison.

**  Thousands Still Kept Under Watch.

**  Warlike Measures Going Forward Briskly To Meet Hostility of Kaiser.

Guess We're All In Now.  --Cooter

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