Showing posts with label declaration of war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label declaration of war. Show all posts
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
Thursday, April 6, 2017
April 6, 1917: U.S. Declaration of War on Germany
On this date, President Woodrow Wilson signed the declaration of war.
On April 2, 1917, he had gone before a Joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war on Germany. An overwhelming majority of Congress voted to accept it, with just 50 opposing it.
It read "that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the Government and People of the United States."
War had been declared on Germany, but none of the other Central Powers. War was declared on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on December 7, 1917, but never declared against Bulgaria or the Ottoman Empire.
Of interest, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a lifelong pacifist, was one of the 50 voting against the declaration in 1917 and she was the only member of Congress voting against the declaration of war against Japan on December 8, 1941.
Today Marks the 100th Anniversary of That Declaration. The Centennial.
On April 2, 1917, he had gone before a Joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war on Germany. An overwhelming majority of Congress voted to accept it, with just 50 opposing it.
It read "that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the Government and People of the United States."
War had been declared on Germany, but none of the other Central Powers. War was declared on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on December 7, 1917, but never declared against Bulgaria or the Ottoman Empire.
Of interest, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a lifelong pacifist, was one of the 50 voting against the declaration in 1917 and she was the only member of Congress voting against the declaration of war against Japan on December 8, 1941.
Today Marks the 100th Anniversary of That Declaration. The Centennial.
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