This Day in History: US Marks Centennial of Entry Into the 'Great War'

[TomSea]

This Day in History: US Marks Centennial of Entry Into the 'Great War'

Archival cover of The Chicago Tribune, dated April 6, 1917, the day America declared war on Germany (courtesy of the Chicago Tribune)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxb3j6Ps44c

Continued: http://www.voanews.com/a/us-marks-centennial-of-entry-into-the-great-war/3797898.html

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Note, this day is mentioned too in BlizzardNH's "This day in US Military History";

A slave revolt happened too this day in NY in 1712 and many other events detailed.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,257291.0.html

[truth_seeker]

My maternal grandfather served in the US Army in France. Born 1896.

My other grandfather was never called, but registered for the draft in 1918 in Sweet Grass County Montana, at age 36. Born 1881.