February 3, 1917 President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic
relations with Germany were severed.  In a Special Session of Congress 
held on April 2, 1917, he delivered a 'War Message.'  
Four days later on April 6, 1917, The Trenton Evening Times front page 
headline read, "WAR DECLARED, WILSON SIGNING THE RESOLUTION AT 1:13; ALL
 GERMAN SHIPS HERE SEIZED BY ARMED U.S. FORCES" Congress overwhelmingly 
passed that War Resolution which
 brought the United States into the Great War. I put this graphic 
together and embellished it with a figure of a WWI "Doughboys" to 
accompany Lady Liberty as she waved Old Glory. 
 

No comments:
Post a Comment