This is the grave of Albert Burleson. Born in 1863 in San Marcos, Texas, Burleson grew up rich in the aftermath of the Civil War. His father had owned a big plantation with plenty of slaves and had been a Confederate officer. The family managed...
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On August 2, 1917, the Green Corn Rebellion breaks out in Oklahoma against American participation in World War I. This spasm of radicalism from Oklahoma farmers may seem unexpected given.
This is the grave of George Creel. Born in 1876 in Lafayette County, Missouri, Creel grew up in a downwardly mobile family. His father was a college educated Virginia near-elite,.
I did want to mention before too much time passed that I visited the World War I Museum in Kansas City a couple of weeks ago. It's a very popular museum and largely a good one. The two videos are really outstanding. I mean first...
Henry Ford used World War I to have a series of right-wing anti-labor animations made. They are pretty gross. This film was trending a bit on Twitter the other day..
This is the grave of John J. Pershing. Black Jack Pershing was born in 1860 on a Missouri farm. He graduated from high school in 1878 and took a job.
On October 4, 1918, the T.A. Gillespie Shell Loading Plant near Sayreville, New Jersey exploded, killing approximately 100 workers making ammunition for the nation's war effort during World War I. This was another in a series of disasters from poor workplace conditions that defined American...
On June 15, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act into law. This law was directly targeted at leftist and labor organizations critical of the U.S. entering World War.
Veterans Day: A perfect time to remember one of our national legacies, white people lynching black soldiers and recently returned veterans. Returning African American veterans were met with a familiar.
On September 29, 1917, General John J. Pershing appointed retired Colonel Brice Disque to find a solution to the labor situation in the Northwestern forests. He led the Spruce Production Division, a special unit designed to ensure the military acquired the needed wood to build...
This is the grave of William Gibbs McAdoo. Born in 1861 in Marietta, Georgia, McAdoo's family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1877 when his dad became a professor at the.
100 years ago today, the United States entered World War I. The historian Michael Kazin argues that this was a disaster. I don't per se disagree, but I'm not really.