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Kentucky and the Great War On June 11, 1917, Kentucky joined the rest of the Nation in the fight to end the aggression in Europe. On that day, it was officially announced that one of 16 new Cantonments would be built in Louisville, Ky. It was the news that the city had been awaiting for several months.
When the United States joined the Great War—World War I—in April 1917, the Commonwealth of Kentucky remained both progressive and regressive. On the one hand, Progressives led by Governor Augustus Owsley Stanley and others had passed laws regulating child labor, workers’ compensation, and other socially beneficial measures.
This essay analyzes domestic politics in the United States during World War I, focusing chiefly on the Wilson administration’s relations with Congress and on electoral politics from 1914 to 1918. Throughout this period, war-related issues became intertwined with ongoing political struggles related to progressive reform and shifts in the political strength of the Democrats and Republicans ...
Apr 3, 2017 · Remembering Ky.’s role in WWI during its centennial. A view of a rifle range at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville during World War I Smithsonan Museum. The United States entered the “Great War ...
The Filson Historical Society has a treasure trove of photographs, memoirs, news accounts and other information about Kentucky in World War I. Startexploring online here. Louisville in the Great War Louisville was, of course, very actively involved in the Great War with the construction of the army training facility Camp Zachary Taylor in 1917, and over 10,000 local soldiers serving in the war.
He would oversee the amalgamation of the Kentucky National Guard into the federal army during the war and have overall responsibility for the selective service process in Kentucky. 11 Close When the United States entered the war in April 1917, Adjutant General Ellis sent Guard units to various places across the commonwealth to protect against possible damage by German saboteurs.
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World War I: The War That Saved Democracy. One hundred years ago on November 11, the First World War mercifully drew to a close. Across a devastated Western Front, British Tommies and French Poilus emerged from the trenches as their German adversaries capitulated. What few remember is that over two million American Doughboys stood in the Allied ...
