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  1. Apr 6, 2017 · The above snippit from a 1919 Burlington Free Press article reads: Colors Presented. War Flags and Shields Presented to State. Montpelier, Oct. 23 – The presentation of the colors and shields of the organizations from Vermont participating in the the world war occurred this evening in the State House with some 200 veterans attending and over 400 spectators in the seats of the representative ...

  2. Apr 5, 2020 · The name was first used here for the government that ruled Vermont during its 14 turbulent years as an independent republic in the late 1700s. Things seemed no less uncertain in 1941. Vermonters ...

  3. The United States officially declared war against the Central powers on April 6, 1917. Such things as Big Bertha, tanks, submarines and huge Battleships were used for the first time in this War. Another major change in the way wars would be fought in the future was the use of aircraft.

  4. Aug 12, 2017 · Vermont enters World War I. In the spring of 1917 amid increasing hostilities between the United States and Germany, Vermont’s Legislature and executive branch began in earnest the anticipatory ...

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  5. The original European settlers in what became the United States brought firearms with them for hunting and self-defense. Weapons were also imported from Europe to equip the militias formed in the English colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to fight hostile Indian tribes and to resist incursions by the French and the Spanish.

  6. Apr 6, 2017 · The United States entered World War I in 1917, following the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania and the shocking discovery of the Zimmermann telegram.

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  8. 2 days ago · World War I - US Entry, Causes, Impact: The U.S. declared war on Germany after U-boats sank three U.S. merchant ships. The March Russian Revolution led to the end of imperial Russia, and the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks ended Russia's role in the war when they signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Formerly neutral Greece declared war on Germany and Bulgaria, then the Central Powers.