Archive: April 2017 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Ryan Moore; (Year) 2017; (Month) April

•Map Caption: S. Liebmann’s Sons Brewing Co. of Brooklyn, New York boasts of “61 years of Scientific Progress Brewing” (New York: 1915, Rand McNally). Map depicts Jersey City, New Jersey. From the Geography and Map Division Titled Collection.

WWI-Era Terrorism: Black Tom Island and Anti-German Hysteria

April 11, 2017

The German act of terrorism on Black Tom Island was one of a series of events that came to a head with the infamous Zimmermann Telegram and pushed America to declare war on Germany in April 1917. These hostile acts fueled anti-German hysteria that was so great that nearly all aspects of life associated with …

Posted in: Military History

Map of the continental US surrounded by flags of other countries

Resources in the Geography and Map Division about World War I

April 6, 2017

Posted by: Ryan Moore

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on the German Empire, bringing the country into the world’s deadliest and most destructive up that point in history. The Great War, as it was called at the time, started in 1914 and ended with an armistice on November 11, 1918. More than 38 million civilians …

Posted in: Military History, Reference Guides

Refined by: (Author) Ryan Moore; (Year) 2017; (Month) April