German American float in July 4th 1918 "Parade of Nations"

dc.contributor.other	2011-11-18_jfr	en-US
dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1918	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-019-042-003	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10957
dc.description	Postcard showing the German American float in the July 4th parade in 1918. Caption on front: German-American Float July 4th 18 Battle Creek, Mich. From the Battle Creek Moon Journal, July 5, 1913, p. 5, describing the July 4th "Parade of Nations" "...Nearly 200 strong was the German division, under the chairmanship of Carl Gartner and all along the line of march it received loud applause. Their float was especially attractive,carrying out, as it did, simplicity of design quite in keeping with the sentiment it portrayed, that of Liberty. "The Heart Is Where the Home is and America is Home." "Our Sons are Fighting for Old Glory," "Von Steuben Helped Washington, Franz Sigel Helped Lincoln and German-Americans Will help Wilson, were some of their slogans... "	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Parades - July 4, 1918	en_US
dc.subject	President Taft, Airplanes, Parades	en_US
dc.subject	Parades	en_US
dc.subject	Organizations	en-US
dc.subject	Gartner, Carl.	en_US
dc.title	German American float in July 4th 1918 "Parade of Nations"	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US