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Multimedia | Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress

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Video Fifteen discrete videos collectively examine how World War I affected the United States and changed the world.

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" Stonewall Wilson," a campaign song composed by Robert Mortimer praising Wilson for keeping the United States out of World War I during his first term (1916). Select the link to veiw the sheet music.

The in the years leading up to United States involvement in the first World War, a strong peace movement began, supported by President Woodrow Wilson. Among the most famous of these pacifist songs is " I Didn't Raise my Boy to be a Soldier," by Alfred Bryan and Albert Piantadosi published in 1915 (sheet music). " Let Us Have Peace," by George Graff and Ernest Ball and recorded by Reinald Werrenrath in 1917, takes a religions stance in protest of war (sound recording).

In 1916, Woodrow Wilson campaigned for his second term on the basis of having maintaining a position of non-involvement in the war. The song " Stonewall Wilson," by Robert Mortimer, portrays the President as a strong, picturing him in uniform and leading soldiers on the sheet music cover, while the point of the song is that he kept the country at peace. This mixed political message shows a president that can lead in war, but only if absolutely necessary.

There were voices of those who opposed the peace movement and saw frightening consequences if the United States did not enter the war. For example, a recording made in 1916 by Frederick Wheeler, " Wake Up America," demonstrated that many realized that the United States would have to send troops to Europe.

When the United States declared war with Germany in 1917, partly in response to German attacks on United States shipping, it was realized that the popular attitudes about the war needed to be turned around. Songs were one means of changing people's minds. There were some familiar types of patriotic songs, of course. Perhaps the most famous is " Over There!" recorded by Nora Bayes shortly after war was declared in 1917. But, in this unusual situation, other methods of pursuasion were also tried. " Lafayette," recorded by Reinald Werrenrath, asserts that the spirit of the Marquis de Lafayette, who came to the aid of the United States during the American Revolution, is calling Americans to pay their debt to France. While the song " Americans Come!" performed by Reinald Werrenrath, tells of war-weary Europeans heartened by the arrival of the Americans, " The Worst is Yet to Come," sung by Billy Murray, takes a comic approach as it explains that the worst is yet to come for Germany, once the United States forces arrive. The charismatic Scottish composer and performer Harry Lauder appeared in shows in the United States and sang songs such as his " The Laddies Who Fought and Won," recorded in 1917, in order to help sway public sentiment in support of the war effort.

When the United States entered the war, many who voted for Wilson on the basis of his non-interventionist stance were profoundly disillusioned, in spite of the campaign to inspire support for the war. Some songs of the period do celebrate victory, but others reflect the emotional consequences of this unpopular swing from peace to war and a sense of the ways that this war was different. As the war was ending and the terrible consequences were being realized, there were songs that expressed the sense of loss. " The Boys Who Won't Come Home," sung by Henry Burr is about the soldiers who gave their lives in the war and were buried overseas. " After the War is Over, Will There be a Home Sweet Home?" published in 1918, expresses concern about a future without the "brave heroes" who were lost and a Europe forever changed. The next presidential campaign was also affected by the disillusionment with Wilson. A song of the newly formed Labor Party of the United States (also known as the Farmer-Labor Party) for the next presidential election in 1920, " I'll Never Vote Like Daddy Anymore," by Arch McDowell, expresses a sense of betrayal in the lyrics through the character of a war veteran who voted for the peace candidate but then had to go to war.

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Songs of the Peace Movement of World War I

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" Stonewall Wilson," a campaign song composed by Robert Mortimer praising Wilson for keeping the United States out of World War I during his first term (1916). Select the link to veiw the sheet music. The in the years leading up to United States involvement in the first World War, a strong peace movement began, supported by President Woodrow Wilson.

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Lynchings of black veterans

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Black World War I soldiers experience terror and lynching

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Actual recording of FDR in 1920

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About this Item

Title

Americanism

Summary

Speech by Warren G. Harding, U.S. Senator of Ohio. "Americanism really began when it was robed in nationality... In the spirit of Americanism, we proclaim America, we acclaim America."

Contributor Names

Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. spk

Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)

A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

Bridgeport, Conn. : Made by the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company, [1920].

Subject Headings

- Harding, Warren G.--(Warren Gamaliel),--1865-1923--Political and social views

- Speeches, addresses, etc., American

- Political oratory--United States

- Campaign literature, 1920--Republican

- Internationalism--United States

- United States--Politics and government--1913-1921

- Live sound recordings

- Test pressings (Sound recordings)

Genre

Alternate takes (Sound recordings)

Notes

- Nation's Forum: 49856 (matrix).

- Warren G. Harding, speaker.

- Recorded June 29, 1920, New York, N.Y.

- Take 1.

- Sound quality: poor.

- Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

- Inscribed under label: 1-A-14.

- Reverse side of disc is music selection: Up the street: march, by Robert Gorham Morse; performed by Prince's Band (Nation's Forum matrix 37212).

- Rigler and Deutsch index, DLC 182/1256

- Goldenberg, D. "Nation's Forum : a history and discography," The Discographer, v. 2, n. 4

- Source used: M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section Subjects files; discographical sources.

- Production level cataloging.

Medium

1 sound disc (8 min., 29 sec.) : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

Nation's Forum N.F. 15

NCPB 03141 Single-sided vinyl custom pressing of an original master recording made by the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company; handwritten label (Nation's Forum matrix: 49856-1)

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/nforum.9000017

Library of Congress Control Number

2004650663

Rights Advisory

Digital version reproduced by the Library of Congress through the generosity of the family of Guy Golterman and with the cooperation of CBS-Sony Records and the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Speech by Warren G. Harding, U.S. Senator of Ohio. "Americanism really began when it was robed in nationality... In the spirit of Americanism, we proclaim America, we acclaim America."

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Harding, Warren G. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. Americanism. [Bridgeport, Conn.: Made by the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company, 1920] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004650663/.

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Harding, Warren G. , . Spk, Nation'S Forum Collection, and A.F.R. Lawrence Collection. Americanism. [Bridgeport, Conn.: Made by the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company, 1920] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004650663/>.

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Title Americanism Summary Speech by Warren G. Harding, U.S. Senator of Ohio. "Americanism really began when it was robed in nationality... In the spirit of Americanism, we proclaim America, we acclaim America." Contributor Names Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. spk Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) A.F.R.

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100 year old RARE footage!

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World War One Parade, Naugatuck, CT, July 4, 1919

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Strike Against War

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Strike Against War Helen Keller American author and public speaker

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