Veteran 4-2-2020

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS AND OUR MILITARY HEROES

VOL. 8/ISSUE 22

35 CENTS

THURSDAY • APRIL 2, 2020

Congress takes America into

Great War

STORY ON PAGE 7

On April 6, 1917, Congress made the first declaration of war related to the Great War, World War I. That decision drastically changed the future, which is now our history. Among other things, America’s entry into the war necessitated the reinstitution of the draft, something that increasingly became controversial through the 20th century until it was last ended in 1973.


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