107: Too Proud to Fight

Period political cartoon from the Philadelphia Record: “A Letter from the President.”

 
The sinking of Lusitania demanded some kind of response from the United States government. But what?
 
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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

Suite No. 1, “In a Haunted Forest”
Composed in 1891 by Edward MacDowell. Public domain.
Performed by The University of Chicago Orchestra and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Source.

“Oh, You Beautiful Doll”
Composed in 1911 by Seymour Brown and Nat D. Ayer. Public Domain.

 

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