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Christmas, 1921: Eugene Debs Is Released From Prison And Meets President Warren Harding
By December of 1921, Eugene Debs, prominent American labor leader, dedicated activist and five time Socialist candidate for President of the United States, had been imprisoned since April of 1919. Now he was to be released on Christmas Day of 1921, thanks to President Warren Harding of Marion, Ohio. Harding asked Debs to visit the…
Read MoreA Free Soul Bound For Jail: Eugene Debs Speaks in Canton, Ohio–June 16, 1918
June 16, 1918 was a warm summer day in Canton, Ohio. The Socialist Party of Ohio had gathered in the city for its yearly convention. On this day, in Nimisilla Park, the speaker was arguably the best-known Socialist in America: Eugene Debs of Terre Haute, Indiana. Debs’ progressive credentials were impeccable. By this time he…
Read MoreMay 14, 1917: Thomas Boyd, author of WWI classic “Through The Wheat,” enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps
May, 1917. Just one month earlier the United States has declared war against the Central Powers. The draft was about to begin. For almost three years Europe has been ravaged by the First World War, much of it brutal trench warfare in France and Belgium. Now the U.S. has entered the fray after a long…
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