Jun 17, 1917
WHEREAS, by reason of the proper enforcement of the penal laws applicable to Alaska, such forfeiture provisions are deemed no longer necessary to accomplish their purpose
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Jun 17, 1917
THEREFORE, Executive Order number twenty-two hundred and fourteen, dated June nineteen, nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended, providing for the sale and disposition of Alaskan railroad townsites pursuant to the Act of Congress approved…
Jun 13, 1917
We are ready to plead at the bar of history, and our flag shall wear a new lustre.
Jun 13, 1917
Their plan was to throw a broad belt of German military power and political control across the very centre of Europe and beyond the Mediterranean into the heart of Asia.
Jun 13, 1917
We are accountable at the bar of history and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve.
Jun 13, 1917
They impudently denied us the use of the high seas and repeatedly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people who ventured to approach the coasts of Europe.
Jun 13, 1917
They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly talons out and drawn blood from us.
Jun 13, 1917
We meet to celebrate Flag Day because this flag which we honour and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation.
Jun 13, 1917
This flag under which we serve would have been dishonoured had we withheld our hand.
Jun 13, 1917
We in our turn serve America, and can serve her with no private purpose.
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