Tag: June 1918
Wood’s War: A General’s Downfall
In the scorching summer of 1918, General Leonard Wood was forced out of command of the division he had trained at Camp Funston. But why? The public was left wondering as President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of War Newton Baker tried to shift the blame onto General John Pershing. However, the administration’s pattern of keeping…
Sedition Justice Served: Socialist Millionaire’s Wife Jailed for 10 Years
June 2, 1918, marked a somber day in Kansas City, Missouri, as Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, the wife of a millionaire and a prominent socialist, was sentenced to a decade behind bars. Federal Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh delivered the stern verdict, slamming down a 10-year term in the Missouri State Penitentiary for violating the…
