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November 2001

Geography Corner
By Chris Rowan

Question: Which war has the most monuments commemorating it in New York City?

Answer: World War I.

Background: World War I lasted from 1914 to 1918. When the United States entered the war in 1917(on April 6), many Americans optimistically thought it would be the “war to end all wars.” President Woodrow Wilson assured them that they’d be “keeping the world safe for democracy.” It was the first time in American history that thousands of Americans were sent to the battlefields of Europe – over 3,600 miles from home. Some 100,000 never returned, and most of the dead were buried in European cemeteries. Separated by an ocean from their fallen soldiers, Americans built memorials that would serve as a reminder to them of their lost loved ones – not unlike the friends and family of the thousands lost in the ashes of the recent attack on the World Trade Center.

In the next Geography Corner: The September 11th attack on the World Trade Center may be recorded as “the bloodiest day in American history.” Before September 11, 2001, what was the bloodiest day in American history, where did the carnage take place and why?

 

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