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Title
Babel Defiance in Lyon
Subject
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Defacement; Law; Signage;
Description
Germans ignore Babel after contracting lawyer, take down signs, noting that "the proper place for them was the toilet, as there was where [they] talked English."
Publisher
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Identifier
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
Coverage
1918-7-26; Lyon county; George, Iowa
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