“We Can Do It!”

“We Can Do It!”

World War II brought historic changes when American women started working in large numbers for the first time. The war effort required women to take over manufacturing work at factories and shipyards and aircraft plants because male soldiers fought abroad. We Can Do...
Cornelius Johnson at the Olympics

Cornelius Johnson at the Olympics

Justin Jeske-Word Press   In the summer of 1936, the entire world had their eyes on Berlin, where Nazi Germany was determined to show their country as not just a global power, but their racial superiority through the 1936 Olympic games. Despite all the racism,...
Ride with Hitler

Ride with Hitler

During World War II, anti-Nazi propaganda was used to help the United States during the war.  Some specifically, to persuade Americans to conserve resources so they could be utilized in war.  One propaganda poster states, “When you ride ALONE you ride with Hitler! ...