November 23, 1920. Empires

The news on this Tuesday in 1920 was still reverberating with the stories of recent European violence.

This included, as seen above, the naïve hope that the United States was going to be Armenia's protector.

In Washington D.C., high ranking officers of the Department of the Navy were out.

USMC Gen. John A. Lejune, 11/23/1920

 Navy personnel and Josephus Daniels

Anchorage Alaska, which had been founded in 1915, was incorporated.

Anchorage was, and is, as the name indicates a port city.  And today its a large one, much like any other large port city, all of which have a certain universal character.  It was also, however, right from the onset a railhead, which made it all the more important.