Showing posts with label Red Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Week. Show all posts

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Sunday, June 14, 1914. Flag Day

Vice President Marshall delivering a Flag Day address, June 14, 1914.

Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Leopold Berchtold released a memo suggesting the end of Serbia as a nation was necessary to preserve the balance of power in the Balkans.

Oh, oh.

Order was restored in Italy after Red Week.

Last prior edition:

Saturday, June 13, 1914. Fresh Paint.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Sunday, June 7, 1914. Red Week

Italian leftists started a week of protests over militarism in Ancona and Marcas. The protests led to clashes and eventually were put down by the government.

Henry Pike, a motor engineer, broke into Buckingham Palace where he changed into servants clothes, stole a cigarette case, and wandered around before being apprehended.  He claimed intoxication as a defense.

Ladies class, First Christian Church Sunday School, Canton, Ohio, June 7, 1914.

Last prior edition:

Thursday, June 4, 1914. Graduation.