PRESIDENT WILSON REVIEWS PARADE WITH ARM IN SLING
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 27, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson was photographed standing in an open automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue reviewing a Liberty Loan Parade. The Library of Congress photograph is accompanied by a short message stating that Mr. Wilson's left arm was in a sling.*
On the same date, the Pittsburg Daily Headlight of Pittsburg, Kansas reported that the Liberty Bond Drive was $1,000,000,000 short of its' goal and urged readers....
"If You Haven't Purchased Your Liberty Bond, Do It Now -- If You Have One, Get Another."
*JFK+50 received a reply to our question about WW's arm in a sling. Mark Peterson of the WW Presidential Library tells us that there is nothing in the medical records but "a few references to (WW) burning his hand on a tank turret in April 1918." Mr. Peterson believes the P's hand was so painful "he could not risk moving it."
SOURCES
"Mark Peterson", Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
"Reviewing liberty bond parade, April 27, 1918", Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Pittsburg Daily Headlight, April 27, 1918", www.newspapers.com/
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 27, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson was photographed standing in an open automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue reviewing a Liberty Loan Parade. The Library of Congress photograph is accompanied by a short message stating that Mr. Wilson's left arm was in a sling.*
On the same date, the Pittsburg Daily Headlight of Pittsburg, Kansas reported that the Liberty Bond Drive was $1,000,000,000 short of its' goal and urged readers....
"If You Haven't Purchased Your Liberty Bond, Do It Now -- If You Have One, Get Another."
*JFK+50 received a reply to our question about WW's arm in a sling. Mark Peterson of the WW Presidential Library tells us that there is nothing in the medical records but "a few references to (WW) burning his hand on a tank turret in April 1918." Mr. Peterson believes the P's hand was so painful "he could not risk moving it."
SOURCES
"Mark Peterson", Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
"Reviewing liberty bond parade, April 27, 1918", Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Pittsburg Daily Headlight, April 27, 1918", www.newspapers.com/
Reviewing Liberty Bond Parade
April 27, 1918
Photo by Herbert E. French
National Photo Company
Library of Congress Image
