Buffalo and the Great War, Part II: Keeping Out of War

By Jacek Wysocki - July 25, 2016

The second installment of our three-part series examines the final years leading up to America’s declaration of war in 1917, as tensions rise and the region deals with issues of ethnicity and preparedness.

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Buffalo and the Great War, Part II: Keeping Out of War