The Great War Comes to Wisconsin: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis - Pifer, Richard L.
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"Wisconsin responded to the nation's entry into World War I with loyalty and patriotic fervor. Wisconsinites of all ages and backgrounds made sacrifices, lost loved ones, endured shortages, bought war bonds, grew vegetables in victory gardens, volunteered for the Red Cross, and went to work in war factories. While Wisconsinites supported the war effort in ways too numerous to count, they also debated the wisdom of war, the necessity of conscription, how to fund the war, and the constitutionality of civil liberty restrictions"--

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"Wisconsin responded to the nation's entry into World War I with loyalty and patriotic fervor. Wisconsinites of all ages and backgrounds made sacrifices, lost loved ones, endured shortages, bought war bonds, grew vegetables in victory gardens, volunteered for the Red Cross, and went to work in war factories. While Wisconsinites supported the war effort in ways too numerous to count, they also debated the wisdom of war, the necessity of conscription, how to fund the war, and the constitutionality of civil liberty restrictions"--
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Richard L. Pifer retired in 2015 from his position as Director of Reference and Public Services for the Library-Archives Division of the Wisconsin Historical Society. He received a PhD in American history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His historical research has focused on the history of the home front in Wisconsin during the First and Second World Wars. His MA thesis studied La Crosse during the two world wars as a vehicle through which to better understand the American response to war. Dr. Pifer is also the author of A City at War: Milwaukee Labor During World War II.