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July 14, 1918

Broadside, 14 July 1918, Bath County, Virginia War History Commission, County Source Material, 1919–1927, Accession 37219, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

A World War I Veteran Spoke in Bath County

This broadside advertises the speaking engagement of a World War I veteran from Canada. The event was probably staged to raise money for the American war effort and to encourage patriotic fervor. During the war, approximately one hundred thousand Virginians served in the U.S. armed forces and support units, and about thirty-seven hundred Virginians lost their lives from all causes during the war.