effyeahgirlscouts: The above photograph of Theodore Roosevelt was taken in 1918, during World War I. The Girl Scouts flanking him are holding silver items that the Roosevelts had just donated. TheNew York Times stated that some of the pieces had been “unearthed” from the family’s attic, while others were “silver desk articles which he had used for many years.”The Girl Scouts were assisting the National Special Aid Society which headed a drive to collect gold and silver to be sold (or melted down and sold) “to supply needs of aviators going to France which have not been filled by the Government.” Airplanes were a new weapon in WWI, and the Roosevelts’ 20-year-old son, Quentin, was one of those heroic American pilots fighting the war in the skies over Europe.
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The above photograph of Theodore Roosevelt was taken in 1918, during World War I. The Girl Scouts flanking him are holding silver items that the Roosevelts had just donated. TheNew York Times stated that some of the pieces had been “unearthed” from the family’s attic, while others were “silver desk articles which he had used for many years.”
The Girl Scouts were assisting the National Special Aid Society which headed a drive to collect gold and silver to be sold (or melted down and sold) “to supply needs of aviators going to France which have not been filled by the Government.” Airplanes were a new weapon in WWI, and the Roosevelts’ 20-year-old son, Quentin, was one of those heroic American pilots fighting the war in the skies over Europe.

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