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In 1928, the U.S. War Department needed a new technical manual to help train new recruits about citizenship.
The manual was designated TM 2000-25, and it would explain many things about how our government works or how it should work. Our rich American history would play a large part in finishing the training.
The pamphlet was entitled "Citizenship" and the original copy was dated November 30, 1928.
It was released in April, 1929. It was removed from service September, 1932.
Harry F. Atwood was a constitutional historian in the early 20th century.
He lived in Chicago and traveled throughout the United States, lecturing various organizations about the Constitution. Many American people learned about our Republic, which he called the "golden form" of government.
Harry Atwood started writing TM 2000-25 in the early part of 1928 by invitation of U.S. Army Chaplain C. F. Fuchter. The War Department had directed the Chaplain to direct the effort.
Harry Atwood died in Chicago on December 13, 1930, of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. He was 61.
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The research for this book took me to the National Archives and online to newspaper archives. Everything I discuss is true to the best of my knowledge.
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Formation photograph of the American flag.
Photo copyrighted 1917.
In the Public Domain.
Taken in 1917 at the Naval Training Station in Great Lakes, Illinois, this photo includes about 10,000 U.S. Navy sailors dressed in either white or navy-blue uniforms to create what Arthur Mole called a "living photograph." His partner, John Thomas, stayed on the ground, coordinating the thousands of soldiers' placement, while Mole took his place on top of a 75-foot tall tower with a camera in hand.
The entire flagpole contains 560 men, while the small ball on top, the furthest from the camera, required nearly 300 men alone. At 73 feet wide at the bottom, it needs to be nearly 300 feet wide at the top. There are scores more men standing along the rippling top stripe, so the flag appears to be waving in the breeze.
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