Vietnam war and beyond when military service eventually became voluntary. The National World war i museum and memorial hosted this event. Its about an hour 10 minutes. Good evening and welcome to the National World war i museum and memorial. My name is laura vote. Im the curator of education. And it is my absolute pleasure to be welcoming you here this evening for a riveting conversation on the anniversary, the 100th anniversary, of a piece of legislation that completely changes the United States. Now, your National World war i museum and memorial opened here in kansas city in 1926 because the wonderful folks of kansas city wanted to create a memorial for those who lived through and those who died in the world war. The war itself began in 1914, and yet the United States remained neutral until 1917. With a volunteer army of about 120,000, on april 6th, Congress Declared war against germany in 1917 and they decided to move on on may 18th of 1917 to exponentially increase that army. Now,
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