Guarding the Queensboro Bridge With a Rapid-Fire Gun, Aided by a Powerful Searchlight for Use at Night

AMERICA'S DECLARATION OF WAR
(PUBLIC RESOLUTION....NO./....65th CONGRESS.)

S. J. Res. 1.

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Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of
war against the Government and the people of the United States of
America: Therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United
States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon
the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military
forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war
against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a
successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by
the Congress of the United States.

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Official Photograph of the Resolution Which, When Signed by the President, Began Our War with Germany.

(Photo Harris & Ewing)

President Wilson Reading the Historic Address of April 2, Which Led to a Formal Declaration of a State of War (Dawn by Victor Perard. 1917 by New York Times Co.)

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