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World War I scrapbook: A Name Change for GermantownEntry/Object ID
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Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 7
Page 7 includes three articles. The first [left, 7a] is "Germantown Still Unmarried" written for the Germantown Independent-Gazette, August 22, 1918. In it, among other things, the author muses about changing the name of Germantown to "Pershing," and uses the article to illustrate why the name of Germantown should not be changed. The author muses "One of the writers suggested that the name of our town be changed to Pershing, in honor of the great general; but if Germantown were married to him we could not do away for when it was mentioned it would be Pershing, nee Germantown... The what would we do with the histories of the world? They all have a record of the battle of Germantown. Shall we start in and purge them of the name? Just think of the thousands of volumes written about Germantown; shall all of these be destroyed?"
The second article on this page: "Second the Motion," [7b] which is in response to the article above.
The third article: "Ho for Shermantown!" [7c] which notes: "The time has come to show our colors. We are all patriots, and while we are Germans by birth, we live in America, we are Americans by adoption, we have no sympathy with the ambitions of the Kaiser and it is now time for us to cast aside all those sentimentalappeals which we hae used in one way or another to induce our fellow countrymen to use this bank. 'Even the name of the bank must be changed; I have been thinking over the matter for some time and am satisfied that we must select a name that is distinctly American, a name that stands for patriotism and achievement, and I have come to the conclusion that we could not do better than to honor that brilliant soldier, that loyal patriot, that perfect gentleman, General William Tecumseh Sherman; and I therefore recommend that in the future this bank be known as the Sherman National Bank.' Why not call the name of our beautiful suburb Shermantown?"
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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