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11-panel exhibition: click image below Exhibition guide: FDR Presidential Library Dover Pine Plains Millerton Legion Millbrook Library Millbrook Library Stanford Poughkeepsie Waterfront Red Hook Beacon VFW Vassar College Beacon Hist. Soc. Please let us know if there is an event or location you would like see this exhibition This exhibition has traveled to the following cities and towns in the county: FDR Presidential Library & Museum, Hyde Park, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck, East Fishkill, Pleasant Valley, Millbrook, Stanford, North East, Dover, Milan, Poughkeepsie waterfront, Pine Plains, Clinton, Beacon, Red Hook. We are happy to have it shown at your event or location.

Being 100% American. When the United States entered the “World War,” the country had a population of 100 million, many of whom were recent immigrants.  German-Americans, who were among the largest ethnic groups in the Hudson Valley, became the target of widespread hysteria. “Real Americans” responded by refusing to drink German beer, by burning German-language books, by changing the names of German sounding food on menus, and by removing the works of Mozart, Bach and Beethoven from orchestra programs. The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 prohibited many forms of speech perceived of as disloyal. While American propaganda, infused with patriotism was stifling freedom of speech, our men and women were overseas fighting for democracy. One of the posters Van Vlack chose to photograph asked, “Are you 100% American?” Although difficult to read due to movement, Van Vlack captured parade signs reflecting diverse groups staking out their absolute Americanness, patriotism, and loyalty. Under Construction: We welcome contributions from organizations and individuals as long as the information is relevant, well-researched and/or documented

Click to enlarge and read Muster Roll ~ WWI Veterans from the Town of Clinton Memorial Town Hall front lawn, Centre Road, Schultzville, Town of Clinton, 1955. Brass plaque mounted on 6 foot stone boulder with 30 foot flagpole behind. “Memorial to the men and women of the Town of Clinton who served their country in time of war. Civic Association Town of Clinton.” Early correspondence at NYS Archives Published and unpublished county-wide information from the period relating to draftees, others 1917 Partial County-wide Draft List “Enterprise” 1917 Full County-wide Draft List “Eagle News” as PDF 1918 County-wide Honor Roll 1919 County-wide Honor Roll 1926 Corrections & Updates by Van Vlack 1919-1924 NYS Historian Correspondence

Prior winners: Adams Fairacre Farms ~ Central Hudson ~ Children’s Home ~ EFCO ~ Marshall & Sterling ~ McCabe & Mack LLP ~ N&S Supply ~ Page Park Associates ~ Poughkeepsie Journal ~ Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery ~ Rhinebeck Bank ~ Saint Francis Hospital  ~ N&S Supply ~ Vassar Brothers Medical Center ~ Vassar-Warner Senior Residence~ Zimmer Brothers Prior Awardees Adams Fairacre Farms ~ Central Hudson ~ Children’s Home ~ EFCO ~ Marshall & Sterling ~ McCabe & Mack LLP ~ N&S Supply ~ Page Park Associates ~ Poughkeepsie Journal ~ Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery ~ Rhinebeck Bank ~ Saint Francis Hospital  ~ N&S Supply ~ Vassar Brothers Medical Center ~ Vassar-Warner Senior Residence~ Zimmer Brothers 2020/2021 Page Park Associates 2019 Steve & Pat Adams 2018 Wayne and Stephanie Nussbickel with Denise Van Buren. 2017 Accepting for Central Hudson, Denise Doring Van Buren 2016 Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Board President Michael Graham