World War 1 Archives review

I looked at a letter Robert Graves wrote to Siegfried Sassoon. Graves was commenting on the casualties and his rumored death. I thought this was interesting because I didn't realize people back home never knew if their loved one was truly dead or it was just a rumor. Graves talks about how after the Battle of Sommes a rumor was started about his death because he was in such poor condition. It's hard to read his handwriting completely because it is so fine but it is very interesting to be able to access this source.

Finished Post Cards

Today I had to print out the pictures and Write the postcards. I already had all of the dates and what happened at each stop: Hampton Roads, San Francisco, Trinidad, Rio, Melbourne, and Manila Bay. I used actual post cards as a resource to know what people were thinking about the fleet. The pictures were also found on that website. The ideas that Roosevelt had were conjoined from several different sources; I posted about the other one in my last blog. This project was pretty easy, and I enjoyed researching.

Research for Fleet proj

So far I have researched the dates and such of the fleet. On December 16, 1907 the fleet to circumnavigate the world began.  The Americans decided to fulfill the fleet to demonstrate the "Big Stick Diplomacy" The Big Stick Diplomacy involves Theodore Roosevelt's idea of "speak softly and carry a big stick."Roosevelt wanted to take control of nations through naval power so that America could become a stronger nation. The name of the Great White Fleet came from all the ships painted white. Was the GWF painted white to help bananas?