Watchfire Demonstrations, January 1919

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In January 1919, Edith Ainge helped to begin the Watchfire Demonstrations seen in this photo. Each day, NWP women burned copies of President Wilson’s speeches in the “watchfires of freedom” they lit on the sidewalk in front of the White House. Retrieved from the collection of the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000303/.

In January 1919, Edith Ainge helped to begin the Watchfire Demonstrations seen in this photo. Each day, NWP women burned copies of President Wilson’s speeches in the “watchfires of freedom” they lit on the sidewalk in front of the White House. Retrieved from the collection of the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000303/.