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The President of The United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500

TO THE ACTIVIST

Activist ,

I believe that the best thing right now for this country is to go to war. Effective immediately we need to start sending troops to match the central powers army. Are you just ignoring the fact that our country intercepted a message from Germany to leaders in Mexico? This letter asked Mexico to plan an attack on our country, and that they could win back all the land that they lost in the Spanish-American war. From my understanding you could care less about this message. You need to realize what is happening right now and convince the American people that it is o.k. to go into war. Don't get me wrong, I was mainly against war and my campaign slogan was "he will keep us out of war". When the British passenger ship the Lusitania was sunk I did every thing I could to keep our country neutral. I strongly believe in the policy of neutrality but it gets to the point where you have to put your foot down and show everyone who is boss. I have recently examined the lyrics to "I didn't raise my son to be a soldier" and I completely understand where the mothers of these men are coming from but they need to know that their son could be a hero. It is so important that we have heroes to defend this nation at this time or else we are weak and defenseless. If I could write a letter to every one of these soldiers families I would tell them the same thing I am telling you now. As commander and chief of The United States army I need you to agree and spread the word that war is necessary and that we need troops now. Nine-tenths of congress already has agreed with my plan to come out of isolation and go into war, now the rest is up to you. Please consider what I am asking of you and think about what might happen if we don't go to war.

With Regards , President Woodrow Wilson

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 * __" I Didn't Raise My Son To Be A Soldier "__**

"I Didn't Raise My Son to be a Soldier" was a song written during the World War 1 that expessed view of soldier's parents. The basic theme of the song was that parents did not want thier sons to go to war. Writers said during the song that this was a rich-mans war and to let the rich fight. This song changed the war views of many americans because they could understand how the mothers of the young men felt and that they didn't want them to die or kill another mothers son. This was one of the most popular songs during the war.


 * __Biblography__**

Hamilton, John. __Events Leading to World War 1__. United States. Library of Congress Cataloging Publication, 2004.

Kalweit, Susanne. "Henry's Songbook." __My Song Book__. 5 Jan. 2010. 

Trueman, Chris. __History Learning__. 21 Dec. 2009. .