April 6, 2023 marks the 105th Anniversary of the United States’ Entry into World War I.
“Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, formally bringing the United States into World War I, a conflict that had been ongoing for nearly three years. When the war began in 1914—pitting the Allied powers of France, Great Britain and Russia against Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire—most Americans simply wanted to keep out of the conflict. The fighting was taking place oceans away, and since the United States was not directly threatened, many Americans felt there was little to gain by entering the war. The American diplomatic perspective of avoiding ‘entangling alliances,’ which had existed since the founding of the United States, supported that mindset.”
https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/april-6-2017-100th-anniversary-american-entry-world-war-i
Learn more:
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/
https://www.theworldwar.org/us-enters-war
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/spring/wwi-america-enters