Celebrating History: Home guard

By Emily Mayer

Havre was wasting no time in showing its patriotism this week 100 years ago. On the front page of The Havre Plaindealer’s April 21, 1917, issue was this article:

HOME GUARD WILL BE ORGANIZED HERE

Organization Perfected at a Meeting Thursday Evening

In conformity to preliminary steps taken at a mass meeting of Havre citizens on Monday afternoon last, when resolutions were adopted in support of any steps the president may take in connection with the war with Germany, a meeting was held in the city hall on Thursday evening at which the Havre Home Guards were organized. Briefly, the...