Sep 12, 2022
Brigadier General L.W. Stotesbury delivers the National Defense Day address in front of the Sub-Treasury Building, September 12, 1924. The statue of George Washington, who bid farewell to his troops on these steps, stands above the crowd.
National Defense Day was designated as a day of patriotism, practice, and preparedness, to be “observed in a most practical way and with all the fervor and enthusiasm of which red-blooded Americans are capable.” It saw the debut of the National Defense Test, an experimental network linking 18 radio stations from coast to coast.
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