During a White House tour for Wounded Warriors and their families, Alanah Poullard, age 5, asked President Obama for a note to excuse her from kindergarten that day. He kindly obliged. (9/19/2013, Obama Library, NARA ID 118817989)
Kindergarten kids, records of the Marshall Plan programs in France post WW2, NARA ID 19985711.
NATIONAL KINDERGARTEN DAY!
Ready for snack time? Play time? Nap time? Circle time?
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
We mark National Kindergarten Day with records showing Kindergarten kids in a variety of circumstances, including World War I refugees, Japanese-American World War II internees, and post-war children in France.
Kindergarten class, records of the Marshall Plan programs in France post WW2, NARA ID 19985707.
World War I refugee children in makeshift kindergarten, 12/1918. NARA ID 31483306.
Kindergarten children give pennies to the Red Cross, Children's World War I Relief Activities, Plainfield, NJ. NARA ID 31483142.
Daily kindergarten demo, Child Welfare exhibit in France run by the American Red Cross. October, 1918. NARA ID 31483488.
Shigeko Tabuchi teaches Kindergarten in barracks 35-4F, Rohwer Japanese Internment Camp, AR, 11/24/1942. War Relocation Authority, NARA ID 538957.
Kindergarten class on the playground at Tule Lake Japanese Internment Camp, Newell, CA, 9/1944. War Relocation Authority, NARA ID 539600.
Kindergarten children at Gila River Japanese Internment Camp, AZ. War Relocation Authority, 10/25/1943, NARA ID 537377.













