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Arvid is born in Darmstadt, Germany.
WATCH VIDEO | PDF - Mildred is born in Milwaukee, Wis.
WATCH VIDEO - Robert La Follette, Sr. embodied the Progressive movement.
WATCH VIDEO - Emil Seidel was elected Mayor of Milwaukee, becoming the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States.
Shifting political alliances and the Balkan Wars precede the start of World War I. More than 15 million military and civilian deaths ensued.
WATCH VIDEO - Daniel Hoan (1881-1961) remained mayor for twenty-four years making him the longest continuous Socialist administrator in United States history.
WATCH VIDEO - The United States entry into WWI had a major influence on Milwaukee, the most German of all American cities.
William Cooke Fish was estranged from his family. He died alone at age 61.
While the total number of deaths is unknown, scientists estimate 3-6% of the world population (50-100 million people) died.
WATCH VIDEO - In 1918, the end of the war meant a new beginning for Mildred and her mother, Georgina, when they moved to the Washington, D.C. area.
