Preparedness Rally

In this July 4, 1916, Erik Overbey photo, Mobilians ready themselves for United States involvement in World War I with a preparedness rally.

1916 photograph of a WWI readiness parade. People in Victorian dress line the streets as dozens of men curve down the avenue carrying a giant American flag.

Courtesy of the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama

1916 photograph of a WWI readiness parade. People in Victorian dress line the streets as dozens of men curve down the avenue carrying a giant American flag.