Kennewick Vigilance Corps
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- Jan 3, 1918A Homefront Demand to Shut the German SchoolIn 1917, a self-appointed 'Vigilance Corps' in Kennewick pressured a local Lutheran pastor to suspend classes, fearing the teaching of the German language during wartime.Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Kennewick, WA
- Jan 10, 1918The Price of Loyalty in KennewickMayor Sherk forms a Vigilance Corps to monitor local residents for signs of 'disloyalty' toward the U.S. war effort.Kennewick, WA
- Jan 10, 1918Lutheran Church Defies Vigilance Corps Over German SchoolingCiting constitutional religious liberty, the Bethlehem Lutheran congregation refuses to shutter their school during World War I nationalist fervor.Kennewick, WA