Berrien County Veterans Of WW I

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Berrien County, Courthouse St. Joseph, built in 1895.
This photo has a man dressed in a WW I uniform in front of the old Courthouse.
We believe these are WW I recruits.

Submitted By Bonnie J. Fago

Close ups of the photos donated by Bonnie.

World War I is also known as the First World War and the Great War
and took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918.
The immediate cause of the war was the assassination, on 28 June 1914,
of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne & his wife
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. They were shot to death in Sarajevo.

WW I Veterans Buried in Berrien County Michigan