Tag: conscientious objector

  • Robert Simmons: Imprisoned at Alcatraz

    Robert Simmons: Imprisoned at Alcatraz

    The First World War broke out on July 28, 1914. As Europe became embroiled in a gruesome war, America, led by its President, maintained a stance of neutrality. That all changed on April 6, 1917, when President Wilson addressed Congress to declare that the United States was at war. In…