1918 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Woodrow Wilson February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1918 State of the Union Address 1918 12 02 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Woodrow WilsonThomas R. MarshallChamp Clark Previous 1917 State of the Union Address Next 1919 State of the Union Address The 1918 State of the Union Address was given by the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, on Monday, December 2, 1918, to the houses of the 65th United States Congress. He gave these war statistics, "A year ago we had sent 145,918 men overseas. Since then we have sent 1,950,513, an average of 162,542 each month, the number in fact rising, in May last, to 245,951, in June to 278,760, in July to 307,182, and continuing to reach similar figures in August and September, in August 289,570 and in September 257,438." By the end of 1918, America had won the peace, and World War I was over. He said, "And throughout it all how fine the spirit of the nation was: what unity of purpose, what untiring zeal!" He ended with, "I shall make my absence as brief as possible and shall hope to return with the happy assurance that it has been possible to translate into action the great ideals for which America has striven."https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-woodrow-wilson-december-2-1918 State of the Union Address: Woodrow Wilson (December 2, 1918) www.infoplease.com The President notably mentioned that employment would need to be found for the returning veterans of the war, recommended advancement of the plans of the Secretary of the Interior towards allocating additional land for cultivation and more development of railways, waterways, highways and country roads.Annual Message to Congress (1918) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-107/ 2025-01-06 Teaching American History en-US References Woodrow Wilson's Sixth State of the Union Address 1918 State of the Union Address 1917 State of the Union Address 1919 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1918 Category:Speeches by Woodrow Wilson Category:Presidency of Woodrow Wilson Category:65th United States Congress Category:United States home front during World War I State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1918 in the United States Category:1910s State of the Union addresses