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Some historians argue that the 20<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> century was shaped by World War I. Known as the Great War, it began 100 years ago amid waving \u2013 and burning \u2013 flags.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Artist’s conception of the assassination of two royals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coincidentally, on the very same day, Idahoans focused on an American flag<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for a happier reason.<\/span><\/p>\n

On July 28, 1914, newspapers around the world reported the outbreak of the war in Europe. While the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife a month earlier by Serbians is often seen as the last straw of European foment that would lead to all-out war, the seizure of a flag was the first spark that ignited four years of slaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTwo Servian Steamers Seized by Austrians,\u201d screamed one headline, adding, \u201cThe Servian Colors Torn Down and the Austrian Flag Raised as a Starter\u201d to war. The ships belonging to Servia (now spelled Serbia) were boarded by Austrian troops and claimed for their nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serbian flag in 1914<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a steamship in the Atlantic on his way home from a visit to the U.S., Count Karolyi, who was head of the Hungarian Independent Party, told a reporter that \u201cthe situation would not have become so delicate\u201d as to lead to war had he been home. Now, he continued, \u201cAll true Hungarian patriots will\u2026rally to the flag.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As more and more reports came in about what was happening overseas, some newspapers resorted to printing series of brief reports to keep up with the tumult. For example, \u201cSituations in Europe Told in Paragraphs\u201d was the headline in a Minnesota daily, and one of those paragraphs said that \u201cfive hundred Slav students burn Austrian flag<\/a> in Paris streets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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WWI Color Guard at an Army camp. America would eventually enter the conflict<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The United States would not become enmeshed in the world war until 1917, but it seemed inevitable to a Baltimore newspaper editor named A.S. Goldsborough. On the day the war began with torn-down and burning flags, he said that \u201ca flag means nothing unless it represents an idea and unless that idea is fulfilled by a people\u2026.The flag of Turkey<\/a>\u2026is as much a flag as our own, but what a difference in their significance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, as cannon fire and trench warfare rocked Europe on that July 28, 1914, the people of Idaho were joyously marking the 80<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> anniversary of what they believed was the first time the American flag had been unfurled in the state-to-be, an event that occurred at Fort Hall, a trading post along the Oregon Trail.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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