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War Garden Victory Document Promotes Patriotic Food Drive
A lengthy excerpt praises America’s war gardens, detailing the 1917 18 programs led by the National War Garden Commission and founder Charles Lathrop Pack. It notes millions of gardens, hundreds of millions of quarts of produce, and widespread public participation from factories and schools, stressing editorial support and the national effort to feed troops and civilians. It highlights Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Oberlin, the press role, and calls for continued community cultivation advancing national wartime goals.
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