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Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley'd and thunder'd -- Tennyson
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | Great Britain United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows Senator Burton K. Wheeler behind a barricade of books, firing cannon (made of rolled-up speeches) at toy soldiers. Wheeler cries out, "The British are here!" A piece of paper reads "Senator Wheeler, Exhibiting Toy Soldiers on Senate Floor, Demands to Know What British Redcoats Are Doing in the United States." The caption is a quotation from Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade." On November 5, Wheeler, an ardent isolationist, made a five-hour speech denouncing a proposal to amend the Neutrality Act to allow American merchant ships to enter British ports. In the course of the speech, he brandished a set of British toy soldiers in red coats, asking why the British were selling metal toys in the United States instead of using the metal for bullets. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Public speaking--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Neutrality--United States--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wheeler, Burton K.--(Burton Kendall),--1882- |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Toys--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
