This is a photograph of the families of the campaigning for the release of political prisoners in front of the North Gates at the White House on April 19, 1922, during the Warren G. Harding administration. The group was called the "Children's Crusade" and called for the release of those convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917. This photograph is from the Herbert E. French collection, of the National Photo Company at the Library of Congress, which captured life in Washington, D.C. from the Wilson to the Hoover administrations.
This is a photograph of the families of the campaigning for the release of political prisoners in front of the North Gates at the White House on April 19, 1922, during the Warren G. Harding administration. The group was called the "Children's Crusade" and called for the release of those convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917. This photograph is from the Herbert E. French collection, of the National Photo Company at the Library of Congress, which captured life in Washington, D.C. from the Wilson to the Hoover administrations.
