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June 15: Congress passes Espionage Act, which limits civil liberties during wartime
June 26: U.S. 1st Division (approximately 14,000 soldiers) of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) lands in France, the first American combat troops to arrive in Europe
June 28: "Over There" by George M. Cohan is recorded
July 2: East St. Louis Race Riots: pressures arising from the movement of blacks north during the Great Migration results in violence as white residents attack their African American counterparts who attempt to defend themselves from attack
July 6: Arab forces aligned with the Allies seize the port of Akaba on the Red Sea
July 28: Silent Parade: 10,000 African Americans march in New York City to protest lynching, specifically the violence of the East St. Louis Riots
August 28: Ten suffragists are arrested protesting outside the White House |