Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archives - Willamette Heritage Center

July 2014

July 6, 1914

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:19-07:00July 6th, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Automobiles, Falls City, Peter H. D'Arcy|

By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Peter H. D’Arcy. Willamette Heritage Center Collections, 2007.001.2055. The Fourth fell on a Saturday [...]

July 3, 1914

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:19-07:00July 3rd, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Antitrust Act, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Prohibition, WWI|

By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent By Friday following the assassination the Journal reports that war may ensue and that the shock of the murders [...]

June 2014

June 29, 1914

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:19-07:00June 29th, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Cherry Fair, Cherry Festival, WWI|

By Richard Van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The lead headline read “Assassin’s Bullet Strikes Down Archduke Ferdinand of Austria” Assassin jumps on Running Board of auto [...]