Killed in combat on July 14, 1918, Quentin Roosevelt was a man who had been known and beloved by almost the entire nation. The death of the only son of a US president to die in combat deserves to be remembered.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.