02697cam a22003253u 4500 76636 UtSlPG 20260610134756.0 m cr n 260607r20251918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 18014840 UtSlPG en iso639-1 D501 Synon, Mary, 1881-1987 My country's part Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-06 David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "My country's part" by Mary Synon is a patriotic educational work written in the early 20th century. It explains America’s role in the World War and what citizens—especially young people—can do to support it, blending an inspiring fictional vignette with clear, accessible history and civic guidance. Expect a strong emphasis on loyalty to the United States, the meaning of democracy, and practical home‑front duties like conservation, fundraising, and volunteer service. The opening of the book begins with a short story about John Sutton and his resolute, blind grandmother, who senses the danger of divided loyalties as John’s father attends a secret meeting where Irish and German sympathizers plot un-American acts. She confronts the conspirators, shaming them as immigrants who owe allegiance to their adopted country, then takes John to the Battery by Castle Garden to recount her famine-era immigration, love for Ireland and deeper gratitude to America, and to bind him by a pledge to put country first after God. The narrative then shifts to concise nonfiction: the arrival of American veterans from France, why the war is a fight of democracy versus autocracy, how German actions pushed the United States from neutrality to a congressional declaration of war, and how the nation mobilizes—selective service, training camps, Pershing’s forces, and the “rear-line trenches” of the home front through food and fuel conservation, Liberty Loans and Thrift Stamps, and Red Cross relief. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- United States https://archive.org/details/mycountryspart00syno/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76636 117361 117361