BARN-BURNING AND OTHER ACTS OF PATRIOTISM

DR. KEITH FYNAARDT

In 1918, WWI’s anti-immigrant jingoism incited a vigilante band of Iowa farmers and led to the burning of Dutch-Americans’ barns, businesses and other buildings east of Pella, Iowa—including Peoria Christian Reformed Church and the nearby Christian school.

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