City Schools Observe Day of Patriotism
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, April 30, 1920: Tomorrow, Saturday, May 1 has been proclaimed “America Day” by Gov. James Goodrich “in order to combat the radical and un-American propaganda which has been cunningly spread in the United States by agitators who receive their inspiration from eastern Europe.” Necessarily, Indianapolis public schools conducted programs today celebrating the event. America Day was observed in some classrooms with singing of patriotic songs