The Montana Sedition Act of 1918
This man's name is Herman Bausch. He built the small brick house that is right across the street from where I live today. In 1918, Herman, a German immigrant, was arrested under the Montana Sedition Act for refusing to buy Liberty Bonds for the war effort. He spent two years in federal prison, during which time his two-year-old son Walter d…
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