Colonel John McCrae. The folder contains both vocal and instrumental compositions that are about or dedicated to General Pershing. Many of the covers feature a portrait of him. Click here to view image End of World War I, ca. WH - Z Most of the songs are celebrating the actual end of the war, although some are speculating about when the war will end.
Topics used include the signing of the armistice, soldiers returning home, and veterans affairs.
Included are songs about jobs for veterans, the bonus, and one newspaper supplement song sheet. Some of the songs are about Southerners fighting for the United States as a sign of post-Civil War regional reconciliation. Included in the folder is a copy of Goodnight Angeline by James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, and Eubie Blake. Also included is a 1918 booklet of songs and photographs of Afro-American servicemen called The Negro and the Flag. It was published by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.