Historical Examples. 1  It was also forbidden to open the window shutters of the facade. 2  In the facade of the building in front of them only one window was lighted. 3  Besides, the facade was exposed to the current in the street. 4  A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide. Essays, First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson She regarded the stately proportions of the facade with awe.
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. World War I Trenches in France. Germanyâs resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilsonâs decision to lead the United States into World War I.
PARC, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. The causes of the conflict were many, but the immediate ones were America's support of Cuba's ongoing struggle against Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. It would be the first overseas war fought by the United States, involving campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands. The Spanish fleet guarding the Philippines was defeated by the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore George Dewey on May 1, 1898.