Tar and Feathers

tarandfeathers

This photograph records the plight of German-American farmer John Meints, who was tarred and feathered on the night of August 19, 1918 in Luverne, Minn., under suspicion of being insufficiently loyal to the United States. He had refused to participate in a war bond drive to his neighbors’ satisfaction. (National Archives, Records of the District Courts of the United States.)

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