Anti-Yellow Dog Club
The Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs (also referred to as The Yellow Dog Clubbers Club) were American anti-seditionist clubs during World War I inspired by Henry Irving Dodge's story "The Yellow Dog", which first appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on March 4, 1918. Members of these clubs (largely schoolboys) wielded the story's definition ("If a man talks against the government and can't back up what he says, he's a 'yellow dog'.") on their quest to confront "yellow dogs". There were thousands of these clubs across the US, and they were the target of both support and scorn. Total membership was in the millions. The clubs were endorsed by political figures including Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl .... They were promoted in concert with both the book edit ...
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